Expertise
Ridley Magnetite - Western Australia
Ridley Magnetite - Western Australia
This potential magnetite project, located 57km east of Port Hedland in Western Australia, is part of the Atlas Pardoo Hematite operation. The project proposed a capacity of 15 Mtpa magnetite concentrate exported via a dedicated facility at Port Hedland.
The crushed magnetite ore undergoes successive size reduction in grinding mills to liberate the magnetite which is recovered by a combination of magnetic separation and reverse silica flotation. The final concentrate is thickened and pumped to Port Hedland. The process plant comprises some of the world's largest mills including six trains of 36’ diameter AG mills and 22’ diameter pebble mills. There are over 130 magnetic separators and 28 fine grinding vertimills.
SNC-Lavalin was appointed in joint venture by Atlas Iron to undertake the prefeasibility study for the process plant and port processing facility for this potential project. SNC-Lavalin leveraged its global expertise to deliver this study in a very tight time schedule.