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32 projects & contracting A GROWING MARKET IN MAURITANIA IRON ORE PELLETS IN GREAT DEMAND The West-African nation of Mauritania is rich in iron ore deposits. MAN Ferrostaal is investigating the feasibility of opening a new iron ore mine on behalf of the state-owned iron ore company SNIM, Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière. The iron ore will be processed into concentrate and then refined into high-quality iron ore pellets. Iron ore pellets are used in direct reduction plants worldwide for the production of steel. On behalf of the Mauritanian project management company EL AOUJ S.A. MAN Ferrostaal is conducting a feasibility study examining the economic efficiency of a new iron ore mine. The investment and costing calculations mainly focus on iron ore processing, an iron ore pellet plant, materials handling, a power plant, electricity supply, assembly, and infrastructure. The new deposit is located close to existing mines in the town of Zouérate. The iron ore deposit is estimated to amount to about 650 million tons. With a mining capacity of approximately 15 million tons per year, it should be possible to produce 7 million tons of iron ore pellets. The existing railway line will be extended for the transportation of the finished product to the coast. A FAMILIAR MARKET Mauritania is a familiar market for MAN Ferrostaal: business started 40 years ago, when Ferrostaal supplied 142 heavy railway cars for the transportation of iron ore concentrate to the former French colony. These were employed on the newly built 700 km stretch of railway between the mine in Zouérate in the middle of the Sahara and the sea port of Nouadhibou. The good contact with the state-owned iron ore company SNIM resulted among other things in MAN Ferrostaal winning another contract for an iron-ore processing plant. MAN Ferrostaal supplied rolling presses, conveyor systems, production equipment, steelwork and electrical equipment, and supervised the assembly and commissioning of the iron-ore reduction plant. GREAT POTENTIAL Industrial development in Mauritania offers MAN Ferrostaal countless opportunities. Projects currently in the pipeline include diesel power plants, expansion of the ironore port in Nouadhibou, repair and extension of the existing SNIM railway line, construction of a new stretch of railway to develop the country’s southern corridor, development of very high-quality phosphate ore production, and modernisation and development of the existing iron-ore production facility. In addition, local oil production (75,000 barrels per day), which began in February 2006, and Mauritania’s very promising offshore reserves of natural gas are opening up new horizons for potential projects utilising gas. Burkhard Willems
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