Kudumane Manganese Resources (KMR) will start production from its Hotazel mine in South Africa's Northern Cape from September and the output will be 40% manganese ore with 5% iron content, Gautam Kumar, associate director of Asia Minerals Ltd (AML), confirmed to Metal Bulletin.
AML, which is based in Hong Kong, has a 36.75% share of KMR under a joint venture agreement. The first commercial shipment from the Hotazel mine is planned for October 2018. Hotazel is adjacent to KMR's York project, which went into full operation in June 2013.Total KMR production from York and Hotazel is expected to be around 1.6-1.8 million tonnes per year. Output from the Hotazel mine will be an estimated 400,000 tonnes, while production from York is expected to be around 1.2 million...