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PhosAgro, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated phosphate-based fertiliser producers, has commissioned a new phosphate-potash fertiliser production line with a capacity of 100,000 t/y, together with a finished product warehouse with a 1,500 t capacity. Total investments into the project, which PhosAgro financed with its own funds, amounted to over RUB 500 million.
This new fertiliser production line is an important part of PhosAgro’s strategy to 2020, which was developed with the participation of the National Mineral Resources University in St. Petersburg. The new capacity uses leading edge technologies and equipment, as well as automated control systems. It is also fully compliant with stringent environmental regulations.
Pilbara Minerals Ltd has announced a substantial upgrade in the JORC compliant Mineral Resource for its Pilgangoora Tantalum-Lithium project in WA’s Pilbara region, confirming that it is on track to delineate a globally significant hard-rock tantalum-lithium deposit.
The updated Mineral Resource, which features a 120% increase in contained lithium oxide and 95% increase in contained tantalite, already positions Pilgangoora amongst some of the world’s largest hard-rock lithium-tantalum deposits, with potential to grow further.
The overall resource now comprises 10.7 Mlb of contained tantalum and 192,000 t of contained lithium, with the recent successful in-fill drilling upgrading 3.1 Mlb of contained tantalum and 65,000 t of contained lithium to the Indicated category.
Centaurus Metals has announced that it has appointed Canaccord Genuity as Lead Manager of an equity capital raising to underpin the continued advancement of its Candonga Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) Project in south-east Brazil and to conduct exploration programs at the nearby Conquista DSO Project to establish a maiden JORC compliant resource inventory and underpin the growth of its DSO business.