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KZN Sands


KZN

KZN Sands is focused on the exploration, mining and treatment of mineral sands deposits in KwaZulu-Natal.

KZN Sands employs about 700 people and uses hydraulic mining at the Hillendale mine 20 km south-west of Richards Bay to produce slurry for the mine’s primary wet plant. Currently, ilmenite, zircon and rutile are produced from Hillendale. Further processing, including smelting ilmenite to produce titanium dioxide slag, takes place at the central processing complex in Empangeni, 20 km west of Richards Bay. 

KZN Sands produces ilmenite, chlorinatable titanium dioxide slag, slag fines, zircon, rutile, leucoxene and low manganese pig iron.

The KZN Sands smelter has two furnaces with a nameplate capacity of 250ktpa of slag, and infrastructure to accommodate another two. The furnaces were commissioned in 2003. Both furnaces are perfoming well and are within the planned ramp up parameters.

KZN Sands’ primary focus is to reach nameplate capacity on the furnaces, to contain costs, and retain all international certifications in so doing becoming a world class producer of ilmenite, chlorinatable titanium dioxide slag, slag fines, zircon, rutile, leucoxene and low manganese pig iron.

The current annual nameplate production capacity is 209ktpa.

CONTACT
Neels Oosterhuis
General Manager
Tel: +27 35 902 7822
Fax: +27 35 902 7868
neels.oosterhuis@exxaro.com
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