Our stockpiles at the Qingdao Port and Saldanha Port Operations enable Kumba to take full advantage of the growth in the Chinese Steel industry

Two processing plants:

• The jig plant, using pulsating technology to separate iron-bearing material from waste material, a R5.1 billion investment that helped expand production capacity by 13 Mtpa in 2010
• The Dense Medium Separation (DMS) plant.

Five products:

• 25 mm (+8 -25 mm) 66% Fe lump at the DMS plant
• 25 mm (+8 -25 mm) 64% Fe lump at the jig plant
• 27 mm (+13 -27 mm) and 20 mm (+8 -20 mm) 66% Fe lump niche products
• 6.3 mm 64.5% Fe fi nes (+0.2 – 8 mm)

Three important product characteristics:

• High iron (Fe) content
• Superior physical properties
• Low moisture

Four important operational factors:

• Consistent product quality
• Reliability of supply
• ISO 9001 and 14001 certification
• Low undersize

At Thabazimbi Mine there are:

Two products:

• 30 mm 62% Fe lump
• 8.0 mm 62.5% Fe fine

At Kolomela Mine there are:

Total resources of:

• 373 Mt at a 64% Fe cut-off
• 408 Mt at a 55% Fe cut-off