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Moma wet plant to restart in November after fire

23rd October 2013

By: Natasha Odendaal

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

  

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – London-listed Kenmare Resources on Wednesday said it expected to restart operations at its Moma mine’s wet concentrator plant A in late November, after a fire earlier this week.

The Mozambique-based mine on Monday suffered a fire in the trommels section of the wet concentrator plant A, but no structural damage had been reported and repairs were under way.

“The longest lead-time items – mainly polyurethane trommel liners and accessories – are due for delivery during the course of November as they become available from the manufacturer,” Kenmare said in a statement.

An investigation into the cause of the incident was in progress, with initial findings indicating that the fire occurred minutes after the completion of routine welding repairs to the velocity breaker chute feeding one of the two trommels.

The company also planned to undertake maintenance on the wet concentrator plant A – which was originally scheduled for next year – while the plant was undergoing repairs.

The mineral separation plant continued to operate as normal using heavy-mineral concentrate (HMC) feed from the HMC stockpile and feed from wet concentrator plant B.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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