Wednesday, 13 May 2020

How a plant KGHM "SIERRA GORDA (SCM)" (Chile) can have a 117 % recovery of copper and 250 % recovery of molybdenum?

From the series of publications 
"So they create a fairy tales for the investor"

"They draw up the necessary documents
and begin to search for the simpleton..."

KGHM "SIERRA GORDA (SCM)" (Chile)

Owners: 
KGHM International 55 % (Poland)
Sumitomo Metal Mining 31,5 % (Japan)
Sumitomo Corporation 13,5 % (Japan)


Let's count together (fase I):


Currently the operation  processes 110000 tons of ore per day.
If the plant works 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, the plant’s productivity will be 40.15 million tons per year.

The copper content in the ore is 0.32 %.
The maximum amount of copper (theoretically possible) that they can extract from their ore is 128480 tons per year of copper in concentrate.

The molybdenum content in the ore is 0.011 %.
The maximum amount of molybdenum (theoretically possible) that they can extract from their ore is 4417 tons per year of molybdenum in concentrate.

They promise "..which gives it perspectives to produce a yearly average of 150000 tons per year of fine copper in concentrates...and 11000 tons per year of molybdenum... "

How is this possible?
How can one extract and sell something that does not exist in principle?
How a plant KGHM "SIERRA GORDA (SCM)" (Chile) can have a 117 %  recovery of copper and 250 % recovery of molybdenum? (The recovery cannot be more than 100%!)

It is theoretically impossible to produce such an amount of copper and molybdenum at the plant. They will have a deficit of 21520 tons of copper in concentrate per year and 6583 tons of molybdenum in concentrate per year .

In reality, the shortage of copper concentrate will be more than 61500 tons per year.

IMHO: This is not copper, gold and molybdenum which you can sell on the exchange!
Copper concentrate  from the plant KGHM "SIERRA GORDA (SCM)" (Chile)  is an intermediate product that is cheap and requires further processing and significant financial costs.

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

 References
  1. http://www.sgscm.cl/es/nosotros
  2. https://www.cochilco.cl/Research/Chilean_Mining_Investments-Project_Portfolio_2015-2024.pdf
  3. https://kghm.com/en/our-business/projects-under-development/sierra-gorda-oxides


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