Tungsten producer Almonty Industries Inc has introduced the primary truckload of ore has been efficiently delivered to the ROM pad on the Sangdong Mine in Yeongwol, Gangwon Province in South Korea which it says is a pivotal transition from early-stage mine growth to lively mining operations and the ultimate step earlier than graduation of business manufacturing.
Lewis Black, President and Chief Govt Officer, stated: “This primary ore placement represents a strategic inflection level in advancing Almonty’s mission to strengthen the worldwide tungsten provide chain. Sangdong performs a important position in efforts by the USA, the European Union, and Korea to diversify away from the China-dominated market, which at the moment provides greater than 80% of the world’s tungsten. The resumption of manufacturing on the Sangdong Mine kinds the muse for securing dependable, non-China tungsten provide to key sectors comparable to protection, semiconductors, AI {hardware}, aerospace, and different high-technology industries.”
The ROM pad features as a staging space for ore that has simply been introduced out of the bottom. Ore is first obtained contained in the mine gallery by managed blasting, then collected and transported by the haulage system. From there, a truck delivers it to the ROM pad, the place it’s stockpiled by grade earlier than processing begins.
The ore positioned on the ROM pad will now proceed to major and secondary crushing, adopted by grinding to realize the particle dimension required for processing. The fabric will then advance to the flotation circuit, the place tungsten-bearing minerals are selectively separated, concentrated, dried and packaged earlier than being equipped to downstream clients. After stability and efficiency verification of the processing phases, the challenge will then transfer to the manufacturing stabilization section because the mine advances towards full-scale business operation.
“Our workforce has accomplished all key preparatory work together with geological evaluation, floor stabilisation, load testing, and gear set up to advance the challenge to this milestone,” stated Arif Priyambodo, Common Supervisor of Processing Operations. “The primary truckload of ore offers direct affirmation that the ROM pad is prepared for operation and that the haulage routes, gear coordination, and operator workflows are performing safely and successfully underneath production-level situations. This profitable verification demonstrates that the technical basis of the Sangdong Mine is now firmly established, enabling the commissioning of the crushing, milling, and flotation circuits to proceed as deliberate and supporting a easy ramp-up towards full manufacturing.”
CEO Black emphasised that the Sangdong Mine is the muse of a brand new tungsten provide chain for the US and its allies past Chinese language management, in addition to returning Korea to its historic position as a key provider of tungsten. “In the long run, the Sangdong Mine’s manufacturing, mixed with our upcoming tungsten oxide plant and the deliberate growth of the molybdenum deposit, will kind the idea of a totally built-in strategic-mineral worth chain known as the ‘Korean Trinity’. This method will place Korea as a world hub for the manufacturing, refining, and upgrading of tungsten. It’ll additionally help US protection procurement necessities mandating non-China tungsten sourcing after 2027 and cut back Korea’s heavy dependence on Chinese language tungsten oxide imports, considerably enhancing nationwide useful resource safety for the USA and its allies.”
