Table 1: Chemical composition of iron ores in the three localities [26].
Locality |
M |
FeO% |
Fe2O3 |
SiO2 |
Al2O3 |
CaO % |
MgO % |
MnO % |
Cl-% |
Loss On Ignition (LOI) |
Basicity |
Reserved Million Tons |
El Plateau |
0.2 |
21.12 |
50.50 |
8.80 |
1.9 |
8.13 |
0.76 |
2.65 |
0.85 |
… up to 100% |
1.00 |
39.60 |
West Valley |
0.24 |
21.54 |
43.41 |
9.00 |
2.48 |
10.17 |
0.74 |
2.35 |
0.74 |
… up to 100% |
1.20 |
60.00 |
N.E. Valley |
0.4 |
23.49 |
48.83 |
9.51 |
2.00 |
11.70 |
0.84 |
2.27 |
0.22 |
… up to 100% |
1.40 |
11.98 |
Total Reserves |
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|
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111.38 |