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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

111.38