Sable Zinc Kabwe

Acid Plant Database May 20, 2009

Owner	Sable Zinc Kabwe Limited
Background	Metorex Limited www.metorexgroup.com 2005 – Metorex acquires Sable Zinc Plant
Location	Plot 5066, Old ZCCM Site Kabwe Zambia Sable is located approximately 2 km south of the Kabwe town centre in the central province of the Republic of Zambia, some 150 km north of Lusaka. The processing facility is situated close to the main road as well as the main railway line between the copperbelt and Lusaka and is accessed via a tarred road.
Website	www.metorexgroup.com
Plant	-
Coordinates*	14° 27' 33" S, 28° 26' 16" E
Type of Plant	Sulphur Burning
Gas Source	Elemental Sulphur
Plant Capacity	Sulphuric Acid: 100 MTPD Liquid SO₂: 6 MTPD
SA/DA	-
Emissions	-
Status	-
Year Built	2007
Technology	Outotec
Contractor	Furnace Fabrica
Remarks	-
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General	Sable Zinc Kabwe is a copper and cobalt processing facility established to treat the concentrate from Ruashi, and other ore suppliers. The sulphuric acid plant supplies Sable needs, and the excess production is sold to the other Zambian Copperbelt and the DRC oxide copper producers. With the introduction of the Ruashi Phase II plant, Sable will be required to source ore and/or concentrate from third party suppliers. The zinc processing plant was commissioned, within the budget of US$5 million, midway through the financial year, but due to the lower zinc price, the facility was converted to a cobalt leaching facility to add better value to Sable. This has further improved the recoveries of cobalt. The zinc tailings dumps remain to be processed at a later stage.
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MTPD - Metric Tonne per Day STPD - Short Ton per Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum STPA - Short Ton per Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption

* Coordinates can be used to locate plant on Google Earth


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