The first shipment of iron ore to leave Angola since 1976 left the Cutato mine in Cuando Cubango province by rail on April 10-11, according to Jamie van Reijendam, general manager of global trade at London trading house Ronly
The first shipment of iron ore to leave Angola since 1976 left the Cutato mine in Cuando Cubango province by rail on April 10-11, according to Jamie van Reijendam, general manager of global trade at London trading house Ronly.
The 60,000-tonne shipment of 60-62% Fe Cutato lump is due to be exported from the southern port of Namibe in May, he said.
Ronly has been involved with the Companhia Siderúrgica do Cuchi (CSC) project in the southern African country as financier since 2019
and has exclusive offtake rights.
CSC’ majority shareholder, Brazil s Modulax Indústria e Comércio (Modulax), has been developing the project since 2015 and started operations at the Cutato mine at the start of 2021.
The first shipment of iron ore to leave Angola since 1976 left the Cutato mine in Cuando Cubango province by rail on April 10-11, according to Jamie van Reijendam, general manager of global trade at London trading house Ronly.
The 60,000-tonne shipment of 60-62% Fe Cutato lump is due to be exported from the southern port of Namibe in May, he said.
Ronly has been involved with the Companhia Siderúrgica do Cuchi (CSC) project in the southern African country as financier since 2019
and has exclusive offtake rights.
CSC’ majority shareholder, Brazil s Modulax Indústria e Comércio (Modulax), has been developing the project since 2015 and started operations at the Cutato mine at the start of 2021.
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