ATOMAI Project

Mauritania

Takamul has conducted a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) Study of the Atomai Iron Ore Mine in Zourate, northern Mauritania, under joint venture agreement between Saudi company HADEED, and the Mauritanian National Company for Industry and Mining, SNIM.

The technical study reveals a reserve of more than 500 million tons of iron ore, with a potential to be increased up to a billion tons. The ultimate aim of the project is to produce10 Mtpy of a High-Grade Direct Reduction (HGDR) Iron Pellets from magnetite ore containing 35-37% Fe for the company’s plants in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and export any surplus to targeted markets.

The mine will be of the open-pit type, using conventional mining methods, and expected to come into production in year 2029. The processing of the ore has been designed to be divided into two plants: A dry and a wet Beneficiation Plant located at the Atomai site with a capacity to process 25-28 Mtpy of mine material; and Pelletizing Plant located in the south of the Nouadhibou peninsula, west of the SNIM Port. The two plants will be linked by an existing 640 km railway, property of SNIM.

IDOM has carried out the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) and the update of the Bankable Feasibility Study and JORC Report of the Atomai Project. The FEED comprehends the design of the mine pit, mine infrastructure, dry and wet beneficiation plants, pelletizing plant, power generation, water supply, roads and railways link, mining camp and any other facilities and services required for the Project at Zouerat and Nouadhibou locations. IDOM has also performed some additional studies like Logistics, Market, Environmental, review and Financial Analysis of the project.

Mining