Rosh Pinah Zinc has commissioned a new mill as part of its expansion project, RP2.0.
The Rosh Pinah mine is owned by the London-listed private equity firm Appian Capital Advisory, who announced the new mill on Monday.
The semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill is the final piece of infrastructure required for Appian’s planned expansion of the zinc mine.
“Commissioning the SAG mill marks the completion of our core processing infrastructure and reflects the quality of execution by the Rosh Pinah Zinc (RPZ) team throughout the RP2.0 programme,” Appian Base Metals chief executive Ignacio Bustamante says.
A SAG mill is used in mining to crush rocks into fine powder.
“The SAG mill increases RPZ’s processing capacity and enhances the plant’s ability to treat harder ore types, which become more prevalent as mining progresses. In addition, the SAG mill has been designed with excess capacity, providing the potential for future production increases,” Appian spokesperson Andrew Todd says.
The mill will double throughput of the mine, to allow the company to process 1.4 million tonnes of ore per year.
Todd says the expansion of the mine is now 95% complete.
