Bikita Minerals Breaks Ground with New Gravity Separation and Flotation Plants, Launching Trial Productions
Bikita Minerals is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed and officially commenced trial productions on the new Gravity Separation Plant (Petalite) and Flotation plant (Spodumene).
The company initiated the new Gravity separation plant (Petalite) with an annual capacity of 2 million tons (petalite concentrate) through its own funds and raised capital, with construction work starting in 2022 based on the existing beneficiation plant at the Bikita mine.
The plant has a processing capacity of 220tph, an average product grade is 3.9% Li₂O and is expected to produce 480 000 tons of petalite annually.
The newly constructed Flotation plant (Spodumene) also comes with an annual capacity of 2 million tons (spodumene concentrate).
Once the Bikita Minerals Lithium Mine expansion project reaches its production capacity, it is expected to produce 300,000 tons of high-quality chemical-grade spodumene concentrate annually.
The flotation plant has a processing capacity of 330tph, and average product grade is 5.0-5.5% Li₂O.
Commencement of the beneficiation production lines will further enhance the company’s lithium concentrate supply capability and company’s future business performance.
Bikita Minerals under the new owners Sinomine Group has invested over USD 300 million towards plant expansion and exploration.
The new plants will create an additional 1000 jobs and the company projects to generate USD 500 million from exports in 2023.