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Tonkolili Iron Ore Project
Project Update
Karl D. Sinko
GM Projects & Oerations
February 2012
Monthly Construction Schedule for Expanding to 20Mtpa – February
Milestones On or Ahead of Schedule
Area Monthly Construction Schedule J F M A M J J A S O N D
PORT
Complete chute and bin modifications ✔
Complete ship loaders (1 and 2) ✔
Complete NHI stacker upgrade ✔
Complete 1B materialshandling and port load out ✔
Replace stacker with Stacker-reclaimer ✔
RAIL
Increase number of trains to 6 (3 loco’s* 75 wagons*60 tonnes
per train) ✔
Increase number of trains to 8 (2 loco’s* 70 wagons*70 tonnes
per train) ✔
Increase number of trains to 9 (2 loco’s* 70 wagons*70 tonnes
per train) ✔
Increase number of trains to 10 (2 loco’s* 70 wagons*70 tonnes
per train) ✔
Complete dual tracking and loop at the mine ✔
Complete 2nd line from Pepel yard to Pepel bridge ✔
Complete replacementof old rail ✔
MINE
Complete 2nd train loader ✔
Process Plant 1B Commissioning ✔ ✔
February 2012 2
Port Operations
4
Achievements to Date
February 2012
• [Insert safety achievement]
• [Number of Sierra Leoneans employed]
• [tonnes loaded to date]
• [number of ships loaded]
• [Best loading rate achieved]
• [Reduction in mooring times]
Area Achievement
Safety Constantly increasing man hours and reducing our injury
frequency rate month by month
Butterfly Stacker Fully operational and running at 2,400 tonnes per hour
Second Shiploader Dry commissioning has commenced, will be fully
operational in 4 to 5 days
Chute Modifications Temporary chutes fully operational, permanent
redesigned chute fabrication underway on-site now,
completion end of February
Tonnes Loaded On-Ship YTD 340,231 tonnes
Total Tonnes Exported 565,271 tonnes
Number of Ships Loaded Currently loading 8th ship (3rd OGV)
Current tonnage on-ship 33,627WMT
Best loading rate achieved 3,200tph on the 28/01 (using one shiploader)
5
Moving to 20mtpa
Area Existing Infrastructure Future Infrastructure Date
Inloading 1 x car dumpers 2 x car dumpers Mar 12
Stockyard 1 x Butterfly Stacker
400,000t stockpile capacity
2 x Stacker/Reclaimers
1mt stockpile capacity
Mar/Sept 12
Mar 12
Reclaiming 4 x CAT 992k (BCM operated) 2 x stacker reclaimers
1 x stacker
Mar/Sept 12
Outloading 1 x outloading belt
2 x shiploaders
2 x outloading belts
2 x shiploaders
Mar 12
Transhipment 2 x transhipment vessels 3 x transhipment vessels Aug 12
Inloading at 3,200 tonnes / hour
Outloading at 4,000 tonnes / hour
Transhipping at 2,000 tones / hour
Inloading at 3,200+ tonnes / hour
Outloading at 8,000 tonnes / hour
Transhipping at 3,000 tones / hour
February 2012
6
Port Rail Modifications
February 2012
Phase 1B Port Schedule
Pepel Camp Expansion Plan
Description Today End of Feb End of March End of April
Accommodation units from Makeni 12 on-site 20 online 46 online 71 online
Accommodation units from Rogbere 12 on-site 18 online
Refurbished houses (10 per house) 20 in progress 20 online 50 online 70 online
Hawk accommodation units On a ship Arrive in FT 105 online
Kitchen from Rogbere On-site Operational
Offices from Lungi On-site Operational
Electrical Expansions Ongoing upgrades to ensure sufficient capacity for expansion
Waste / Water / Sewage Expansions Current infrastructure inadequate; quotes being sourced
8February 2012
Pepel Camp Accommodation Requirements – Sewage is the Critical Issue
People Accommodation
Requirements (Expats Only)
Today End of Feb End of March End of April
AML Operations 122 130 145 155
AML Pepel Construction 7 10 10 10
Sub-Contractors 209 245 256 256
Relocating from Makeni - 30 30 30
Relocating from Freetown / London - - 10 - 15 15
Total 338 415 456 466
Description Today End of Feb End of March End of April
Number of Expat Units 212 270 431 476
Number of Beds 295 388 431 476
Number of People on the Boat 54 ≤27 0 0
Kitchen Design Capacity 200+ 400+ 400+ 400+
Waste/Water/Sewage Design Capacity 120 ? ? ?
9February 2012
Rail Operations
January 2012
Perry Bennetts
GM Rail
Rail Operations
11
Rail Ramp-Up
(in ‘000 tonnes)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
5 trains @ 4,500 tonne/train (3 locos*75
wagons*60t)
558
7 trains @ 4,500tonne/train (3 locos*75
wagons*60t)
650
Dual track at Pepel; dual track ,loop and
2nd train loader at the mine all allow
reductions in cycle times from 25hr to 21
hr to 18 hrs.
976.5 945
Increase tonnes per wagon to 70t 1,215
Increase number of trains to 8 @ 5,250
tonne/train (3 locos*75 wagons*70t) 1,323 1,367 1,367
Increase load per wagon to 75t and
number of trains to 9@ 4,5,600
tonne/train (3 locos*75 wagons*75t)
1,680 1,822 1,670
increase trains to 11 consists 2,046
ANNUAL TOTAL 15,620,000 Tonnes
Monthly Operational Ramp-Up Schedule to Deliver 15Mt in 2012 – Slightly
Behind, Rapidly Catching Up, Back On-Schedule by End of March
February 2012
Total tonnes railed
YTD = 318,109
12
Achievements to date
• [Insert safety achievement]
• [Number of Sierra Leoneans employed]
• [tonnes loaded to date]
• [number of ships loaded]
• [Best loading rate achieved]
• [Reduction in mooring times]
Area Achievement
Safety No LTIs from operations to date
Delivery of Locos and Ore Cars 15 loco’s in service; 3 more coming online this week;
2 loco’s on schedule for 26th February delivery
118 ore cars arriving next week (7th February)
Destressing and Final Tamping of
New Rail
Completed first 10km; on track for mid April
completion
Upgrade of Old Rail Commenced upgrade last week ahead of schedule
Tonnes Railed YTD 318,109 tonnes
Total Tonnes Railed 751,946 tonnes
Current Train Operations 4 trains per day consisting 3 loco’s and 80 ore cars
Track Speeds Old Rail 25km/h average speed; new rail 40-50km/h
average speed; destressed rail up to 70km/h
Cycle time 23 hours
February 2012
13
Moving to 20mtpa
Area Existing Infrastructure Future Infrastructure Date
Trains 20 3300HP Diesel
Locomotives
34 locomotives 2 delivered June and 2 per
month subsequently
Ore
Cars
450 20 TAL Bottom
Dumping Ore Cars
450 20 TAL Ore Cars
298 25 TAL Ore Cars
98 July
100 August
100 September
Track 83 km reconstructed
rail
123km new rail
7 Turnouts
Entire route new rail
10 turnouts
Complete mine loop
14km double track
August 2012
18 hour cycle time
70km/h average
track speed
23 hour cycle time
38 km/h average
track speed
February 2012
14
Track Rail Modifications
February 2012
15
Mine Area Rail Modifications
February 2012
Mine Operations
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12
CumulativeTonnes
Tonnes
Tonnes Loaded
Fines
Lump
A32
Cumulative Tonnes
Tonnes Loaded October - January
07:36
04:55
01:54
00:00
01:12
02:24
03:36
04:48
06:00
07:12
08:24
Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12
Time(mins)
Average Time per Wagon
Time per Wagon
Average Time per Wagon November - January
Ex-Pit Movements October - January
Rehandle Movements October - January
Lump Production October - January
Natural Fines Production October - January
Washed Fines Production October - January
1C Crusher Production October - January
1D Crusher Production December - January
EOM SOP Stockpile Quantity October - January

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AML-8

  • 1. Tonkolili Iron Ore Project Project Update Karl D. Sinko GM Projects & Oerations February 2012
  • 2. Monthly Construction Schedule for Expanding to 20Mtpa – February Milestones On or Ahead of Schedule Area Monthly Construction Schedule J F M A M J J A S O N D PORT Complete chute and bin modifications ✔ Complete ship loaders (1 and 2) ✔ Complete NHI stacker upgrade ✔ Complete 1B materialshandling and port load out ✔ Replace stacker with Stacker-reclaimer ✔ RAIL Increase number of trains to 6 (3 loco’s* 75 wagons*60 tonnes per train) ✔ Increase number of trains to 8 (2 loco’s* 70 wagons*70 tonnes per train) ✔ Increase number of trains to 9 (2 loco’s* 70 wagons*70 tonnes per train) ✔ Increase number of trains to 10 (2 loco’s* 70 wagons*70 tonnes per train) ✔ Complete dual tracking and loop at the mine ✔ Complete 2nd line from Pepel yard to Pepel bridge ✔ Complete replacementof old rail ✔ MINE Complete 2nd train loader ✔ Process Plant 1B Commissioning ✔ ✔ February 2012 2
  • 4. 4 Achievements to Date February 2012 • [Insert safety achievement] • [Number of Sierra Leoneans employed] • [tonnes loaded to date] • [number of ships loaded] • [Best loading rate achieved] • [Reduction in mooring times] Area Achievement Safety Constantly increasing man hours and reducing our injury frequency rate month by month Butterfly Stacker Fully operational and running at 2,400 tonnes per hour Second Shiploader Dry commissioning has commenced, will be fully operational in 4 to 5 days Chute Modifications Temporary chutes fully operational, permanent redesigned chute fabrication underway on-site now, completion end of February Tonnes Loaded On-Ship YTD 340,231 tonnes Total Tonnes Exported 565,271 tonnes Number of Ships Loaded Currently loading 8th ship (3rd OGV) Current tonnage on-ship 33,627WMT Best loading rate achieved 3,200tph on the 28/01 (using one shiploader)
  • 5. 5 Moving to 20mtpa Area Existing Infrastructure Future Infrastructure Date Inloading 1 x car dumpers 2 x car dumpers Mar 12 Stockyard 1 x Butterfly Stacker 400,000t stockpile capacity 2 x Stacker/Reclaimers 1mt stockpile capacity Mar/Sept 12 Mar 12 Reclaiming 4 x CAT 992k (BCM operated) 2 x stacker reclaimers 1 x stacker Mar/Sept 12 Outloading 1 x outloading belt 2 x shiploaders 2 x outloading belts 2 x shiploaders Mar 12 Transhipment 2 x transhipment vessels 3 x transhipment vessels Aug 12 Inloading at 3,200 tonnes / hour Outloading at 4,000 tonnes / hour Transhipping at 2,000 tones / hour Inloading at 3,200+ tonnes / hour Outloading at 8,000 tonnes / hour Transhipping at 3,000 tones / hour February 2012
  • 7. Phase 1B Port Schedule
  • 8. Pepel Camp Expansion Plan Description Today End of Feb End of March End of April Accommodation units from Makeni 12 on-site 20 online 46 online 71 online Accommodation units from Rogbere 12 on-site 18 online Refurbished houses (10 per house) 20 in progress 20 online 50 online 70 online Hawk accommodation units On a ship Arrive in FT 105 online Kitchen from Rogbere On-site Operational Offices from Lungi On-site Operational Electrical Expansions Ongoing upgrades to ensure sufficient capacity for expansion Waste / Water / Sewage Expansions Current infrastructure inadequate; quotes being sourced 8February 2012
  • 9. Pepel Camp Accommodation Requirements – Sewage is the Critical Issue People Accommodation Requirements (Expats Only) Today End of Feb End of March End of April AML Operations 122 130 145 155 AML Pepel Construction 7 10 10 10 Sub-Contractors 209 245 256 256 Relocating from Makeni - 30 30 30 Relocating from Freetown / London - - 10 - 15 15 Total 338 415 456 466 Description Today End of Feb End of March End of April Number of Expat Units 212 270 431 476 Number of Beds 295 388 431 476 Number of People on the Boat 54 ≤27 0 0 Kitchen Design Capacity 200+ 400+ 400+ 400+ Waste/Water/Sewage Design Capacity 120 ? ? ? 9February 2012
  • 10. Rail Operations January 2012 Perry Bennetts GM Rail Rail Operations
  • 11. 11 Rail Ramp-Up (in ‘000 tonnes) J F M A M J J A S O N D 5 trains @ 4,500 tonne/train (3 locos*75 wagons*60t) 558 7 trains @ 4,500tonne/train (3 locos*75 wagons*60t) 650 Dual track at Pepel; dual track ,loop and 2nd train loader at the mine all allow reductions in cycle times from 25hr to 21 hr to 18 hrs. 976.5 945 Increase tonnes per wagon to 70t 1,215 Increase number of trains to 8 @ 5,250 tonne/train (3 locos*75 wagons*70t) 1,323 1,367 1,367 Increase load per wagon to 75t and number of trains to 9@ 4,5,600 tonne/train (3 locos*75 wagons*75t) 1,680 1,822 1,670 increase trains to 11 consists 2,046 ANNUAL TOTAL 15,620,000 Tonnes Monthly Operational Ramp-Up Schedule to Deliver 15Mt in 2012 – Slightly Behind, Rapidly Catching Up, Back On-Schedule by End of March February 2012 Total tonnes railed YTD = 318,109
  • 12. 12 Achievements to date • [Insert safety achievement] • [Number of Sierra Leoneans employed] • [tonnes loaded to date] • [number of ships loaded] • [Best loading rate achieved] • [Reduction in mooring times] Area Achievement Safety No LTIs from operations to date Delivery of Locos and Ore Cars 15 loco’s in service; 3 more coming online this week; 2 loco’s on schedule for 26th February delivery 118 ore cars arriving next week (7th February) Destressing and Final Tamping of New Rail Completed first 10km; on track for mid April completion Upgrade of Old Rail Commenced upgrade last week ahead of schedule Tonnes Railed YTD 318,109 tonnes Total Tonnes Railed 751,946 tonnes Current Train Operations 4 trains per day consisting 3 loco’s and 80 ore cars Track Speeds Old Rail 25km/h average speed; new rail 40-50km/h average speed; destressed rail up to 70km/h Cycle time 23 hours February 2012
  • 13. 13 Moving to 20mtpa Area Existing Infrastructure Future Infrastructure Date Trains 20 3300HP Diesel Locomotives 34 locomotives 2 delivered June and 2 per month subsequently Ore Cars 450 20 TAL Bottom Dumping Ore Cars 450 20 TAL Ore Cars 298 25 TAL Ore Cars 98 July 100 August 100 September Track 83 km reconstructed rail 123km new rail 7 Turnouts Entire route new rail 10 turnouts Complete mine loop 14km double track August 2012 18 hour cycle time 70km/h average track speed 23 hour cycle time 38 km/h average track speed February 2012
  • 15. 15 Mine Area Rail Modifications February 2012
  • 17. 0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 CumulativeTonnes Tonnes Tonnes Loaded Fines Lump A32 Cumulative Tonnes Tonnes Loaded October - January
  • 18. 07:36 04:55 01:54 00:00 01:12 02:24 03:36 04:48 06:00 07:12 08:24 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Time(mins) Average Time per Wagon Time per Wagon Average Time per Wagon November - January
  • 22. Natural Fines Production October - January
  • 23. Washed Fines Production October - January
  • 24. 1C Crusher Production October - January
  • 25. 1D Crusher Production December - January
  • 26. EOM SOP Stockpile Quantity October - January