The Amapá Project includes a significant iron ore deposit and a 192 kilometer railway connecting the mine location to an existing port facility and 71 hectares of real estate on the banks of the Amazon River, reserved for an ore loading terminal. Full capacity is anticipated to be approximately 6.5 million tonnes of iron ore concentrate when commissioned.
Location: Amapa, Brazil
Type of Ore: Iron Ore Concentrate
Cliffs’ Ownership Share: 30%
Anglo-American Ownership Share: 70%
The numbers reported above are estimates as of full-year 2008.
