（外媒）瑞士矿商将在巴西开发铁矿石项目
BML已经结束了预可行性研究并获得环境认证。巴西政府将建设一条链接这个矿和沿海城市Ilheus的铁路来运输BML的球团矿。
BML项目总投资约20亿美元，力求满足中国和中东的市场需求。与此同时，Zamin公司还在开发Bahia州的一个叫做GrayStone的小项目，预计年产在600万吨。Zamin还同时开发了在乌拉圭铁矿石项目，包括供浆管，矿藏约在20亿吨，目前这个项目还在进行预可行性研究，预计2011年上半年结束。
原文：Another Brazilian iron ore project is being developed by foreign companies in the country’s northeastern state of Bahia. This time, the 50-50 joint venture project is owned by Swiss mining company Zamin Resources and Kazakh miner ENRC, Steel Business Briefing learns from a source at Zamin.
According to Zamin executive Martin Kannengieser, the company’s BML project – Bahia Mineração Ltda – is estimated to have 2.5bn tonnes of high-grade iron ore resources. A 20m tonnes/year plant might be put into operation in September 2012; in a latter stage, it might be increased to 25-26m t/y.
BML has concluded pre-feasibility studies and been awarded an environmental license to begin operations. Moreover, the Brazilian government is constructing a rail system connecting the mine to the coast city Ilheus to transport BML’s pellet feed.
With an investment of about US$2bn, the BLM project is aimed at meeting Chinese and Middle Eastern market demand.
Additionally, Zamin is developing a minor project called Gray Stone in Bahia state, which is planned to produce over 6m tonnes of pellet feed per year. Pre-feasibility studies are underway; however, a timeframe isn’t available yet.
Zamin is also developing an iron ore project in Uruguay, which includes a slurry pipe and an estimated deposit of 2bn t/y. Currently, the project is under pre-feasibilities studies, which are expected to be concluded in the first half of 2011.
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