Specifications - Skorpion Zinc Mine Skorpion Zinc Mine, Namibia

Key Data
Location	Southwest Namibia
Ownership	Anglo American Base Metals 100% via local subsidiaries
Geology	Zinc carbonate and silicate orebody
Mineral types	Hemimorphite, hydrozincite, smithsonite
Reserves	21.6Mt at 10.6% Zn
Production	150,000t/yr SHG zinc ingot (design capacity), 132,800t SGH zinc (2004)
Mining	Open pit, shovel-and-truck
Processing	Crushing, grinding, leaching, neutralisation, solvent extraction, electrowinning, melting / casting
Employment	500 long-term
Key Equipment
Open pit	Ingersoll-Rand blasthole drill, Caterpillar excavators and haul trucks
Zinc recovery	Bateman / Schade covered storage dome
Contractors	Bateman Engineering, SMC Lavelin
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