Re: RE: Energy Costs So here's the bit from NML's 2006 PFS:
20.2.2 ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY
The power necessary for the two operations will be supplied from the Churchill Falls hydro
electric installation in Labrador, west of the pellet plant site. It is proposed to use a 260 km
cable to transmit power to the mine and concentrator site where 235 MW is required. A
branch cable to the pellet plant will supply 63 MW to sustain the operation.
So the 300 MW is for both the concentrator and the pellet plant. A direct comparision of concentrating costs per 1 million tonnes of concentrate would therefore be:
8.7 MW for CHM type material
10.68 MW for the NML material
The statement by CHM's officer quoted a few posts back is misleading, downright misleading, if this data is anywhere near right.
BG