Mining Magazine August 2015 | Page 148

CURIMBABA MINING
Curimbaba Mining complex
CURIMBABA MINING - The ore mining and beneficiary , has three units ( Ponte Preta , Vera Cruz and Campo do Meio ) in Poços de Caldas . Currently , Curimbaba Mining and its affiliates in Brazil employ more than 1,000 people , generating at least 3,000 indirect jobs in the country . With a production capacity of 375,000 tons per year of sintered bauxite , activated bauxite , sintered refractory clays , bauxite-based proppants , the company is a supplier to many industrial and commercial segments , particularly the oil and gas industry , the petrochemical industry , surface blasting , ceramic for electrical welding , refractory and abrasive products , treatment of mineral oils and biodiesel , micromelting and casting . “ Most of the production of proppant and molten oxides , around 80 percent , is exported
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