Vametco Vanadium Mine

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Strategic Minerals has two wholly-owned subsidiaries – Stratcor, Inc. with a plant in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA and Vametco Minerals Corporation that operates a vanadium mine and mill in Brits – about 30 miles west of Pretoria. Vametco’s principal product is Nitrovan® vanadium, a proprietary vanadium-nitrogen product that efficiently strengthens steel. This value-added product is exported to steelmakers worldwide. Stratcor’s sales staff is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Strategic Minerals has the capacity to produce 25 million pounds of vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) per year.

Reference for information:
www.evraz.com/business/vanadium/?factory=1149

www.stratcor.com/

saepej.igc.org/Vametco.html

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Coordinates:   25°34'27"S   27°53'25"E
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