RE: Spod to port2 Oct 2025 18:58
Jesus H Christ this board descends into ridiculousness every day with all the chef alts.
Nameplate capacity is basically the plant’s design maximum — for Bougouni, that’s around 120,000 tonnes per year of spodumene concentrate. It’s what the kit is built to do under perfect conditions, flat out.
But in reality, commercial production ramps up over time. You don’t flick a switch and hit 120ktpa on Day 1. Plants typically start well below nameplate (say, 40–60ktpa), and then gradually increase output as operations stabilise, bottlenecks get sorted, and recovery improves.
Kodal achieved first production in Q1 2025, and concentrate has already been produced 40-45kt So we’re already into the ramp-up phase now. The focus going forward is scaling toward nameplate and tightening margins through recovery optimisation.