Tirupati Graphite's executive chairman Shishir Poddar joins Katie to update on progress at the Vatomina pre-concentrate plant in Madagascar.
The construction and relocation of the first part of Vatomina's 9,000 tons per year plant, which will remove 80%-90% of impurities from the ore, has now been completed and the pre-concentrate and final concentrate plant recommissioned and synchronised in operation.
it will save substantial amounts of diesel, he says and means it will no longer need to build heavy load-bearing roads.
He also talks about the recent operational difficulties with torrential rain conditions causing difficulties transporting mined ore to the processing plant.