Caemi is a diversified company with interests in iron ore, kaolin and transport and logistics. It also allows global strategic alliances and marketing relationships to be built with customers through a full suite of iron ore product offerings which could efficiently meet a steelmaker's complete iron ore requirements anywhere in the world. The acquisition builds on BHP's existing iron ore investment in Brazil through its 50 per cent shareholding in Samarco Minera o S.A. and provides the Company with a good foundation for further development in this mineral rich region. MBR products include sinter feed fines, pellet feed fines, blast furnace lump and direct reduction ore. MBR production capacity is currently being expanded from 26 million tonnes per annum to 32 mtpa.
Kaolin is an industrial mineral that is used mainly in the paper industry.