Новости за 11.11.2019

Brazilian iron-ore miner Vale on Monday said it now expects sales of iron-ore and pellets to be between 307-million and 312 million tonnes in 2019, further reducing its full-year outlook as it grapples with the aftermath of a deadly dam burst. Vale has been compelled to halt production at various facilities because of safety worries after the collapse of a tailings dam in the town of Brumadinho that killed more than 250 people in the company's second fatal accident in less than four years.

The Global Tailing Review (GTR) has delayed the publication of its draft standard for mine tailings management for public comment. After initially announcing on Monday that the draft standard had been published, it published an update later in the day to say the draft standard was not yet finalised and would be published for comment in due course.

London-listed Sirius Minerals has unveiled a new development plan for its fertiliser mine project, in North Yorkshire, sending the UK project developer’s share price surging. The initial phase of one-million tonnes a year will require an investor or debt financing for $600-million by the end of March next year, to fund the shaft construction to take the Woodsmith mine to first polyhalite production.

Evo Morales, South America’s longest-serving president and a towering figure for the region’s left-wing movements, resigned after election irregularities triggered weeks of violent clashes and intervention from the armed forces. Morales said he was leaving office to avoid violence, adding that he wouldn’t flee the country, since he hadn’t stolen anything. He pointed to the economic progress of the country and said in his resignation speech that he was the victim of a coup and called for the international community to intervene.

Civil unrest and violence in Chile and prospects of tougher security norms, together with unrelenting protests over a disputed electoral process in Bolivia, have thrown a spanner in the wheels of Indian mining companies’ getting a toe-hold in the so-called ‘Lithium Triangle’. As protestors continue to hit the streets, with widespread reports of violence, snowballing into a deeper anti-government movement, India’s recent push for lithium assets in Latin America is being forced to the backburner, if not becoming unstuck completely.

TSX-listed Orvana Minerals has announced the suspension of mining operations at Los Tojas, Bolivia, but it the company is studying an oxide stockpile project at Don Mario, which could provide three years of production. The miner explained on Friday that Los Tojas was uneconomic on an unitary cost-per-ounce basis, owing higher-than-expected ore-grade operational mining dilution, with more narrow, erratic and discontinued mineralised structures.

Indonesia has allowed nine companies to resume nickel ore exports after inspections into reports of ore export rules violations, Heru Pambudi, the director general of the country's customs office, said on Monday. Among the companies allowed to export ore again are state-controlled miner PT Aneka Tambang and PT Trimegah Bangun Persada, according to an official document reviewed by Reuters and verified by a mining ministry official on Monday.

Coal developer Aspire Mining has reported improved financial outcomes for its Ovoot early development project (OEDP), in Mongolia. Aspire on Monday said that recent mining contractor quoted rates have reduced mine gate cost per tonne by around 19%, from $32/80/t to $26.40/t over the life of the project.

Aim-listed Vast Resources has appointed Paul Fletcher FD with immediate effect. He has been CFO of the company since February.

Vancouver-headquartered developer Lundin Gold is about to transition to a producer, with the Fruta del Norte project, in Ecuador, set to deliver its first gold before the end of this year. The company has reaffirmed its production goal for the current quarter, after protests last month temporarily impacted on the movement of supplies and personnel to the project site.

Diversified miner BHP on Monday told investors in Sydney that its petroleum portfolio would deliver ‘strong returns and contribute significant value’ to the company, over the next several decades. BHP’s president for operations petroleum, Geraldine Slattery said that sanctioned and well-advanced projects, which are expected to start production in the 2021 financial year, would replace field decline from legacy assets in Australia.

A contract worker has died in a rock fall at the San Ignacio underground mine, in Mexico, precious metals miner Great Panther reported on Friday. Operations at the area of the accident have been suspended to allow for an investigation. The rest of the San Ignacio mine producing areas were unaffected. "We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of our colleagues and our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends," Great Panther interim president and CEO Jeffrey Mason. "We will commit all... Читать дальше...

Project developer Namibian Marine Phosphate (NMP) is working to correct much of the misinformation it believes surrounds its Sandpiper marine phosphate project. NMP owns the Sandpiper marine phosphate project, about 60 km off the coast of Namibia, which has been the centre of controversy over its ambitions of trawling the seabed for phosphates.