Новости за 05.05.2020

Unionised employees at Canadian gold miner Kinross Gold’s Tasiast mine, in Mauritania, have initiated strike action. Kinross, who disagrees with the basis for the strike, on May 5 said that it remained open to discussions with the staff delegates to resolve the situation.

Bharat Coking Coal, a unit of Coal India, the world’s largest producer, is planning a debt-raising to meet expenses, after payment curtailments by power generators led to a cash-squeeze, according to people familiar with development. The company, based in eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, is in talks with a group of banks to raise as much as seven-billion rupees in bridge loans to keep operations going, the people said, asking not to be named as the talks are still private. Bharat Coking wasn’t... Читать дальше...

Key investor advisory groups are divided on whether Rio Tinto shareholders should support a demand for the world’s No. 2 miner to extend the range of its targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Institutional Shareholder Services is recommending Rio investors support a resolution tabled by an advocacy group calling on the producer to add additional targets, including so-called scope 3 emissions -- those generated by customers through the use of its products. In contrast, Glass Lewis & advises... Читать дальше...

TSX-listed Gran Colombia is investing in renewable energy and, through its Segovia operations, will acquire an 11.2 MW solar project in the Tolima region of Colombia. Gran Colombia has signed a letter of intent with renewable energy developer and independent power producer Renergetica’s Colombia subsidiary. The Suarez project is the first project of a pipeline under development by Renergetica in Colombia.

Russian diamond major Alrosa on Tuesday announced that it would temporarily suspend mining works at two operations, citing a decrease in demand and sales as major economics are struggling amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Mining will cease at the Aikhal underground mine will cease from May 15 to September 30 and the Zarya openpit will be put on care-and-maintenance from May 15 to December 31. In 2019, these pipes produced 2.6-million carats.

Engineering company Fluor South Africa has reached a safety milestone of two-million hours worked without a lost time injury at Cupric Canyon Capital's Khoemacau copper/silver starter project, in Botswana. Fluor was awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management contract for all the surface infrastructure for  Khoemacau in 2019.

The World Gold Council (WGC) says central banks have continued to be net purchasers of gold in March, adding 46 t to global reserves. However, central banks added 4% less gold to reserves compared with March last year.

The mechanised Uitkomst underground colliery has restarted, with ramp up to 50% capacity expected in seven to ten days, London-, Sydney- and Johannesburg-listed MC Mining said on Tuesday. The lockdown’s impact on activities at the corporate office had led to the implementation of business continuity measures as well as stringent health and safety procedures, which had resulted in MC Mining having to implement a ‘no work, no pay’ policy for nonessential staff, the company stated in a in a media release to Mining Weekly.

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe will on May 6 receive personal protective equipment (PPE) worth R1-million from diversified miner Sibanye-Stillwater. The donation from Sibanye is part of the mining sector’s support in containing the spread of Covid-19.