Новости за 27.05.2020

One of South Africa’s oldest mining companies has rolled out a high-tech thermal screening solution at one of its mines in Limpopo and at its Sandton head office, as part of a wide-ranging initiative to protect its employees from the spread of Covid-19, says managed business solutions provider Itec Direct. The solution, which was rolled out by Itec, will provide instant temperature screening of people passing the various devices with no human contact, and flag any abnormalities with an alarm while... Читать дальше...

TSX-listed Endeavour Mining has augmented its short and long-term compensation plans to include clearly measurable environment, social and governance (ESG) targets. For this year, Endeavour has expanded its group targets, which affects annual employee bonuses, to include 20% ESG-related short-term targets. Alongside a safety target of a loss time injury frequency rate, which is 10% below industry benchmark, it also includes a diversity target of achieving a 25% increase in female employee representation to 10% in 2020.

Alexkor’s administrator Lloyd McPatie has said the diamond mining company is trading recklessly and cannot meet its financial obligations. Briefing the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises and the Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communication on his observations of issues at the State-owned diamond miner on May 27, he said the Pooling and Sharing Joint Venture (PSJV) between Alexkor and the Richterveld Mining Company, which comprises of the Richtersveld community, was also technically... Читать дальше...

A judge in Brazil's Minas Gerais state partially granted an injunction sought by prosecutors ordering iron-ore miner Vale to deposit 7.9-billion reais ($1.48-billion) for payment of potential fines related to a dam disaster last year. Vale faces multiple legal battles after a tailings dam it owned and operated in the town of Brumadinho burst, killing more than 270 people.

The global copper market is expected to be in surplus by 285 000 t this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, with the overhang rising to 675 000 t in 2021, an industry body said in a report. The forecast from the International Wrought Copper Council (IWCC) against the backdrop of coronavirus-related demand destruction that is expected to dwarf the impact of supply disruptions for industrial metals.

When South African miners are allowed to recall all their workers as lockdown restrictions ease further on Monday, full production will remain elusive as the pandemic upends operating practices. Social distancing, screening and testing will hamper the country’s deep-level mines, which have been operating with half their workforce since a five-week shutdown ended at the beginning of May. Virus flare-ups are temporarily closing individual gold, platinum and chrome operations. This new normal could curb output and erode profitability.

Junior Alpha HPA will raise A$7-million to advance its HPA First project, in Queensland. The share placement to sophisticated investors will be priced at 14.5c each, and proceeds from the raising will go towards funding the company’s production of high purity alumina (HPA) for market outreach and the financing and permitting for the HPA First project.

TSX-V-listed Sienna Resources has acquired the Kuusamo battery metals project, which comprises of two exploration “reservation” properties located adjacent to, and near, the Kaukua platinum group elements (PGE) project that fellow-listed Palladium One is advancing. The Kuusamo project hosts similar styles of mineralisation located within the same mafic intrusive complex and along trend of the mineralisation at Kaukua. Both Kuusamo and Kaukua properties show nickel/copper/cobalt/PGE-enriched sulphide... Читать дальше...

Owners and operators of US civilian nuclear power reactors (COOs) purchased a total of 48-million pounds of U3O8 equivalent of deliveries from US and foreign suppliers in 2019, with the vast majority sourced from Kazakhstan, Russia and Uzbekistan. The total deliveries was 20% higher than the 40-million pounds delivered in 2018, the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) uranium marketing annual report shows. The weighted-average price of $35.59/lb was 8% lower than the 2018 weighted-average... Читать дальше...

Gold and Minerals (G&M), Kefi Minerals’ 34%-owned joint venture company, has now completed Stage 2 of the Hawiah diamond drilling programme, in Saudi Arabia, thereby increasing the number of completed drill holes to 69 since October 2019, when the first drill hole was completed. Copper, zinc, gold and silver sulphide mineralisation has been intercepted in drilling consistently over more than 4 km in strike length, with intercepts within the supergene zone of up to 4.4% copper over a 6 m true width interval... Читать дальше...

Toronto-listed Taseko Mines has entered into an agreement with an indigenous nation regarding the miner’s intentions to start the regulatory approval process for the Yellowhead copper project, in the Thompson‐Nicola area of British Columbia. Located about 150 km north‐east of Kamloops near Vavenby, the 90 000 t/d openpit mine project could be one of the largest in North America. “Our communication with the leadership over this past year have been good, frank and insightful. We have gained significantly... Читать дальше...

The San Jose silver/gold mine, in Mexico, has officially resumed production at nameplate capacity of 30 000 t/d, after it was granted approval on May 25 to restart operations. Owner Fortuna Silver mines suspended production after the Mexico government on March 31 announced an isolation period to stop the spread of Cvoid-19.

The Prieska copper-zinc mine being developed so spectacularly by Orion Minerals in the Northern Cape has environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles integrally built into it, Mining Weekly can today report. The updated bankable feasibility study just released not only reduces the capital payback to a mere 2.4 years at a higher all-in-sustaining margin to 47% but also spreads ESG across the length and breadth of the entire project.

Silver explorer Silver Mines has completed a A$12-million capital raise to professional and sophisticated investors, to fund work at its Bowdens silver mine, in New South Wales. The company will issue 120-million fully paid ordinary shares at a price of 10c each, with the majority of the shares to be placed under Silver Mines’ existing placement capacity.