Новости за 15.06.2020

TSX-V-listed Skeena Resources has started a preliminary feasibility study (PFS) for its Eskay Creek gold and silver project, in British Columbia. The goal of the PFS is to technically further de-risk Eskay Creek while developing an appropriate execution strategy to ensure fast-tracked development towards commercial production. Given the success of the team that developed the preliminary economic assessment (PEA) study for Eskay Creek, Skeena will again partner with Ausenco Engineering Canada, SRK Consulting... Читать дальше...

Research firm Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research expects nickel mine production to contract by 19.60% this year. In a report, it states that the mining and metals industry will be deeply impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic this year, as the situation continues to evolve and the virus continues to spread.

Morocco-focused potash development company Emmerson has recorded progress on various work streams that are under way following the release of a feasibility study into its Khemisset potash project. The company has now shifted its focus to moving Khemisset towards “shovel ready” status including operational capability build-out, front-end engineering and design (FEED), detailed design and financing.

With her promotion to MD of diamond mining company Lucara Botswana in 2018, Naseem Lahri became the first woman, and the first Motswana woman, to serve in this capacity for a diamond mining company in Botswana. Lucara Botswana is a subsidiary of Lucara Diamond Corp, which owns the Karowe mine, in Botswana. The openpit mine is expected to be in operation to 2026, with further underground potential.

ASX- and LSE-listed Danakali is cautiously optimistic about the food markets globally, despite uncertainty owing to Covid-19, and thanks to the sector’s resilience to the crisis. CEO Niels Wage tells Mining Weekly that global food production prospects are positive, stocks are high, international food prices are low and trade remains broad-based with more importing and exporting countries, which provides grounds for optimism.

Coal markets had a bumpy ride last week as weaker prices across the energy complex saw falls in all major coal indices. More talk of regulating Australian imports into China helped push Chinese domestic prices higher again. China is seeking to reduce its reliance on imports as it improves its freight links for domestic miners to utilities on the coast. Oil prices fell last week although natgas, power and carbon recovered a little. Higher carbon prices make coal less attractive (via the dark spread)... Читать дальше...

TSX-V-listed junior Sola Gold on Friday announced that its La Ye mine, in Colombia, was hit in an armed robbery earlier in the week, with thieves taking off with a dore bar of 475 gold-equivalent ounces. The company said an armed group of individuals entered the mine site after a gold pour, but before the doré was transported by helicopter to the refinery in Medellin. “The thieves took advantage of a change in the protocols during the transition as a result of the recent acquisition of Operadora by Soma. Читать дальше...

More border openings are wanted for returning foreign mineworkers. As of Thursday last week, not a single foreign mineworker had re-entered South Africa from neighbouring foreign countries.

First Majestic Silver has asked Canada's ambassador to Mexico to intervene in an escalating tax dispute with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's government, the Canadian miner's CEO said on Friday. Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday that some of Canada's mining firms were behind on their tax payments and urged the Canadian government to lean on them to avoid the dispute reaching international tribunals. He did not mention First Majestic by name, but the miner last month said it had served notice... Читать дальше...

Chilean copper miners' unions called on Sunday for a re-evaluation of the operational continuity plans of the country's biggest miners during what they said was an "alarming" increase in coronavirus cases among workers. In a statement signed by the union leadership of State-owned Codelco, the Mines Federation - which groups the majority of workers for Chile's major copper mines - rejected the "business as usual" discourse advanced by miners and the mines minister, Baldo Prokurica. "The increase... Читать дальше...

Potash developer Salt Lake Potash has awarded engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts and engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contracts for the process plant and non-process infrastructure at its Lake Way project, in Western Australia. The EPC contract is worth an estimated A$85-million while the EPCM contract is valued at a further A$22-million, with Salt Lake on Monday saying the two contracts combined represented around 40% of the total project capital required for Lake Way.

Private equity group Tembo Capital has confirmed its continued support of Orion Minerals through an extension to the term of the $3.6-million loan facility. Sydney- and Johannesburg-listed Orion in January announced the convertible loan facility, which has now been extended from June 25 to October 31.