Новости за 26.10.2020

The definitive feasibility study for the installation of a revolutionary new electricity-slashing processing plant at Pilanesberg Platinum Mine in the North West will be completed next month, in time for an investment decision from the shareholders in KellTechnology South Africa, which are Pallinghurst’s Sedibelo Platinum Mines, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and Lifezone Limited. The electricity consumption of the amazing Kell process is 20% that of the electricity consumption of smelting... Читать дальше...

Coal producer Peabody has announced that Darren Yeates will become COO on November 1. Yeates has been a member of Peabody's board of directors since February 2020 and will remain on the board as a nonindependent director.

Chile’s government seeks to strike a balance between protecting glaciers and appeasing investors in the top copper producer -- even as the political opposition pushes a law that could constrain mining in such environmentally fragile areas. “We are in favor of protecting the environment including water reserves and glaciers, but we have to do it correctly,” Chile’s Environment Minister Carolina Schmidt recently told the Pauta Bloomberg radio show. “We have many scientists and data that show us glacial... Читать дальше...

Russia's Norilsk Nickel should keep its dividend payments for 2020 to a mininum level, co-owner and top shareholder Vladimir Potanin told Reuters. Potanin's Interros holding, aluminium producer Rusal and some other stakeholders have an agreement on dividend payouts which suggests that Nornickel pays them twice a year. Nornickel board of directors will consider a nine-month dividend payment at its upcoming meeting, Potanin said.

Robert Murray, a fourth-generation coal miner who became one of the embattled industry’s most outspoken advocates, has died. He was 80. Murray died early Sunday morning at his home in St. Clairsville, Ohio, of a lung disorder, according to Michael Shaheen, the family’s lawyer. He was diagnosed in 2016 with coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease, and had been known to attend industry events with a portable oxygen container. A native of Ohio coal country, Murray joined a mining company at 17 to help support his family. Читать дальше...

Platinum group metals miner Impala Platinum (Implats) made significant progress on its environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals during this year, as highlighted in its ESG report released on October 26. Referring to the miner’s workforce specifically, a statement by social, transformation and remuneration committee chairperson Mpho Nkeli notes that the group “maintained strong and collaborative relations” with employees and union representatives during the year, which contributed to the signing... Читать дальше...

Lithium miner Orocobre has temporarily suspended operations at its Olaroz lithium facility, in Argentina, following positive Covid-19 tests at the site. The ASX- and TSX-listed miner said that operations have been suspended to allow cleaning of the site and rotation of staff after 35 employees tested positive for the virus. Orocobre said on Monday that 18 of the 35 positive tests have been directly linked to a single person, who originally tested negative and was asymptomatic at the start of the shift roster.

Australian coal prices are playing catch-up with South African prices as Asian buyers focus on value wherever they can get it. South African coal is less competitive into markets such as South Korea and Vietnam, whereas RBCT exports to Turkey were over 500 kt last month, far higher than only around 80 000 t this time last year. Current RBCT stock levels are about 4.5-million tonnes which is usual for this time of year, whilst port loadings were over six-million tonnes for September, thanks largely to a rebound in demand from India... Читать дальше...

Diversified miner Rio Tinto has announced that a selection of rough diamonds from the company’s Canadian and Australian mines will be tendered to diamond specialists in October and November. Headlining Rio’s forthcoming “specials” tender, which showcases rough diamonds greater than 10.8 ct, is Lot number 1, Diavik Helios, a 74.48 ct Fancy yellow diamond. The Diavik Helios takes its name from the pure yellow sunlight emitted by the mythical Greek God of the Sun.

Mining major BHP has inked a 15-year contract extension to its power purchase agreement (PPA) with energy provider Southern Cross Energy (SCE) for the supply of electricity to its Nickel West operations, in Western Australia. The agreement extends the current arrangement to 2038, giving Nickel West access to all electricity produced by SCE.

Shipments from MMG's Las Bambas copper mine in Peru have returned to normal after nearly a week of disruption, the Hong Kong-listed company said on Monday, even as it slashed its output guidance for the mine in 2020 by more than 10%. Trucking of concentrate from Las Bambas, one of the world's biggest copper mines, to the port of Matarani on the Pacific Ocean was affected last week as local communities blocked the area's main road. "Inbound logistics continued to operate with restricted outbound logistics for approximately six days. Читать дальше...

Global miner Rio Tinto is seeking court approval to sell its partner's share of diamonds from a mine in Canada's Northwest Territories, a filing showed, hoping to recover around C$120-million plus legal fees and other costs. Rio owns 60% of Diavik Diamond Mines Inc (DDMI) and says it is owed C$119.5-million plus about C$2.4-million in fees by junior partner Dominion Diamond. Dominion holds a 40% stake in the northern mine, located about 300 km north of the territorial capital of Yellowknife. Closely... Читать дальше...

Brazilian federal prosecutors have accused mining giants BHP and Vale of colluding with a lawyer to reduce compensation for victims of a fatal dam collapse and interfere with a landmark lawsuit against BHP in the UK. A mining waste dam burst in 2015 at BHP and Vale's Samarco joint venture in the town of Mariana, releasing a torrent of sludge that killed 19 people. The collapse is also considered the country's worst-ever environmental disaster, contaminating a river for hundreds of miles to the ocean. Читать дальше...