Новости за 12.11.2020

Tennessee-based coal supplier Contura Energy has found a buyer for the Cumberland mine, which it had planned to close in 2022. The company on Thursday announced that it would sell the mine in Greene county, as well as other Pennsylvania assets, to Iron Senergy in an equity transaction, which would close before the end of the year. Iron Senergy has expressed its intention to continue operating the Cumberland mine past Contura’s previously announced planned closure at the end of 2022. Contura said... Читать дальше...

South Africa's mining production decreased by 2.8% year-on-year in September, with the iron-ore sector having made the largest negative contribution and diamonds the largest positive contribution. Seasonally adjusted mining production decreased by 0.3%  month-on-month in September.

Greece will kick off the sale of assets owned by Larco, one of the world's biggest nickel producers, later this month, its energy ministry said on Thursday. The country will also launch in December the sale of a 49% stake in power grid operator HEDNO, the ministry said in a statement. HEDNO, which operates Greece's 242 000-km-long power distribution grid, is now fully owned by the country's biggest power utility Public Power Corp, which is 51% state-owned.

JSE-listed Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland says the third quarter of the year was still marked by pandemic-related disruption, particularly at the South Deep and Cerro Corona mines, in South Africa and Peru, respectively, but that the business generally performed well nonetheless. Attributable production of 557 000 oz for the quarter ended September 30 was up 7% year-on-year and 1% quarter-on-quarter.

With heavy industries in a race to prove their environmental and social credentials to increasingly demanding investors, mining took a small step backward last quarter. ESG perceptions of mining deteriorated slightly, with the most negativity coming from community relations and human rights, according to a report by London-based Alva that assigns scores based on publicly available content from social media to NGO research. The most positive issues for the sector were energy management and greenhouse-gas emissions.

The US is one step closer to funding and implementing the US uranium reserve, which is aimed at stimulating growth in the domestic uranium mining industry. The Senate Committee on Appropriations on Wednesday released drafts of 2021 funding measures and subcommittee allocations that include $150-million for the US uranium reserve. The Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Bill highlights that the uranium reserve programme received its budget request. If passed into law, it would provide full... Читать дальше...

ASX-listed Silver Mines has signed a binding term sheet with fellow listed Thomson Resources for the sale of its Webbs silver/polymetallic project and the Conrad silver/polymetallic project, in New South Wales. Under the terms of the transaction, Thomson Resources would acquire both project areas along with associated information, cash security bonds and agreements in exchange for a non refundable payment of A$50 000 within five business days.

A new report has found that the Western Australian government could add a further A$16-billion to the state’s economy and deliver an additional 55 000 jobs by creating a more sustainable, or ‘green’, state. The report by the Bankwest Curtin Economic Center suggested that diversifying into more sustainable industries such as renewable power generation, lithium mining and processing would create a pathway to greater economic value and better employment opportunities for the state, particularly in regional Western Australia. Читать дальше...

Japanese resources company Marubeni Corp will pull out of the Thabametsi South African coal plant project, the group told Reuters on Wednesday, following the withdrawal of some South African investors this week. Marubeni's exit from the 630 megawatt (MW) Thabametsi coal-based power plant project in the water-scarce northern Limpopo province also follows the withdrawal of South Korea's state-run Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) last month.

Wits Basin’s shallow gold reefs to be mined as economic environment creates huge tailwind; Clean, green copper of N Cape will be produced at zero cost; And, Gwede Mantashe says exploration is a priority