Новости за 08.12.2020

The world’s top bullion miner, Newmont, is forecasting production of 6.5-million ounces for 2021. This is an increase of about 500 000 oz on the six-million ounces that the US-based gold major expects to produce this year. The 2020 guidance was affected by five operations that were placed into care and maintenance, owing to Covid-related precautions.

There are a number of issues and trends impacting mining in the twenty-first century that require consideration by mining companies and higher education institutions offering mining qualifications, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Mining Institute director Professor Frederick Cawood has said. Speaking on the first day of the institute’s DigiMine innovation seminar, on December 8, he highlighted a number of issues that the country’s mining industry must contend with and manage, including but not limited to technology adoption... Читать дальше...

Battery electric vehicles such as municipal buses and trucks are being converted into hydrogen fuel cell vehicles by China. “China already has a very well-established infrastructure to charge batteries and run battery electric trucks. But in the north, it’s very cold and we know battery electric vehicles don’t work well in the cold at all. The north also has a lot of solar and wind energy and if they use that solar and wind, it makes the fuel cell trucks and cars very appealing,” World Platinum Investment... Читать дальше...

In its pursuit to map mining districts around South Africa, and in the absence of any publicly available form of mining and prospecting cadastre, mining supply sales consultancy AmaranthCX has mapped the chrome mines and projects of the Bushveld Complex. In doing so, the company is continuing its building of its version of a mining and prospecting cadastre in an effort to shine a light on a part of the industry that is currently clouded in mystery as no publicly available information of this kind is freely available.

Platinum Guild International’s (PGI’s) third-quarter 'Platinum Jewellery Business Review', which surveys manufacturing and retail partners across key markets, indicates that although low prices have been a trigger to encourage buying, it has been product innovation and emotional connection of platinum jewellery that captured domestic markets of high spenders. Globally, a rapid recovery in the third quarter of the year was primarily driven by sustained orders among mainland Chinese retailers and a demand pick-up in the US, PGI states.

China's central State planner issued a mandate to coal buyers on Monday to sign medium and long-term contracts to ensure stable supplies next year, against the backdrop of recent gains in coal prices. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said coal miners should provide at least 80% of output to medium and long-term contracts, which are encouraged to be signed before the end of the year. In an online statement, it also specified that the contracts, which range between three to five years... Читать дальше...

The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has published a series of equivalency benchmarks to assist in addressing stakeholder concerns around responsible production, and the recent proliferation of sustainability standards. The benchmarks compare the requirements of ICMM’s mining principles with the World Gold Council’s responsible gold mining principles (RGMPs), the Mining Association of Canada’s towards sustainable mining (TSM) programme, the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI)... Читать дальше...

Wyloo Metals, a subsidiary of Australian private investment group Tattarang, has made its second investment in Canada. The company announced on Monday that it would become a cornerstone investor in Noront Resources – a company focusing on the Ring of Fire region in northern Ontario. Wyloo would buy all the beneficial interests in Noront controlled by Resource Capital Fund and its affiliates (RCF). Under the transaction, the Australian firm would acquire 94 553 126 Noront common shares and warrants to acquire 1 774 664 Noront common shares... Читать дальше...

Rio Tinto may face calls to pay compensation or a fine when an Australian parliamentary inquiry releases an interim report on Wednesday into how the firm legally destroyed ancient sacred rock shelters for an iron ore mine, industry sources said. The inquiry into the destruction of the 46 000-year-old Juukan Gorge rock shelter in May has heard testimony from dozens of people and more than 140 submissions from miners, heritage specialists and Aboriginal and civil society groups. The committee is... Читать дальше...

Canadian firm Taseko Mines and the Tsilhqot’in Nation have extended standstill agreement on outstanding litigation and regulatory matters relating to the miner’s tenure in the vicinity of Teztan Biny (Fish Lake) for another year. In late 2019 the Tŝilhqot'in Nation and Taseko Mines entered into a confidential dialogue, facilitated by British Columbia, to try to obtain a long-term solution to the conflict regarding Taseko's proposed gold/copper mine currently known as New Prosperity. The dialogue was supported by the parties' agreement... Читать дальше...

ASX- and TSX-V listed Jervios Mining has made the first $2.9-million tranche payment for the São Miguel Paulista nickel/cobalt refinery, in Brazil. The company in October this year announced plans to acquire the refinery from Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio (CBA) – a subsidiary of Votorantim – for $22.5-million, payable in tranches.

Dominion Diamond Mines said on Monday it reached a deal to sell its Ekati mine in Canada's Northwest Territories to holders of its second lien notes, eight months after seeking bankruptcy protection amid a worldwide upheaval in the diamond industry. Closely held Dominion, owned by the Washington Companies, filed for creditor protection in April, citing disruption to the global diamond trade caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Under the deal, which is subject to court approval, an entity controlled... Читать дальше...

An updated scoping study into the Elan hard coking coal project, in Alberta, Canada, has increased the mine life by six years, while reducing operating costs by 6%. ASX-listed Atrum Coal said the updated scoping study incorporated the Isolation South resource upgrade into an enlarged and enhanced mine schedule, which also displaced all Elan South mining to drive project simplification, permit efficiency and development fast tracking.

Coal miner MC Mining has launched an executive search after acting CEO and executive director Brenda Berlin has announced that she would be stepping down on February 15. Berlin joined MC Mining in April 2019 as an executive director and CFO, and was appointed acting CEO in February of this year.