Новости за 02.08.2022

Environmental organisation Earthlife Africa has applied to the North Gauteng High Court for a judicial review of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s (DMRE’s) decision to grant an environmental authorisation (EA) for a new coal mine in Limpopo, as well as Fisheries, Forestry and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy’s decision to confirm that EA on appeal. Earthlife says it is challenging the EA for Lephalale Coal Mines’ proposed new mine owing to no comprehensive climate change... Читать дальше...

A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) has confirmed a 4.7-year mine life and average yearly gold production of 54 380 oz viability for dual-listed Altus Strategies’ Diba & Lakanfla gold project, in Mali. The company also published an updated mineral resource estimate (MRE) for the project on August 2, which increased the resources by 67% to total 312 000 oz in the indicated category and 362 000 oz in the inferred category.

The Queensland government has announced a Parliamentary Inquiry to examine the safety culture within the region’s coal mining industry. Resources Minister Scott Stewart said the Inquiry would examine how the industry has acted on recommendations from a report into the Grosvenor mine explosion that seriously injured five workers in 2020.

An independent assessment has confirmed the size of the Woodlawn zinc/copper project, in New South Wales. ASX-listed Develop on Tuesday reported that the independent assessment had estimated a Joint Ore Reserves Committee complaint resource of 7.3-million tonnes, at 13.2% zinc equivalent for the project, which is in line with the resource stated when the project was acquired in February.

Six weeks out of completing the acquisition of Western Areas, ASX-listed Independence Group (IGO) was working on ways to optimise and increase profitability from the newly acquired assets. Speaking at the Diggers & Dealers conference, IGO MD and CEO Peter Bradford said that the company was looking at leveraging some of the learnings from its Nova operation to the newly acquired Forrestania assets, and was doing a systematic review of the tenements.

Mexico-focused silver and gold miner Fresnillo has reported a good first-half financial performance despite global supply chain bottlenecks, cost inflation and a tight labour market. These difficulties remain and will have “some impact” in the second half of the year, CEO Octavio Alvidrez says, but stresses that he is confident in the company’s ability to “weather the short-term challenges”.

Chilean authorities started investigating on Monday a mysterious sinkhole about 25 m in diameter that appeared over the weekend in a mining area in the north of the country. Chilean media showed aerial images of the sinkhole on land operated by a Canadian Lundin Mining copper mine, about 665 km north of capital Santiago.

The world’s biggest miners have spent the past two weeks reporting lower profits, shrinking dividends and a worsening outlook as the year rolls on. Next up: Glencore looks set to buck the trend. While commodities like iron-ore and copper have retreated as gloom settles over the global economy, Glencore is enjoying two key advantages over its mining rivals – a powerful trading business that thrives in volatile markets, and a suite of coal mines now churning out previously unimaginable earnings thanks to the global energy crunch.

Coal developer Cokal Coal has appointed a secondary mining contractor at its Bumi Barito Mineral (BBM) mine, in Indonesia. Contractor PT. Citarum Borneo Quantum (CBQ) has been appointed to undertaken openpit overburden mining services, and has already started mobilising equipment to the mine site.

Gold miner Gold Fields on Tuesday said that it would look to optimise its portfolio following the acquisition of TSX-listed Yamana Gold, and the start of its Salares Norte project, in Chile. Presenting at the second day of the Diggers and Dealers conference, Gold Fields CEO Chris Griffith said that with the addition of the Yamana assets and the start of Salares North, Gold Fields could produce in excess of four-million ounces.