Новости за 02.09.2022

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has published for public comment proposed changes to South Africa’s electricity regulations, exempting distributed generation facilities of any size from applying to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) for a licence. The majority of the exempted facilities will still need to be registered with Nersa and will have to comply with either transmission or distribution codes.

TSX-listed Mountain Province Diamonds on Friday announced that an employee of a contractor partner company had died of injuries sustained in an incident at the Gahcho Kué mine a day earlier. The mine is a joint venture between Mountain Province Diamonds, which owns 49% of the project, and De Beers Canada, which holds a 51% interest and is the mine’s operator.

London-listed mining services company Capital has appointed Peter Stokes as its new CEO, with effect from October 3.  Stokes will be based in Perth where the company has an established office and presence. He will also join the board as an executive director.

TSX-V- and JSE-listed Buffalo Coal has advised that private investment fund Resource Capital Fund (RCF) has concluded, for the most part, the sale of convertible debt of $27-million to Belvedere Resources, following Belvedere’s acquisition of RCF’s controlling stake in Buffalo.   RCF disposed of its ownership and control of Buffalo to Belvedere in June, an agreement which involves Belvedere assuming the $27-million convertible loan.

Few outside of India had heard of Gautam Adani a couple of years ago. Now the Indian tycoon, a college dropout who first tried his luck as a diamond trader before turning to coal and eventually building one of the biggest conglomerates, has become the world’s third-richest person. It’s the first time an Asian has broken into the top three of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index -- fellow citizen Mukesh Ambani and China’s Jack Ma never made it that far. With a $137.4-billion fortune, Adani has overtaken... Читать дальше...

Mineral exploration and development company Silver Bull Resources has announced the termination of an option agreement with a subsidiary of South32, citing the illegal blockades at the Sierra Mojada project, in Mexico. The ongoing blockades are preventing South32 from progressing exploration activities.

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks African Rainbow Minerals's pledge to combat climate change; Implats's committent of R4.3-billion for the next five years towards energy security and decarbonisation; and DRDGold’s broad-based livelihoods initiative, which has had more than 8 000 participants.

Samarco and its owners, Vale and BHP Group, agreed to almost double their offer in compensation for a 2015 mine waste disaster in Brazil, according to people with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be named because the discussions are private. The mining companies raised the proposal to more than 100-billion reais ($19-billion) after Brazilian authorities showed disappointment to the 52-billion reais ($10-billion) offered. The new value is closer to a 155-billion reais public civil action... Читать дальше...

Colombia could require mining firms get environmental licenses for exploration in order to protect the environment, increase state control and prevent conflict between communities and extractive companies, the Environment Minister said on Thursday. The comments from Minister Susana Muhamad during a mining conference in Cartagena come as extractive companies sound the alarm over a proposed $5.6-billion tax reform they say would negatively affect the industry.

Diamond miner Lucapa has recovered a 160 ct white Type IIa diamond from its Lulo operation, in Angola, putting fire to the company’s ambitions of finding the primary source of the large diamonds being discovered in the region. The 160 ct diamond is the 28th diamond of more than 100 ct to be recovered at Lulo and was mined from the same alluvial mining block as the “Lulo Rose”, the 170 ct pink coloured diamond recovered in July this year, Lucapa MD and CEO Stephen Wetherall told delegates at Paydirt’s Africa Downunder conference, in Perth.

A minority shareholder of Turquoise Hill Resources said on Friday it does not support Rio Tinto's latest sweetened offer to buy the rest of the Canadian miner for $3.3-billion. Mining giant Rio Tinto, which owns a majority stake in Turquoise Hill, on Thursday reached an in-principle agreement to buy a 49% stake in Turquoise Hill for C$43 per share.

Uranium developer Lotus Resources has completed a A$25-million share placement to sophisticated, professional and institutional investors to progress the development of the Kayelekera project, in Malawi. The company will issue 104.2-million new fully paid ordinary shares, at a price of 24c a share.

Gauteng dry-type transformer specialist Trafo Power Solutions is on track to supply three transformers to a local underground gold mining operation for commissioning this month, despite the challenges manufacturers have been facing globally. While there is a global shortage of raw materials, from copper to stainless steel, the transformer sector has been challenged by the limited supply of electrical steel, which is used to create the magnetic cores that help power transformers, says Trafo MD David Claassen.

In focusing on energy efficiency, Zest WEG, a subsidiary of Brazilian motor and controls manufacturer WEG, is helping the South African mining industry reduce its load on the country’s fragile energy generation system through the uptake of its products. For example, the company started transitioning its WEG W22 range from IE3-rated premium efficiency motors to IE4-rated super premium efficiency motors in April last year.