Новости за 05.09.2022

Original-equipment manufacturer Sandvik on September 5 officially unveiled its 65-t-capacity zero-emission battery-electric truck, the Sandvik TH665B, at Electra Mining Africa in Johannesburg. The group notes that this is the world’s largest-capacity battery-electric truck for underground mining.

London-listed Power Metal Resources has raised £1.08-million, which will be used to advance select exploration projects and for general working capital purposes. Initially, the company raised £800 000 through a placing of 57-million shares, and a following placing of 20-million new ordinary shares raising £280 000 through a single new investor in the company.

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has reached a deadlock in its wage negotiations with diversified miner South32, which has manganese mining and aluminium smeling opeations in South Africa. The parties met for negotiations last week under the auspices of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), but could not reach an agreement.

Chileans rejecting a proposed new constitution should be positive for the country's assets, Wall Street bank JPMorgan said in a note to clients. Chileans overwhelmingly voted against a proposed new constitution on Sunday, rejecting what would have been one of the world's most progressive charters that would have marked a sharp shift from its market-friendly constitution dating back to the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.

Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds has been granted a five-year prospecting licence, until June 2027, on ground containing the Reivilo cluster of kimberlites in Barkley West, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The licence is located about 110 km north-east of the actively producing Finsch diamond mine owned by Petra Diamonds.

Aim-listed Jubilee Metals has announced that its newly built Zambian copper concentrator Project Roan has reached nameplate capacity of 110 t/h following its successful commissioning and ramp-up. “This is a defining milestone that transforms our operational footprint in Zambia. Despite a challenging construction period marred by Covid-19 and supply chain interruptions, all construction activities at Project Roan were completed in 11 months,” Jubilee CEO Leon Coetzer said.

Chile's copper production from state-owned giant Codelco fell 6.5% in July to reach 128 000 t, government body Cochilco said on Friday. Production at Collahuasi, a joint venture of Anglo American and Glencore, dropped 12.4% on a year-on-year basis to 47 300 t.

In the aluminum industry, closing a smelter is an agonizing decision. Once power is cut and the production “pots” settle back to room temperature, it can take many months and tens of millions of dollars to bring them back online. Yet Norsk Hydro is preparing this month to do exactly that at a huge plant in Slovakia. And it’s not the only one — European production has dropped to the lowest levels since the 1970s and industry insiders say the escalating energy crisis is now threatening to create an... Читать дальше...

More than half of FTSE 100 companies now have a board-level committee focusing on ESG issues, a sign of their desire to become more sustainable. A dedicated ESG committee can help a company speed up the push toward net-zero goals, lower emissions faster and boost investments in carbon offsets. Better ESG credentials, in turn, can improve a company’s eligibility for ESG-focused funds, raise the liquidity of its shares, and support the stock price.

Zinc miner New Century Resources is looking at solar solutions for its Century mine, in Queensland. The company on Monday announced that it had inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ASX-listed APA Group for the supply of up to 8 MW of solar power to the Century Mine from the Mica Creek solar farm, which is currently under construction.

Junior Silver Mines has reported a maiden mineral resource of 42.9-million ounces of silver equivalent at the Bowdens underground project, in New South Wales. The underground mineral resource estimate resulted from 34 942 m of diamond drilling completed in 2021 and 2022.

Oil and gas major Santos on Monday announced that the company had been awarded permits to undertake evaluation and appraisal work for the potential storage of carbon dioxide in the offshore Carnarvon and Bonaparte basins, off the coast of Western Australia. Permits G-9-AP and G-11-AP will enable Santos to pursue potential carbon capture and storage (CCS) opportunities with its joint venture partners.

Platinum remains significantly undervalued. That is the key takeaway from the 30-page Platinum Quarterly published by the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC). “Why I say that platinum remains undervalued is that we've got a situation where the opportunities for platinum look good.