Новости за 20.03.2024

The stage is set for AECI to become the third biggest globally in the next six years, AECI Group chairperson Dr Khotso Mokhele told an enthusiastically applauding audience at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), where the proudly South African mining explosives trailblazer on Wednesday celebrated 100 years of being in business. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.) Having pioneered the explosives industry in South Africa in the late 1800s, AECI currently has a 22-country presence on six continents... Читать дальше...

Diversified miner Sibanye-Stillwater has appointed Greg Cochran executive VP of uranium, effective June 1. He will be responsible for developing and driving strategies to realise and optimise the inherent value of the group’s uranium resources, as well as leveraging his significant experience and record of value creation in the uranium industry to capitalise on other opportunities that may arise.

ASX- and TSX-listed Perseus Mining has increased its off-market takeover offer price to acquire OreCorp to A$0.575 a share, provided that OreCorp recommends that shareholders accept the offer. This compares with its initial A$0.55 all-cash bid, which equated to a consideration of A$258-million.

Global miner Glencore confirms in its latest Climate Action Transition Plan (CATP) for 2024 to 2026, published on March 20, that it is on track to achieve its emission reduction targets of 15% by end-2026 and 50% by 2035 across Scope 1, 2 and 3 industrial carbon dioxide emissions. The company also maintains its 2050 ambition of reaching net-zero carbon emissions.

Copper production in Peru, the world's No. 2 producer of the red metal, slipped 1.2% in January from the same month the year earlier to some 205 375 metric tons, the Andean nation's mines and energy ministry said on Tuesday. The new figures come after a 17% drop in output from MMG's Las Bambas mine and a 13.4% fall from Freeport-McMoRan's Cerro Verde mine.

Peruvian zinc, lead and silver miner Volcan, backed by global commodities giant Glencore, will halt activity at three of its mines in the country from Tuesday as it works on updating an operating permit for its Rumichaca tailings dam. The Peruvian firm said in a statement, posted to the local regulator, that it would suspend its operations in the San Cristobal, Carahuacra and Ticlio mines in the center of the country for up to 30 days.

Gold miner AngloGold Ashanti recorded a basic loss of $235-million or $0.56 a share, for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared with basic earnings of $233-million, or $0.55 a share, for the prior year. The company attributed the loss to lower gold sold, higher costs related to the corporate restructuring, higher environmental provisions for legacy tailings storage facilities (TSFs), higher care and maintenance and retrenchment costs associated with the Córrego do Sítio operation, in Brazil, higher operating and exploration costs... Читать дальше...

Victims of the 2015 Mariana dam break in Brazil are seeking about £3-billion ($3.8-billion) in compensation from mining companies Vale and Samarco in a new lawsuit launched in the Netherlands, their lawyers said on Tuesday. The compensation is claimed on behalf of nearly 1 000 businesses and more than 77 000 individuals hit by the disaster, in a Dutch lawsuit brought by Ações do Rio Doce, a Dutch non-profit foundation.

Global miner Rio Tinto will invest $350-million at its Rincon lithium plant in Argentina as it works to begin production by the end of the year, the company said this week following CE Jakob Stausholm's visit to the site. "The hard work of our Rincon team is laying the groundwork for our first lithium production by year's end," he said in a statement to Reuters late on Monday, after a recent trip to the project in the northern province of Salta.