Новости за 24.01.2024

The potential for a build-up of tin supplies this year is likely to put pressure on prices, but accelerating demand from the energy transition sector, including solar panels and electric vehicles, should support prices in the future. Tin is used in circuit-board soldering for products like mobile phones and in electric cars and also in the manufacture of solar panels. Solder currently accounts for about half of global tin consumption.

As the mining industry commemorates the fifth anniversary of the Brumadinho tailings disaster, in Brazil, the Church of England Pensions Board has highlighted the significant progress in the sector’s commitment to global standards for tailings management. However, while larger companies have taken noteworthy steps, the spotlight is now on smaller firms to embrace these crucial measures. The disaster in 2019 resulted in the loss of 272 lives and prompted a global initiative to address the risks posed by similar incidents.

Mexican precious metals miner Fresnillo has achieved its full-year guidance of 105.1-million silver-equivalent ounces, with the company overcoming “many operational challenges”, reports CEO Octavio Alvidrez. “We successfully ramped up production at our new mine, Juanicipio, reaching full nameplate capacity,” he says.

Miner Rio Tinto is set to lead the development of Australia’s biggest solar power project, near Gladstone. The company has committed to buying all electricity generated the 1.1 GW Upper Calliope solar farm to power its Queensland aluminium operations. This move aligns with Rio Tinto’s climate goal of reducing Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emissions by half this decade.

Chile's Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, placed $2 billion in unsecured dollar-denominated debt maturing in 12 and 29 years on Tuesday, the miner said in a statement confirming an earlier report from capital markets publication IFR. The 2036 bond is pegged for some $1.5-billion, featuring a yield of 6.447%, which works out to 230 basis points above comparable US Treasury debt, Codelco and IFR said.