Новости за 22.02.2024

Mining major Anglo American has achieved its lowest ever total recordable injury frequency rate of 1.78 in 2023, down from 2.19 in 2022, along with the company’s lowest ever monthly rate of 0.91 in December, CEO Duncan Wanblad revealed during the company’s 2023 financial year results presentation on February 22. Despite these achievements, three workers – out of more than 100 000 employees globally – were killed during the year in two separate incidents in Chile and South Africa.

Mining major Anglo American chairperson Stuart Chambers and CEO Duncan Wanblad have both expressed disappointment with the company’s financial results for 2023, which were released on February 22. Chambers opened the presentation of the company’s results by candidly describing the company’s performance as "poor" owing to various factors including significant headwinds in platinum group metal (PGM) prices and diamond prices and volumes.

JSE- and NYSE-listed Gold Fields has declared a total dividend of R7.45 a share for the year ended December 31, with $703-million in attributable profit having been generated. The attributable profit amounts to $0.79 apiece, compared with profit of $711-million, or $0.80 apiece, in the prior year.

Canada-based gold miner Equinox Gold has finished 2023 strongly, not only achieving its gold guidance, but also setting out plans for a big step up in output this year. Equinox, which has seven operating gold mines in the US, Mexico and Brazil, has set its guidance for 2024 at between 660 000 oz and 750 000 oz.

Diversified miner Anglo American has agreed to acquire, from Brazilian iron-ore miner Vale, the high-quality Serra da Serpentina iron-ore resource and integrate it into its contiguous Minas-Rio mine. Anglo will continue to control, manage and operate the Minas-Rio operation, including any future expansions that relate to Serpentina.

Brazilian miner Vale said on Wednesday it had received a letter from the State of Para's environmental secretary informing it that its operating license for its Sossego mine has been suspended. The company said in a filing it was evaluating the necessary measures to re-establish the full validity of the mine's operating license.