I-South32 ithenga i-stake kumgodi we-KGHM waseChile nge-$ 1.55bn

I-Sumitomo Metal ithe ixabiso lesivumelwano liza kubandakanya ukudluliselwa malunga ne-1.2 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kunye neentlawulo ezinxulunyaniswa nexabiso lobhedu ukuya kuthi ga kwi-350 yezigidi zeedola.

"Ukufumana ukuvelisa i-asethi yobhedu yolu bungakanani ukuba ithengiswe akukho lula, kodwa uMzantsi32 uyenzile," u-BMO Metals kunye nomhlalutyi weMigodi uDavid Gagliano wabhala ngoLwesine.

Isivumelwano siphawula ukungena komgodi wasePerth kwilizwe elikhulu lehlabathi elivelisa ubhedu phambi kwemfuno elindelekileyo yentsimbi.

I-Sierra Gorda ikwingingqi yemigodi ye-Antofagasta e-Chile, i-Gagliano yaqaphela, kwaye inomthamo wemveliso malunga ne-150,000 yeetoni zoxinaniso lobhedu kunye neetoni ze-7,000 ze-molybdenum.

"Yimpahla ehlala ixesha elide, kunye ne-sulphide reserves ye-1.5Bt kwi-0.4% yobhedu (equlethwe ~ 5.9Mt ubhedu) kunye nokukwazi ukwandiswa kwexesha elizayo," kusho umhlalutyi.

I-KGHM exhaswa ngurhulumente i-Polska Miedz SA, ene-55% yesabelo sokusebenza eSierra Gorda, iyeigxekwe ngokunyuka kotyalo-mali olwabiweyoukuphuhlisa umgodi waseChile (i-5.2 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kunye nokubala).

Sierra Gorda, leyoyaqala ukuveliswa ngo-2014, iye yasilela rhoqo ukuhlangabezana nokulindelekileyo ngenxa yobunzima besinyithi kunye nobunzima bokusebenzisa amanzi olwandle ukusetyenzwa.

Umgodi wasePoland, okhoyoejonge ukuthengisa imigodi yangaphandlekwaye iphinde ityale ingeniso kwimisebenzi yayo yasekhaya, ithe ayinazicwangciso zokubeka iSierra Gorda kwibhloko yokunqunqa.I-KGHM, nangona kunjalo, inakhoyakhupha into enokwenzekalokuthatha ubunini obupheleleyo.

Umgodi ovulekileyo umi kumphakamo oziimitha ezili-1,700 kwaye unentsimbi ekrwada eyaneleyo yokuxhasa ubuncinane iminyaka engama-20 yokomba.I-South32 ilindele ukuba ivelise i-180,000 yeetoni ze-copper concentrate kunye ne-5,000 yeetoni ze-molybdenum kulo nyaka.

Ukufunyanwa komsebenzi-mgodini wase-Australia iSierra Gorda sisivumelwano sesibini ngobukhulu enzileyo ukusukela oko yadweliswa ngo-2015, emva koko.Ifakwe kwi-BHP.

I-South32 ihlawule i-1,3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngo-2018 kwi-83% ye-Arizona Mining, leyoyayineprojekthi ye-zinc, ilothe kunye nesilivere e-US.

Indlela erhabaxa

I-KGHM yathatha ulawulo lweprojekthi yobhedu kunye ne-molybdenum kwi-2012, emva kokoukugqiba ukufumana imbangi yaseKhanada iQuadra FNX, kwindawo eyayiyeyona inkulu eyakhe yafunyanwa yinkampani yasePoland.

Umsebenzi-mgodini wayecwangcise ukwandisa iSierra Gorda ngaphambili, kodwa indlela ka-2015-2016 yamaxabiso eemveliso inyanzelise inkampani ukuba.beka iprojekthi kwi-backburner.

Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, iKGHMukuvunywa kokusingqongileyoyeI-2 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ukwandisa kunye nokuphuculayomgodi ukwandisa ubomi bayo bemveliso ngeminyaka engama-21.

Iinketho zokwandisa imveliso ziquka ukwakha isiphaluka se-oxide kunye nokuphinda kabini ukuveliswa kwesityalo se-sulphide.Imveliso ecwangcisiweyo eSierra Gorda yayimalunga neetoni ezili-140,000 zentsimbi ekrwada ngosuku, kodwa i-asethi inikezele ngeetoni ze-112,000 kuphela kunyaka wayo ongcono wokusebenza ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.

Ukwandiswa kweoksidi kuya kongeza iitoni ezingama-40,000 zentsimbi ekrwada ngosuku iminyaka esibhozo, kunye nokwandiswa kwesulfide enye i-116,000, uqikelelo lwe-BMO Metals.

Ngelixa i-Sierra Gorda iyidiphozithi yomgangatho ophantsi, enye yezona zinto zinomtsalane "zineprofayile yebakala elisicaba kakhulu," ekulindeleke ukuba ihlale malunga ne-0.34% kwikamva elibonakalayo.Oku, abahlalutyi be-BMO bathe kwixesha elidlulileyo, kunokubanakho ukuwususa umgodi ukusuka kwinqanaba lesine ukuya kwinqanaba lesibini ngexesha.

Nje ukuba isivumelwano sigqityiwe, iSierra Gorda inokongeza phakathi kwe-70,000 kunye ne-80,000 yeetoni zobhedu kwipotfoliyo yaseMzantsi32.