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1. voda 17 december 2018 19:42

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   Exxon & BHP to develop Australian natural gas project
   
   Reuters quoted Exxon Mobil and the world's top miner BHP Billiton as saying that they approved development of the West Barracouta gas field in the Gippsland Basin in Australia, to bring fresh gas to Australian domestic markets. Exxon said the project, located off the shore of the state of Victoria, is part of its continuing investment in the Gippsland Basin, an area rich in oil and gas. BHP will invest about AUD 200 million in the gas field, the miner said in a separate statement. Rising natural gas prices has become a political issue in Australia as households and manufacturers complain of higher costs, especially in the country's more populous east coast.
   
   The Gippsland Basin joint venture continues to supply about 40 percent of east coast Australian domestic gas demand, Exxon said, adding that front-end engineering design work for the project was completed and key contracts awarded.
   
   Mr Graham Salmond, General Manager of BHP Petroleum Australia, said that "The West Barracouta project is an important investment, underpinned by strong economics and rates of return, that will unlock a high quality, new gas resource and will help offset Bass Strait production decline at a vital time for the east coast market. BHP is actively engaging with a diverse range of customers for future Bass Strait gas supply."
   
   However, the West Barracouta development is expected to achieve first gas from 2021.
   
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2. voda 17 december 2018 19:58

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   Vale SA’s bolsters case for takeover of BHP JV with Acquisition
   
   Bloomberg reported that Vale SA’s latest acquisition bolsters the argument it has raised for taking complete control of the shuttered Brazilian iron ore mine that it owns with BHP Group. Vale announced the purchase of technology firm New Steel for USD 500 million as it aims to boost output of high-grade iron ore products that have been fetching premium prices. New Steel owns technology capable of improving both production and waste storage at mines just like the Samarco joint venture with BHP. Mr Andrew Cosgrove, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, said that "Vale makes its case stronger given that they would be the ones bringing the technology to the table that would help Samarco come back in a more cost-effective manner."
   
   Vale, the world’s biggest producer of iron ore, plans to increase output of the high-grade iron product known as pellets, which is cleaner to process than cheaper grades of the mineral. Vale said it purchased New Steel to help improve pellet output in its southeastern mining system, the same region where Samarco’s operations happen to be located.
   
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3. voda 18 december 2018 20:05

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   BHP successfully completes US$5.2 billion off-market buy-back of BHP Group Limited shares and announces US$1.02 per share special dividend
   
   BHP has successfully completed its Off-Market Buy-Back of BHP Group Limited (formerly BHP Billiton Limited) shares. The final transaction size of AUD 7.3 billion (USD 5.2 billion)1 has enabled BHP Group Limited to buy back approximately 265.8 million BHP Group Limited shares, which represents 8.3 per cent of the issued share capital of BHP Group Limited and 5.0 per cent of the total issued capital of BHP Group Limited and BHP Group Plc. The final price for the Off-Market Buy-Back has been set at AUD 27.64 per share (Buy-Back Price). This is a discount of 14 per cent to the Market Price of AUD 32.1387 per share.
   
   In addition, the Board of BHP has determined to pay a special dividend (Special Dividend) of US$1.02 per share, which will be paid to all BHP shareholders with an entitled registered holding as of Friday 11 January 2019. The Special Dividend represents the residual US$5.2 billion of net proceeds from the sale of its Onshore US assets not returned via the Off-Market Buy-Back, based on the reduced number of shares on issue of approximately 5,058 million following completion of the Off-Market Buy-Back.
   
   BHP Chief Financial Officer, Peter Beaven, said: “We are pleased to have completed the Off-Market Buy-Back which, together with the Special Dividend, will deliver on our commitment to return the net proceeds from the sale of our Onshore US assets to our shareholders. Completion of this program will bring total cash returned to shareholders to US$21 billion over the last two years.”
   
   Source : Strategic Research Institute
4. voda 20 december 2018 18:55

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   BHP’s Olympic Dam doubles capacity ramp
   
   BHP Group commissioned the new ramp at its Olympic Dam iron ore-copper-gold mine, and it doubles the haulage capacity for its trucks. The Kalta decline is key to reaching the Southern mine area where BHP is mining high grade copper resources. BHP spent AUD 250 million to develop the Southern mine area, and another USD 40 million on the ramp. The first ore from the area was produced in mid-2017.
   
   The Olympic Dam mine is located 560 km north of Adelaide. There is underground mining as well as a fully integrated processing facility. Copper is recovered in a conventional mill before it is refined. Uranium is recovered through a hydrometallurgical plant. There is also a circuit for precious metals recovery.
   
   Source : Strategic Research Institute
5. voda 20 december 2018 19:52

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   Geophysical surveys reveal tomorrow's ore deposits using a helicopter - LKAB
   
   LKAB reported that using a helicopter-borne survey instrument, the hunt for orebodies now takes place from the air around 90 metres above the ground. The method is unique and was conducted as a research study – one that can help safeguard LKAB's future. A helicopter flies past 90 metres up with an object that resembles a rocket suspended beneath it. The rocket is a survey instrument. During a week in October, the helicopter flew in the Luossavaara area near Kurravaaravägen in and around the Varggropen/Nukutus outdoor leisure area and Lake Tuollujärvi. The purpose was to test a new survey system for ore deposits. The surveys are a collaboration between LKAB, the University of Münster in Germany and Luleå University of Technology, LTU.
   
   Mr Niklas Juhojuntti, geophysicist at LKAB, said that "I first met the survey system project group at a conference in Germany two years ago. I suggested they carry out test surveys on the Per Geijer or body in Kiruna, which is a good survey area."
   
   Representatives from LKAB went to Germany in the beginning of 2018 for a meeting with the project group. Planning began directly afterwards. He said that "In October, once all our applications were granted, we were at last able to carry out the flights. Around 15 people from Germany came to Kiruna, and they were joined by scientists and students from LTU."
   
   Mr Niklas said that the area surveyed was around 40 square kilometres, but to weeks' preparation were necessary before flying could begin. First, a two kilometre cable was laid out in various places in the terrain. Iron digging bars for conducting electrical current into the earth were attached to each end of the cable. He said that "It creates an electromagnetic wave that emits a signal that penetrates the ground. The signal is captured by sensors in the survey instrument suspended beneath the aircraft."
   
   Based on the aircraft test results, the project group in Germany will put together a three-dimensional model which will hopefully reach down to a depth of around one kilometre. The survey results will show if there are any electrical conductors, which could be an orebody. "If this is the case, we will have to drill to find out more precisely what it is. Magnetite is a great conductor."
   
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   Scania & Rio Tinto test new generation autonomous truck in Western Australian mine
   
   Scania is testing a new generation autonomous transport system at Rio Tinto’s Dampier Salt operations in Western Australia. The first phase of the trial started in August 2018 and involves a Scania XT 8×4 autonomous tipper truck working separately from Dampier’s active operations. During this initial stage, a safety driver rides in the vehicle to observe the truck’s performance and, if necessary, intervenes. In subsequent phases, additional autonomous Scania trucks will be added to develop vehicle-vehicle awareness and intelligent fleet supervisory controls.
   
   Rio Tinto head of Productivity & Technical Support, Mr Rob Atkinson said, “We’re pleased to be trialling this technology in trucks that are smaller than our traditional haul trucks. This has the potential to give us more flexibility in the way we operate in a number of areas across Rio Tinto. We have seen automation create safer and more efficient operations in our business and this is a next step in evaluating options for delivering further improvements through the use of technology.”
   
   Mr Bjorn Winblad, Head of Scania Mining said, “Mining sites given their high vehicle utilisation rates are ideal for testing new autonomous technology. The industry can reap the safety and productivity benefits of automation, and the experience gained here will be instrumental in developing fully autonomous solutions for other transport applications. It is very encouraging to note that the truck has been performing in a safe manner and in accordance with expectations with regards to the operations.”
   
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7. voda 21 december 2018 15:48

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   Rio Tinto & China Baowu sign heads of agreement for JV extension discussions in Western Australia’s
   
   Rio Tinto and China Baowu Group have agreed to discuss extending the Bao-HI iron ore JV in Western Australia’s Pilbara region which has achieved sales of more than 180 million tonnes since it was created in 2002. A heads of agreement was signed at a ceremony in Shanghai attended by executives from both Rio Tinto and Baowu. The agreement reinforces Rio Tinto’s partnership with Baowu, recognising the significant expertise and knowledge both parties bring to the joint venture.
   
   Mr Chris Salisbury, Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive, said that “The signing of this agreement is a significant milestone in the partnership between Rio Tinto and Baowu that extends back more than four decades and was enhanced with the creation of the Bao-HI JV. The success of this relationship has contributed to the growth of both our organisations over many years and is one which continues to develop and strengthen over time.”
   
   The JV pertains to the Eastern Ranges mine and Western Range project in the Pilbara. Rio Tinto has commenced a pre-feasibility study in to the Western Range project which is expected to be completed by the end of 2019.
   
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   Minmetals to acquire 2.04 million tonne iron ore from Rio Tinto in 2019
   
   Reuters quoted China Minmetals Corp said in a filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange that the company will buy 2.04 million tonnes of iron ore from Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd in 2019.
   
   Minmetals will purchase Pilbara Blend lump ore that will delivered through 12 cargoes and priced at around CNY 999.6 million, adding actual prices will be adjusted in accordance to the market each month.
   
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   Rio Tinto plans to list Canadian iron ore unit in early 2019
   
   People familiar with the situation told Reuters that Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto is preparing to take its Iron Ore Company of Canada business public in the first half of 2019 by dual-listing it in New York and Toronto. The sources said ‘The company has hired investment banks Royal Bank of Canada, Credit Suisse and JPMorgan Chase to lead the IPO.”
   
   Rio Tinto, the world’s second-biggest listed miner, is targeting a valuation of about USD 4 billion. While Rio did not see much traction with a sale process, it has not ruled that out. The IPO plans would depend on market conditions improving.
   
   With operations in Labrador and Newfoundland, Iron Ore Company of Canada is a major producer of iron ore in the country. Rio Tinto owns a 58.7 percent stake, Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp owns 26.2 percent and Canada’s Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Co owns 15.1 percent. IOC reported revenue of $1.9 billion in 2017.
   
   The sources said that Rio has tried, and failed, to monetise Iron Ore Company of Canada in the past and is keen to get it right this time. Rio tried unsuccessfully to sell its IOC stake in 2012-13.
   
   This year it said it had also been unable to close a sale of its stake in the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea.
   
   Source : Reuters
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    World-first autonomous trains deployed at Rio Tinto’s iron ore operations
    
    Rio Tinto has successfully deployed AutoHaul, establishing the world’s largest robot and first automated heavy-haul, long distance rail network. Since completing the first loaded run in July, Rio Tinto has steadily increased the number of autonomous journeys across its world-class iron ore operations in Western Australia in a controlled and safe manner, with over 1 million kilometres now travelled autonomously.
    
    The AUD 940 million AutoHaul™ programme is focused on automating trains transporting iron ore to Rio Tinto’s port facilities in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The network is the world’s first heavy-haul, long distance autonomous rail operation. Rio Tinto operates about 200 locomotives on more than 1,700 kilometres of track in the Pilbara, transporting ore from 16 mines to four port terminals.
    
    The average return distance of these trains is about 800 kilometres with the average journey cycle, including loading and dumping, taking about 40 hours. Locomotives carrying AutoHaul™ software are fitted with on-board cameras allowing for constant monitoring from the Operations Centre. All public rail crossings on the network are fitted with CCTV cameras and have been upgraded to the highest safety standards.
    
    Rio Tinto Iron Ore managing director Rail, Port & Core Services Ivan Vella said “The safe and successful deployment of AutoHaul™ across our network is a strong reflection of the pioneering spirit inside Rio Tinto. It’s been a challenging journey to automate a rail network of this size and scale in a remote location like the Pilbara, but early results indicate significant potential to improve productivity, providing increased system flexibility and reducing bottlenecks. Over the coming months we will continue to refine our autonomous operations to ensure we are able to maximise value. We continue to work closely with drivers during this period and do not expect to make any redundancies in 2019 as a result of the deployment of AutoHaul™.”
    
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    Rio Tinto plans to delay former CEO’s bonus again amid Guinea probe
    
    The Star reported that Rio Tinto Group plans to further delay paying outstanding bonuses to its former chief executive officer as regulators continue investigating payments to a consultant on an iron-ore project in Guinea. The company said it would postpone any short- and long-term incentives owned to Sam Walsh for a minimum of two years. Rio is now planning to extend that time period.
    
    A Rio spokesman said in an email “Given investigations remain ongoing the board has asked Sam to agree to a further deferral until the investigations have concluded.”
    
    Mr Walsh retired as CEO in July 2016, months before Rio announced that it alerted authorities, including the US Department of Justice and the UK’s Serious Fraud Office, about payments related to the Simandou iron-ore project. The investigation is centred on a $10.5-million payment to an external consultant in 2011 for assisting on negotiations with Guinea’s President Alpha Conde.
    
    Source : The Star
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    Board of Brazil's Vale gives CEO Mr Schvartsman another term
    
    Reuters reported that the board of Brazilian mining company Vale SA has approved an additional two-year term for CEO Fabio Schvartsman, as it seeks to extend his successful tenure as head of the world's largest iron ore exporter.
    
    Mr Schvartsman, appointed CEO in March 2017 to replace Murilo Ferreira, had been set to end his term in May.
    
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    Rio Tinto signs power supply deal for Mongolian copper mine
    
    Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd, a 51%-owned affiliate of Rio Tinto Plc Group, said that it has signed a power source framework agreement that covers the supply of power to the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper mine extension in Mongolia. The mine is located in the Gobi Desert, close to the border with China, approximately 550 km south of the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar. The agreement created a partnership between the Mongolian Government – which acquired a 34% interest in the project – and Turquoise Hill, which retained a controlling 66% interest in Oyu Tolgoi. Rio Tinto has been managing the development of Oyu Tolgoi since December, 2010.
    
    Oyu Tolgoi has the potential to operate for approximately 100 years from five known mineralized deposits. The first of those (the Oyut deposit) was put into production as an open-pit operation in 2013.
    
    A second deposit, Hugo North (Lift One), is under development as an underground operation and is scheduled to begin sustainable production by 2021.
    
    With the current development schedule, Turquoise Hill expects Oyu Tolgoi will be the world’s third-largest copper producer at peak production in 2025.
    
    Once the expansion is fully complete, Oyu Tolgoi will be literally swimming in copper, producing 550,000 tonnes annually and 450,000 ounces of gold per year.
    
    The expansion in Mongolia fits with Rio’s bid to become one of the world’s leading copper producers. In doing so, it hopes to reduce its reliance on iron ore.
    
    Under the PSFA, a coal-fired power plant will be built in an area known as the Tavan Tolgoi coal fields. The power plant will be connected directly to the mine’s central substation via a dedicated double circuit electricity line. The power plant intends to draw water from the western side of the Naimdain Khundi Water Basin.
    
    Source : Strategic Research Institute
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    Pan Ocean expects USD 13 billion lower revenues from Vale deal
    
    Pan Ocean Co, Ltd wishes to announced that the Company and Vale International SA have mutually agreed to change the previous long term consecutive voyage contracts dated 21st September 2009 to COAs for the transportation of about 238.4 millions of tons of iron ore from Brazil to China, for a duration of about Nineteen (19) years. The changes were made at the request of Vale and will not make any influence on the Company. The revised contracts will be issued on 31st December 2018. The existing terms and conditions regarding freight, cargo quantity, and the others contractual terms remain the same with no material impact to the Company’s revenue.
    
    However, estimated sales amount will be decreased to about USD 45 billion from USD 58 billion due to bunker fuel oil price.
    
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    BHP’s runaway Pilbara train now a pile of scrap metal on Great Northern Highway
    
    The West reported that BHP has blamed a combination brake system failure and incorrect operating procedure. To the unsuspecting eye it is merely a pile of junk in a scrap metal yard greeting motorists arriving and leaving Port Hedland on Great Northern Highway. At best it is a blight on the landscape, but to BHP it represents a public relations train wreck after two locomotives and 268 carriages carrying 30,000 tonnes of iron ore crashed into the red dirt near the Pilbara town in November. BHP attributed the runaway train derailment to mechanical failure and human error.
    
    The company released the details of its preliminary investigation of the incident on November 5, saying the train careered driverless for 50 minutes at an average speed of 110km/h before it was deliberately derailed about 120km south of Port Hedland.
    
    BHP WA iron ore asset president Mr Edgar Basto said that initial findings showed that before the incident the train had stopped automatically because a braking system control cable became disconnected. The driver was advised by BHP’s remote operations centre to get out and manually apply brakes, assuming he had already applied an emergency air brake inside the cabin.
    
    Mr Basto said that “Our initial findings show that the emergency air brake for the entire train was not engaged as required by the relevant operating procedure.”
    
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17. voda 14 januari 2019 16:16

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    Glencore leende miljard dollar aan omstreden zakenman in Congo
    
    (ABM FN-Dow Jones) Glencore heeft bijna een miljard dollar in leningen en voorschotten aan bedrijven verstrekt die verbonden zijn aan een Israëlische zakenman, Dan Gertler, die van corruptie in de Democratische Republiek Congo wordt beschuldigd. Dit blijkt uit documenten die The Wall Street Journal heeft ingezien.
    
    De leningen werden door Gertler gebruikt om te investeren in de kopermijnbouw in het Afrikaanse land.
    
    De relatie tussen Glencore en Gertler is een aandachtspunt geweest van de Amerikaanse en Canadese autoriteiten, die de activiteiten van het bedrijf in Congo en de banden met Gertler hebben onderzocht.
    
    Glencore heeft klachten over de banden met Gertler altijd afgewezen. Gertler en Fleurette Group, de belangrijkste onderneming van de zakenman in Congo, ontkennen dat zij de wet hebben vertreden.
    
    Een woordvoerder van Glencore weigerde aan The Wall Street Journal commentaar over details van de leningen.
    
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    Aandeel Goldcorp de hoogte in na overnamebod
    
    (ABM FN-Dow Jones) Het aandeel Goldcorp gaat maandag flink hoger openen, nadat Newmont Mining zei alle aandelen op te kopen voor 10 miljard dollar.
    
    Aandeelhouders van Goldcorp krijgen voor elk aandeel 0,328 aandeel Newmont, wat een premie betekent van 17 procent betekent over de gemiddelde koers van de afgelopen 20 handelsdagen.
    
    Goudmijnexploitant Newmont denkt dat de combinatie met Goldcorp 100 miljoen dollar aan jaarlijkse synergievoordelen zal opleveren.
    
    Het aandeel Newmont opent maandag vermoedelijk lager. In de handel voorbeurs zakte de koers zo'n 4 procent.
    
    Recent was er al meer overnamenieuws onder de gouddelvers. Barrick Gold bereikte overeenstemming over de acquisitie van Rangold Resources voor 6 miljard dollar.
    
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    Blaze damages Rio Tinto iron-ore facility at Cape Lambert
    
    Reuters reported that Rio Tinto Ltd has closed part of its Cape Lambert iron-ore export terminal in Western Australia after a fire caused damage. The blaze occurred early on Thursday and was extinguished with no injuries. Rio Tinto said "Operations at part of the Cape Lambert facility have restarted while impacted areas remain closed. An investigation into the cause of the fire has commenced.”
    
    It was too early to tell whether there was any effect on exports, with the damage still being assessed, said Jesse Riseborough, a Rio Tinto spokesman.
    
    Cape Lambert is about 1250km north of Perth. Cape Lambert is one of two ports Rio uses to ship iron ore from the Pilbara mining region. It has an annual capacity of 205 million tonnes, according to the miner's website.
    
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20. voda 14 januari 2019 19:49

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    BHP driver sacked after Pilbara train derailment claims unfair dismissal
    
    ABC reported that BHP has sacked the driver of a train which was deliberately derailed in Western Australia's remote Pilbara last year, carrying 30,000 tonnes of iron ore. While the driver was out of the cabin, the train took off and travelled more than 90km before being derailed from BHP's Integrated Remote Operations Centre in Perth, about 1,500km away. Two of the train's four locomotives were damaged in the derailment, along with 244 of the 268 carriages. The fully-laden train, pulling 268 carriages, was derailed early on November 5, about 120 kilometres south of Port Hedland.
    
    The driver was sacked just before Christmas, but is claiming he was unfairly dismissed.
    
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    Jobs go as BHP terminates BlueScope shipping contracts
    
    Sydney Morning Herald reported that maritime unions say that workers who froze their pay to help save the Port Kembla steelworks will lose their jobs and be replaced by overseas crews on foreign vessels, after mining giant BHP terminated two contracts. The Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers (AIMPE) and Australian Maritime Officers Union have condemned the move, saying more than 70 Australian officers and seafarers would lose their jobs. AIMPE federal secretary Martin Byrne said the Aussie crews aboard the two ships agreed to a pay freeze in October 2014 – specifically to help the steelworks return to profitability.
    
    Mr Byrne said ditching the workers was a kick in the guts after everything that everyone’s done to make sure the Kembla steelworks stayed open.
    
    The workers’ last day of employment was unknown.
    
    BHP last week revealed it was abandoning the last two Australian-crewed ships that carry iron ore from Port Hedland in Western Australia to the steelworks. BHP would use foreign crews on foreign ships to carry the same product between the two ports, the unions said.
    
    The ships operated in a triangle trade pattern; carrying iron ore from WA to Port Kembla, before heading up the east coast, picking up coal and delivering it to China, then returning to Port Hedland.
    
    Source : Sydney Morning Herald