In 2012, Glencore, one of the world's largest commodity traders, proposed to take over the mining company Xstrata. Stocks of both companies surged by more than 10% following the deal's announcement, lauded by analysts as unprecedented: "Glencore provides the marketing and Xstrata the operational base. It could be a new model for the …

Glencore Xstrata passed Tuesday the final hurdle for a $360 million expansion of its Australian McArthur River zinc-and-lead mine, securing local government approval for a development that will ...

Initial underground mine production has successfully commenced at Xstrata Copper's Ernest Henry Mining operation in north-west Queensland, marking the site's …

Total mineral resources have increased to 3.3 billion tonnes at a grade of 0.47% copper, using a cut-off grade of 0.2% copper, and include additional silver and molybdenum byproduct credits. This ...

The plan, divulged alongside Xstrata's first half of the year results, will see the mine double capacity from 2.5 million tonnes of ore to 5.5 million tonnes annually beginning 2014.

The current copper ore handling systems in use at Xstrata Copper's Mount Isa Copper Operations are up to 33 years old and have hoisted over 160 Mt at a rate of around 6 Mtpa.

Glencore Xstrata mining in Africa occurs in the following countries: Glencore Xstrata mining projects largely cover the continent's prominent minerals, including coal, iron ore, copper, nickel, zinc and PGM (Platinum-Group Minerals). With over 2 000 mining projects currently on record, Africa Mining IQ is your preferred mining intelligence ...

During calendar 2008 Alumbrera produced 28Mt of ore, grading an average of 0.50% copper and 0.55g/t gold.. The operation treated 37Mt of ore to produce 156,893t of copper-in-concentrates, plus a total of 60,484oz of gold in doré and 443,919oz in concentrate. More than 50% of the concentrate is sold on long-term contracts, while doré …

Xstrata will also process the ore and concentrates. The arrangement calls for Xstrata to provide excess fresh air ventilation from Fraser to Vale's Coleman mine where the 170 orebody project is set to begin production next year. Copper mining resumed at the Fraser mine last spring. The mine life will reach into 2021.

Antapaccay copper mine is the world's second mine to use Siemens' gearless belt conveyor system. Siemens press picture. Antapaccay copper mine is located in the Yauri district of Espinar Province, southern Peru, at 4,100 metres above sea level. Xstrata acquired the Tintaya open pit mine, comprising of the Antapaccay and the …

Headquartered in Brisbane, Xstrata Copper is one of the commodity business units within the major global diversified mining group Xstrata plc. Xstrata Copper is the fourth largest global copper ...

Glencore Xstrata International will be the fourth-largest diversified miner and the third-largest copper producer on the planet, with revenue of $209 billion and pretax profit of $16 billion ...

PERU - Xstrata Copper's Antapaccay copper mine in southern Peru began production of commercial grade copper in concentrates at the beginning of November and has delivered its first shipment to Matarani Port. Commissioning continues as the plant ramps up to the nameplate capacity of 70,000 t/y, a rate that is expected in the first half …

Companies. CHILE - Swiss mining conglomerate XSTRATA has plans to expand its Altonorte smelter near Antofagasta by one-third to approximately 380,000 t/y of copper anode from 290,000 t/y. Sulphuric acid production will also rise to 1.1 million t/y from 800,000 t/y. The work is expected to cost US$58 million.

Two of China's top mining companies, Jiangxi Copper and Hong Kong-listed MMG, have officially submitted separate bids for Glencore Xstrata's (LON:GLEN) Las Bambas copper project in Peru. The ...

CVRD is the world's largest producer of iron ore as well as a producer of copper, manganese, ferro-alloys, bauxite, industrial minerals and, now, nickel. It was founded in 1942 by the Brazilian government and privatized in 1997. ... Xstrata is a major producer of coal, copper, aluminum, nickel and zinc. With the purchase of Falconbridge …

During 2009, 2010 Xstrata Copper reported scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3 GHG emissions (Xstrata, ... Copper ore grades are expected to continue to decline into the future. The decline in ore grade is expected to place significant upwards pressure on the GHG intensity, energy intensity, and water intensity of copper production. ...

The proposed Glencore-Xstrata merger would be the first truly large-scale test of the vertical integration business model. Although the integrated production and trading template has been adopted by many of the world's largest companies in the oil and gas sector, it has not gained much traction among the large mining firms, many of which ...

This involved the production and leaching of 13.5Mt of 0.5% copper ore in the heap-leach operation, and 22.4 Mt at 0.22% copper of run-of-mine ore. ... Xstrata approved a $293m investment to develop Lomas II, a nearby deposit located 3km apart from the original Lomas Bayas mine. Also referred as Fortuna de Cobre, the mine will …

Approved by Xstrata in 2008, the extension to the mining zone at Mine D from 9,100 feet to 9,600 feet will extend operations by at least two years to the first half of 2018. ... Xstrata Copper is the fourth largest global copper producer with attributable mined production in 2010 of 913,500 tonnes of copper in cathodes and concentrates. …

Niron Metals, headed by the former boss of Xstrata Mick Davis, will develop Guinea's Zogota iron ore deposit, previously owned by BSG Resources (BSGR). The news, confirmed via an emailed ...

In 2010 it was estimated that the project would deliver 2.9 billion tonnes at 0.51% copper and 0.2g/t gold (at a 0.2% copper cut-off). Based on these ore reserves, the company targets to complete the mining of 15-million tonnes of copper and 17.6-million ounces of gold; an estimate of 375,000 tonnes of copper and 360,000 ounces of gold …

Falconbridge purchased by Xstrata; Xstrata Copper takes over management of the Frieda River Project. 2007 – 2008. Drilling was undertaken by the Xstrata Frieda River Ltd – Highlands Pacific Ltd – Overseas Mineral Resources Development Joint Venture. ... a hydroelectric power facility and copper-gold mining operation: the Sepik Development ...

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Xstrata is forecasting a dip in first-half copper output as its Collahuasi Mine in Chile, a joint venture with Anglo American, faces declining ore grades, before picking up in the second part of ...

ONTARIO XSTRATA COPPER (headquartered in Brisbane, Australia) will invest $121 million to deepen and extend the life of its underground Kidd copper-zinc mine near Timmins. Already the world's deepest copper-zinc mine, the new project will extend the mining zone at Mine D from 2,775 metres to 2,895 metres. The mine life will be …

News of a merger between Xstrata and Glencore has sent shockwaves across the mining industry and beyond. Mount Isa Copper Mine, Australia. Mount Isa Mines (Xstrata ) operates two separate …

Xstrata Copper (Xstrata) on behalf of Xstrata Canada Corporation commissioned Golder Associates S.A. (Golder) to review the December 31, 2011 Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve estimates for the Collahuasi Copper Mine (Collahuasi) and prepare a Technical Report as defined in Canadian National Instrument 43-101,

Glencore is one of the world's leading producers and marketers of copper. We extract and process copper ore in South America, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Australia. In North America, we recycle copper scrap. In addition, we smelt and refine copper. We supply a wide range of customers from the automotive, electronics and ...

Xstrata has approved the commencement of an AUD47 million (USD50 million) pre-feasibility study into the development of a large multi-commodity open pit mine on the existing Xstrata Mount Isa ...