BHP to boost nickel exploration spending amid EV boom
BHP to boost nickel exploration spending amid EV boom
KALGOORLIE, Australia (Reuters) - $BHP Group Ltd(BHP.AU)$ will increase its spending on nickel exploration over the next two years to meet growing demand for the raw material used in making electric vehicle batteries, the chief of its nickel operations said on Wednesday.
路透澳大利亚卡尔古利8月23日电-$必和必拓(北汽集团)$该公司镍业务负责人周三表示,该公司将在未来两年增加镍勘探支出,以满足对制造电动汽车电池所用原材料日益增长的需求。
BHP, through its Nickel West unit, has supply agreements for the metal with Tesla and Toyota, and this month also announced a deal with Ford.
必和必拓通过其子公司Nickel West与特斯拉和丰田达成了供应协议,本月还宣布与福特达成协议。
The miner said it has the second largest nickel sulphide resource base globally, based on its land holding, totalling 120,000 hectares, in the Agnew-Wiluna belt in Western Australia.
这家矿商表示,根据其在西澳大利亚州阿格纽-威鲁纳地带总计12万公顷的土地持有量,它拥有全球第二大硫化镍资源基地。
The area has in excess of 7.4 million tonnes of nickel that still remains largely unexplored, Jessica Farrell, Asset President for BHP Nickel West, said.
必和必拓镍西部公司资产总裁的杰西卡·法雷尔表示,该地区的镍储量超过740万吨,大部分仍未勘探。
We have budgeted a significant uplift in exploration spend over the next two years, which we expect will advance many of our targets,"
-Farrell told an industry conference in Kalgoorlie, without providing an investment number.
我们已将未来两年的勘探支出大幅增加,我们预计这将推进我们的许多目标。“
-Farrell在Kalgoorlie的一个行业会议上表示,但没有提供投资数字。
This year will be the highest annual spend for exploration in Nickel West,"
-Farrell said.
今年将是西部镍矿勘探支出最高的一年。
--法雷尔说。
By 2030, around 60% of all car sales globally will be electric, increasing to 90% of all car sales by 2040, she said.
她说,到2030年,全球约60%的汽车销量将是电动汽车,到2040年将增加到90%。
The dominant battery chemistry powering this global fleet is expected to rely on nickel,"
-Farrell said.
为这支全球船队提供动力的主要电池化学物质预计将依赖于镍。
--法雷尔说。
This megatrend, combined with a firm demand base from the traditional stainless and class-1 applications means we anticipate demand for nickel in the next 30 years will be 200% to 300% of demand in the previous 30 years,"
-she said.
这一大趋势,再加上传统不锈钢和一级不锈钢应用的坚实需求基础,意味着我们预计未来30年对镍的需求将是之前30年需求的200%至300%。“
--她说。
BHP signed renewable wind and solar energy contracts with power companies this year, including a deal for wind power from Italy's Enel Green Power, that is expected to cover energy needs of three of its major nickel operations in Western Australia by 2024.
必和必拓今年与电力公司签署了可再生风能和太阳能合同,其中包括来自意大利Enel Green Power的风电协议,预计到2024年,该协议将满足必和必拓在西澳大利亚的三个主要镍业务的能源需求。
(Reporting by Praveen Menon; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
(Praveen Menon报道;Muralikumar Anantharaman编辑)