South Australia Begins Review Of BHP's Major Copper Expansion
South Australia Begins Review Of BHP's Major Copper Expansion
The South Australian government has initiated the application and assessment process for BHP's (NYSE:BHP) proposed expansion of its Olympic Dam copper smelter and refinery.
南澳大利亞政府已啓動了對BHP(紐交所:BHP)擬議的奧林匹克壩銅冶煉廠和精煉廠擴建項目的申請和評估流程。
If approved, this project would significantly boost BHP's copper production capabilities by introducing a second copper smelting furnace to complement and expand the existing facilities.
如果獲得批准,該項目將通過引入第二座銅冶煉爐來顯著增加BHP的銅產能,以補充和擴大現有設施。
BHP, the world's largest mining company, views this expansion as a milestone in its strategy to enhance copper output in this region.
BHP,世界上最大的礦業公司,將這一擴張視爲其在該地域提高銅產量策略上的一個里程碑。
"We are already growing BHP's copper production in South Australia with projects and studies underway at all of our operating sites, and we're moving at pace to potentially double our current production by the middle of the next decade," said Anna Wiley, BHP's Asset President for Copper in South Australia.
「我們已經在南澳大利亞擴大BHP的銅產量,所有運營地點的項目和研究正在進行中,我們正以加速的步伐朝着在下個十年中有可能將當前產量增加一倍的目標邁進。」BHP南澳大利亞銅業務總裁安娜·威利表示。
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Expansion plans include the construction of a second copper smelting furnace at Olympic Dam. The miner aims to increase production to 500,000 tons per year of refined copper cathode by the early 2030s, potentially boosting output to 650,000 tons per year by the mid-2030s.
擴建計劃包括在奧林匹克壩建造第二座銅冶煉爐。該礦商旨在到2030年初將產量增加至50萬噸/年的精煉銅陽極,到2030年代中期可能將產量提高至65萬噸/年。
This target represents a significant increase from the approximately 322,000 tons produced in the last financial year.
這個目標從上一個財政年度生產的約32.2萬噸明顯增加。
The company's copper operations in South Australia include Prominent Hill and Carrapateena underground mines. These sites supply copper concentrate to the Olympic Dam smelter and refinery complex.
該公司在南澳大利亞的銅業務包括顯山和卡拉帕蒂亞納地下礦。這些礦山向奧林匹克壩冶煉廠和精煉廠提供銅精礦。
Additionally, BHP is progressing its exploration at the Oak Dam prospect, where it recently announced an inferred mineral resource of 1.34 billion tons at a copper grade of 0.66% and a gold grade of 0.33 grams per ton.
此外,BHP正在推進其在Oak Dam前景的勘探,最近宣佈了一個銅資源爲13.4億噸,品位爲0.66%,黃金品位爲0.33克/噸的推測礦產資源。
This includes a higher-grade area containing 220 million tons of 1.96% copper and 0.68 grams per ton of gold.
其中包括一個更高品位的區域,含有22000萬噸的1.96%銅和每噸0.68克的黃金。
The expansion of copper production aligns with BHP's broader economic and commodity strategy. Copper is increasingly seen as a pivotal resource in the global energy transition, essential for electric vehicles, renewable energy infrastructure, and various electronic applications.
銅產量的擴大與BHP更廣泛的經濟和商品策略相一致。銅越來越被視爲全球能源轉型中的關鍵資源,對新能源汽車、可再生能源基礎設施和各種電子應用至關重要。
Despite anticipated short-term surplus, the company sees copper pricing moving into a phase of durable outperformance, as stated in a recently published commodity outlook.
儘管預計短期會出現過剩,但該公司認爲銅價格將進入持續跑贏的階段,正如最近發佈的商品展望中所述。
The final investment decision on the first phase of the smelter and refinery expansion is anticipated in the first half of the 2027 financial year.
預計在2027財年上半年就第一階段的冶煉廠和精煉廠擴建項目作出最終投資決策。
Price Action: BHP shares are trading lower by 0.11% to $55.07 premarket at the last check on Friday.
股價走勢:BHP股票在上週五最後一次交易時預盤下跌0.11%,報55.07美元。
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