Barrick To Complete Feasibility Study For Lumwana Mine Expansion, Start Construction In 2025
Barrick To Complete Feasibility Study For Lumwana Mine Expansion, Start Construction In 2025
Leading gold miner Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD) will complete its feasibility study for expanding its Lumwana copper mine by the end of the year. CEO Mark Bristow noted that the expansion could transform the mine into a long-life, high-yielding copper producer that will play an important role in the global copper market.
全球領先的黃金礦業公司巴里克黃金(紐交所: 黃金)將於年底完成其對盧姆瓦納銅礦的擴建可行性研究。 CEO馬克·布里斯托表示,該擴建項目有望將該礦變成一個長壽命、高產量的銅生產商,對全球銅市場起到重要作用。
Bristow sees the Zambian mine among the top 25 global copper producers, cementing Barrick's diversification into the lucrative copper market.
布里斯托認爲,這家贊比亞礦山是全球前25家銅生產商之一,巴里克通過進軍利潤豐厚的銅市場鞏固了其多元化戰略。
The expansion will increase production by doubling plant throughput from 27 million tons to 52 million tons annually, aiming to boost Lumwana's copper output from 120,000 tons annually to a life-of-mine average of 240,000 tons. The project will also incrementally ramp up mining volumes over several years.
此次擴建將通過將年產量從每年2700萬噸提高到每年5200萬噸來增加產量,旨在將盧姆瓦納的銅產量從每年12萬噸提高到終身平均24萬噸。該項目還將逐步提高礦山開採量多年。
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The phased ramp-up will enable a competitive cost profile, improving annual operating cash flow by 85% and free cash flow by 60%, based on long-term copper price estimates." Said Sebastiaan Bock, Barrick's Chief Operating Officer for Africa and the Middle East
"根據長期銅價預測,分階段的擴建將實現競爭性成本結構,將年度運營現金流提高85%,自由現金流提高60%。”巴里克的非洲和中東首席運營官塞巴斯蒂安·博克說。
Lumwana, once a struggling asset, was strategically reorganized in 2019. Since then, this copper mine has contributed nearly $3 billion to the Zambian economy through taxes, royalties, wages, and local procurement, making it a vital part of the economy in this African country.
曾經艱難的盧姆瓦納礦山在2019年進行了戰略性重組。自那時以來,該銅礦通過稅收、特許權使用費、工資和本地採購爲贊比亞經濟貢獻了近30億美元,成爲該非洲國家經濟的重要組成部分。
Barrick's commitment to local partnerships and sustainable practices is evident in the expansion's phased approach, which includes detailed engineering work and pre-construction preparations set to begin in 2025.
巴里克致力於當地合作伙伴關係和可持續實踐,這在擴建工程的分階段方法中體現出來,包括詳細的工程工作和預施工準備,計劃於2025年開始。
"We are starting detailed engineering works this quarter and expanding our onsite accommodation while building partnerships with key suppliers and contractors ahead of the pre-construction ground preparation works, which are scheduled to start next year," said Mineral Resource Manager Simon Bottoms.
「本季度我們將開始詳細的工程工作,並擴建現場住宿,同時與主要供應商和承包商建立合作伙伴關係,爲明年開始的預建設地面準備工作做準備。」礦產資源經理西蒙·波頓斯說。
Using the long-term copper price consensus of $4.13 per pound, Barrick estimated that the mine's expansion would yield an internal rate of return (IRR) of 20%. The total IRR of the mine—factoring in both current operations and the expansion—could exceed 50%.
根據紐交所長期銅價共識爲每磅4.13美元,巴里克估計該礦山的擴建將產生20%的內部回報率(IRR)。考慮到當前運營和擴建,礦山的總IRR可能超過50%。
Post-expansion C1 cash costs (representing the cash cost per unit of extracting and processing) are expected at $1.85 per pound, placing the mine in the first quartile of the industry without the benefit of other byproducts.
預期擴建後的C1現金成本(表示每單位採礦和加工的現金成本)爲每磅1.85美元,使該礦山在沒有其他副產品的情況下位於行業的第一四分位數。
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