COPPER MINES AND MINING – NEW SOUTH WALES

Drought may force mines to shut down

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Original article by Nick Evans
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 17 & 20 : 11-Nov-19

Aeris Resources has warned that lack of sufficient water supply may force the closure of its Tritton copper mine in New South Wales. Aeris has advised that the mine may not have enough water to keep operating beyond February, and it will seek state government approval to access the Nyngan to Cobar pipeline. Aurelia Metals has also indicated that the drought in NSW may result in the loss of its Peak gold and base metals mine’s entire water allocation in early 2020. The mining sector is a major employer in the state’s Cobar region.

CORPORATES
AERIS RESOURCES LIMITED – ASX AIS, AURELIA METALS LIMITED – ASX AMI, GLENCORE PLC, NEWCREST MINING LIMITED – ASX NCM, EVOLUTION MINING LIMITED – ASX EVN, WHITEHAVEN COAL LIMITED – ASX WHC, COBAR SHIRE COUNCIL, AUSTRALIA. BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

Glencore beats ATO in transfer pricing battle

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Original article by John Durie
The Australian – Page: 20 : 4-Sep-19

The Australian Taxation Office may appeal a Federal Court ruling in favour of mining giant Glencore over a transfer pricing dispute. The case centred on the price that Glencore’s offshore trading arm paid for copper from its Cobar mine in New South Wales. The ATO contended that the transaction should have been done at arm’s length. The ruling may have implications for other transfer pricing investigations being undertaken by the ATO.

CORPORATES
GLENCORE PLC, GLENCORE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Newcrest gives up gold to replace tailings dam

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Original article by Paul Garvey
The Australian – Page: 20 : 24-Apr-18

Newcrest Mining was forced to halt operations at its Cadia mine in New South Wales after a wall in its northern tailings dam was partly breached in March. It has since resumed production, but at reduced levels, due to the limitations of its southern tailings dam. Newcrest has now been given conditional permission to dump tailings in part of its old Cadia Hill open pit mine while it looks at how best to fix the northern tailings dam. However, its decision means forgoing potential resources of up to 270,000 tonnes of unmined copper and up to three million ounces of unmined gold.

CORPORATES
NEWCREST MINING LIMITED – ASX NCM, RBC CAPITAL MARKETS

Driverless trucks head deep underground

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Original article by Barry FitzGerald
The Australian – Page: 19 & 22 : 3-Dec-15

The entire fleet of eight load-haul dump trucks at the Northparkes copper and gold mine in New South Wales have been fully automated. Northparkes is the world’s first underground mine to completely phase out drivers for such vehicles. Northparkes Stefanie Loader says the shift to full automation has had benefits in terms of both efficiency and safety at the mine. At present, Northparkes produces about 50,000 tonnes of copper and 46,000 ounces of gold each year, and Loader believes that the mine can remain in operation until at least 2050.

CORPORATES
CHINA MOLYBDENUM COMPANY LIMITED, SUMITOMO CORPORATION, SANDVIK AB

Glencore puts Cobar mine up for sale

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Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 16 : 13-Oct-15

Debt-laden Glencore is seeking to offload the Cobar copper mine in central western New South Wales. The mine’s output for the first half of 2015 was 24,800 tonnes of copper concentrate and 239,000 ounces of silver. Glencore’s Lomas Bayas copper mine in Chile has also been put on the market, and an unnamed analyst based in London says neither of the assets are likely to be of interest to major mining groups.

CORPORATES
GLENCORE PLC, BLOOMBERG LP, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, XSTRATA AG, X2 RESOURCES PARTNERS LP