Recently, a rare torrential rain has battered Pendjikent in Tajikistan, resulting in debris flow, landslide and flood in many areas. Public facilities including roads and houses have been destroyed in varying degrees, causing a serious impact on local residents’ daily life and production activities. JV Zeravshan LLC, a subsidiary of Zijin Mining Group, immediately sent a rescue team including 30 s...

商品价格暴跌,国际矿业巨头纷纷陷入困境。大宗商品从石油到铁矿石再到有色金属,在过去的两三年全线暴跌,不少商品的价格甚至创下了多年来的新低。在商品牛市期间,国际矿业巨头纷纷大规模举债扩张:激进的收购兼并、巨额的资本开支,部分矿业公司甚至跨领域进入油气行业。商品价格的暴跌给这些高杠杆矿业公司带来了沉重的打击:公司经营现金流急剧下降,而商品价格暴跌带来的资产减记更是使得这些矿业巨头雪上加霜。嘉能可、英美资源集团、自由港、必和必拓等国际矿业巨头在此轮的商品价格暴跌中无一幸免,沉重的债务负担使得这些公司的经营步履维艰。为改善负债状况,国际矿业巨头不得不出售部分优质资产以换取资金:嘉能可出售了秘鲁的Las Bambas 铜矿,BHPB 出售了澳大利亚North Parke 铜金矿,而最新的则是英美资源集团出售巴西的磷酸盐矿资产和铌矿资产,自由港集团出售其在刚果最大铜钴矿的权益。 国内龙头矿业公司趁势扩...

The landslide in March at Lukulama was a “disaster close to home” which again tested the enduring ability of the Porgera mine and its workforce, an official says. Jinghe Chen, the chairman of the new six-member Barrick New Guinea Limited board, is also the chairman of the Zijin Mining Group Company Ltd. He praised the leadership team under executive managing director Greg Walker and workers at the...