Rio Tinto to Resume Operations at Richards Bay Minerals
30 Dezembro 2019 - 4:04AM
Business Wire
Rio Tinto has today started the process of resuming operations
at Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) in South Africa. This follows
discussions led by the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Sihle Zikalala,
involving all stakeholders focused on securing stability in order
to address the issues in the community and provide the stable
environment necessary for RBM to resume operations.
A phased restart is now in progress across the operation, with
RBM expected to return to full operations in early January, leading
to regular production in early 2020. Rio Tinto is contacting
customers who were advised of a force majeure in their supply that
this has now been lifted. Rio Tinto will review the restart of the
Zulti South project after normalisation of operations at RBM.
Bold Baatar, chief executive, Energy & Minerals said “The
safety and security of our people is always our first priority and
we are pleased that we will now be able to get back to work
creating value for our people, our communities, South Africa and
RBM’s shareholders.
“I would like to thank the Government of South Africa and the
Premier of KwaZulu-Natal for their support and assistance in
getting us to a position where we can restart operations at RBM. I
would also acknowledge the work of community leaders and the police
over the previous few weeks.”
As previously advised, titanium dioxide slag production for 2019
is now expected to be at the bottom end of 2019 guidance of between
1.2 and 1.4 million tonnes.
This announcement is authorised for release to the market by Rio
Tinto’s Group Company Secretary.
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