[SMM summary] second quarter performance summary of major overseas nickel mining enterprises (updating)

Published: Jul 24, 2020 14:29

South32:

South32 released its results for fiscal year 2020, according to the report, the company's nickel production in fiscal 2020 was 40.6 kilotons, (kt), was down 1 percent from last year's 41.1 kilotons, and nickel sales were 0.6 kilotons (kt), down 1 percent from last year's 41.2 kilotons.

[mine Annual report] Nickel production and sales of South32:2020 fell 1% in fiscal year compared with the same period last year.

BHP:

BHP Billiton released its second-quarter results, of which nickel production in the second quarter was 24kt, up 14 per cent from a month earlier. Nickel West nickel production fell 8 per cent to 80 kt, in fiscal year 2020 due to major four-year maintenance closures at Kwinana refineries and Kalgoorlie smelters, as well as mineral processing plants scheduled for routine maintenance in December 2019. The operation returned to full capacity in the first quarter of 2020 and reached full capacity in the second quarter of 2020.

"check details: [mine Quarterly report] BHP: 's nickel production in the second quarter increased by 14% from the previous quarter to 24000 tons.

ANTAM:

, PT Aneka Tambang Tbk released a report on July 22nd that the company's unaudited nickel production and sales performance will achieve positive growth in the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20, April-June 2020). During the second quarter of 2020, ANTAM's unaudited ferronickel production reached 6447 tons of nickel in Nickel Iron (TNi), an increase of 2 per cent over the production of 6315 TNi, in the first quarter of 2020 (January-March 2020, 1Q20).

ANTAM's unaudited Ferro Nickel sales reached 6867 TNi, up 11% from the first quarter of 2020. By the first half of 2020 (January-June 2020, 1H20), the company's unaudited ferronickel production and sales reached 12762 TNi and 13045 TNi, respectively, or equivalent to about 48 per cent of the 2020 ferronickel production and sales target, respectively.

"Click to view: [mine Quarterly report] ANTAM:2020Q2 Nickel production and sales achieve positive growth, Nickel and Iron output increased by 2% month-on-month.

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