Anglo American completes maritime biofuel trial Tove Andersen – TOMRA’s new CEO Thor Explorations lists on AIM Sibanye-Stillwater completes its first inoculations

ANGLO AMERICAN

COMPLETES MARITIME BIOFUEL TRIAL

Anglo American has successfully trialled the use of sustainable biofuel to power a chartered Capesize ship during a voyage from Singapore to South Africa.

The biodiesel blend, produced by converting waste cooking oil from Singapore’s food and beverage industry, reduces carbon dioxide emissions compared to using 100% conventional marine fuel, the company says.

The trial conducted on board the Frontier Jacaranda, a Capesize bulk carrier owned by Japanese shipping company NYK Line, was instrumental in verifying the stability of the biofuel in storage and its performance as a fuel. Toyota Tsusho Petroleum supplied the biodiesel blend, consisting of 7% biofuel and 93% regular fuel. This combination reduces carbon dioxide emissions by around 5%.

LIBERTY GOLD

APPOINTS JON GILLIGAN AS COO

TSX-listed Liberty Gold has appointed Dr Jon Gilligan as chief operating o icer e ective 16 July. Gilligan is a senior mining executive with over 35 years of multi-commodity, international experience across technical services, capital projects, open-pit mine construction and operations. Before joining Liberty Gold, he held senior technical and projects roles with both Torex Gold Resources and SSR Mining.

NEW CEO FOR TOMRA

Sustainable technology company TOMRA Systems ASA’s current CEO Stefan Ranstrand will be replaced by Tove Andersen by 1 November this year, the company says.

Andersen joins TOMRA from global agricultural products and environmental protection agents provider YARA International where she is currently executive vice president for Europe. YARA International, headquartered in Norway, has a turnover of $12.9-billion.

Commenting on her appointment, Andersen says: “I’ve seen the great work that TOMRA is doing to enable the circular economy while also ensuring resource responsibility and minimising waste across the food, recycling and mining industries. It is really motivating to be joining TOMRA to lead the resource revolution.”

THOR EXPLORATIONS LISTS ON AIM

TSX-listed Thor Explorations announced its admission onto the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange in June.

CEO Segun Lawson says: “Today’s admission to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange represents another milestone in the development of the company, offering wider access for investors as we progress through a transformational period in the company’s development.

“With near term production, a clearly defined growth strategy, a positive market setting for gold and a track record of exploration and development success, we are excited to have brought the opportunity to invest in our growing company to London.”

LUCARA RECOVERS 1 174ct DIAMOND FROM KAROWE MINE

Diamond miner Lucara Diamond recently recovered a 1 174.76-carat diamond from its 100% owned Karowe Diamond Mine in Botswana. The diamond, measuring 77mm x 55mm x 33mm, is described as a clivage gem of variable quality with significant domains of high-quality white gem material.

The 1 174ct diamond represents the third +1 000ct diamond recovered from the South Lobe of the AK6 kimberlite since 2015 including the 1 758ct Sewelô and 1 109ct Lesedi La Rona.

CEO Eira Thomas says: “Although complex, these diamond recoveries do contain large domains of top colour white gem that will be transformed through our partnership with HB Antwerp into valuable collections of top colour polished diamonds, very much in high demand in the market today.”

EMBEDDED GENERATION

THRESHOLD RAISED TO 100MW

The Minerals Council South Africa has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement to increase the embedded generation threshold to 100MW.

The council committed to working closely with the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy and Eskom to ensure bringing to fruition at least 1.6GW, largely renewable and private-sector funded, embedded generation projects that were already being planned by mining companies.

“Our initial estimates are that this development could lead to additional short- and medium-term investment by the industry solely in embedded generation projects of around R27-billion. This has the potential to raise South Africa’s overall growth rate,” the Minerals Council says.

SIBANYE-STILLWATER COMPLETES ITS FIRST INOCULATIONS

Precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater reports that following receipt of 780 doses of vaccines, the company mobilised over a three-day period to complete an initial inoculation of 779 employees in line with the government rollout prioritisation strategy in South Africa.

This follows the group’s accreditation by the South African Department of Health to administer COVID-19 vaccines at four medical facilities at the SA gold and SA PGM operations.

The company has a workforce of 82 000 in South Africa. Sibanye-Stillwater has capacity at its medical centres to administer 18 000 vaccines per day. “We look forward to receiving more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from government to expedite the rollout, save lives and alleviate the burden on hospitals and the public health sector,” says Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman.