Pacific Nickel暂停Kolosori镍矿运营

Pacific Nickel temporarily ceases Kolosori nickel operations

Kallanish（开阑商务信息咨询）报道，澳大利亚矿商Pacific Nickel Mines决定暂时停止所罗门群岛Kolosori镍矿项目的运营。

Australian miner Pacific Nickel Mines has decided to temporarily cease operations for its Kolosori nickel project in Solomon Islands, Kallanish reports.

此举是在运营问题和中短期内镍价前景疲软的情况下采取的。在此之前，该公司于去年7月进行了审查，并与项目融资方Glencore达成了协议。两家公司一致认为，最佳的短期行动方案是停止运营并对项目进行审查。

The move comes amid operational issues and the weak nickel price outlook in the short to medium term. It follows a review last July and an agreement with project financier Glencore. The companies agreed that the best short-term course of action would be to cease operations and review the project.

在镍价疲软期间，Pacific Nickel的主要工作重点是改善采矿作业和生产效率，以确保Kolosori矿区在旱季每月至少装运两批矿石，实现每年装运150万吨矿石的目标。

The major focus for Pacific Nickel, during this weak nickel price, was to improve mining operations and production efficiencies to ensure that the Kolosori site could achieve at least two shipments per month during the dry season to achieve 1.5 million tonnes/year of ore shipped.

然而，6月底/7月初，机器可用率低、天气恶劣等多种因素影响了运营，也造成了运输道路的退化。这些问题继续影响着Kolosori矿场的开采进度。

However, the operation had been affected by a combination of factors in late June/early July, from low machine availability to bad weather, which also caused degradation of the haul road. These issues continued to impact the mining schedule at the Kolosori operation.

这些问题对业务造成的持续影响是，原定于7月初装运的货物被推迟到7月底/8月初。这意味着该项目需要额外的周转资金。

The ongoing effect of these issues on the operations is that the shipment scheduled for early July was then delayed until late July/early August. This meant that additional working capital was required for the project.

到2024年8月底，采矿承包商不可避免地离开了现场。在2024年的最后一个季度，当地的一个采矿承包商被重新聘用，返回现场，以确保其采矿许可证规定的作业符合要求。该公司在中期财务报告中称，该季度末装运了一批镍矿石，以帮助为这些现场活动提供资金。

By the end of August 2024, the mining contractor had unavoidably been demobilised from site. During the last quarter of 2024, a local mining contractor was re-engaged to return to site to ensure compliance for the operation under its mining licence. One shipment of nickel ore was made late in the quarter to assist in the funding of those site activities, the company says in its interim financial report.

Kolosori项目于2023年开发完成，并于2023年12月底运出第一批镍矿石。2024年上半年，该公司的矿石产量达到约150万吨/年。

The Kolosori project was developed in 2023, shipping its first nickel ore in late December 2023. During the first half of 2024, the company was ramping up to full ore production of around 1.5m t/y.

Glencore为开发Kolosori提供了2,200万美元的贷款。Pacific Nicke自投产以来一直与Glencore密切合作。

Glencore provided a $22m loan facility for the development of the Kolosori. Pacific Nickel has worked in close collaboration with Glencore since the commencement of production.

Pacific Nicke尚未按照最初的预期开始偿还Glencore的贷款，Glencore保留其对项目债务的权利。

Pacific Nickel has not yet started repayment of the Glencore loan as originally anticipated, and Glencore has reserved its rights concerning the project debt.

目前尚不清楚该项目何时能恢复运营。

It is unclear when the project could resume operations.