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Sesa Sterlite announces development of Gamsberg-Skorpion Integrated Zinc Project

| | Nov 14, 2014, at 12:59 am
#Sesa Sterlite announces development of Gamsberg-Skorpion Integrated Zinc Project
Mumbai, Nov 13 (IBNS): Sesa Sterlite has announced that its Board of Directors have approved development of Gamsberg-Skorpion Integrated Zinc Project, in South Africa and Namibia for US$ 782 million, to be invested over a 3 year period, to develop an open pit zinc mine in Gamsberg, South Africa, as well as the conversion of the Skorpion Zinc Refinery in neighbouring Namibia.
The majority of the investment, approximately US$ 630 million, will go towards developing an open-pit zinc mine, concentrator plant and associated infrastructure at Gamsberg, one of world’s largest undeveloped zinc deposits. 
 
The balance of the investment will be used to convert the refinery at the Skorpion Mine in Rosh Pinah, Namibia thereby enabling it to refine zinc concentrates from the Gamsberg mine into special high grade zinc metal.
 
“The Gamsberg-Skorpion Integrated Zinc Project is central to Vedanta’s long term aspirations for Southern Africa,” said Tom Albanese, CEO of Sesa Sterlite. 
 
“It will also allow Vedanta to make a significant contribution to enabling the South African government achieve its goal of using the country’s vast mineral wealth to help fight poverty and uplift communities through the creation of sustainable, long-term employment opportunities. This project provides significant synergies to both our operations and compliments the needs of the region,” Albanese said.
 
Vedanta estimated that the Gamsberg project, which is located near the town of Aggeneys in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province, will create 1500 jobs during construction and result in approximately 500 permanent jobs. 
 
The Gamsberg project will be operated under the auspices of Black Mountain Mining (BMM) which is 74% owned by Sesa Sterlite Ltd. The remaining 26% interest in BMM is held by Exxaro Resources Limited, a diversified resources company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
 
“The output from Gamsberg, coupled with extending the life of the world class refinery at the Skorpion mine in Namibia, will make the Southern African region one of the most important suppliers of refined zinc globally,” said Albanese, adding: “That will also result in these operations forming one of the cornerstones of our operations in Africa and will partially offset the loss of volume resulting from the end of life of mine at Lisheen in Ireland.”
 
The first phase of the Gamsberg open pit mine is expected to have a total lifespan of approximately 13 years with the first ore likely to be produced in 2017/18.
 
The Gamsberg Zinc Project (“Gamsberg”, “the Project”) involves the development, construction and commissioning of a 4 million tonne ROM open-pit zinc mine, concentrator and associated infrastructure at Gamsberg, 20km from the town of Aggeneys. The company expects to commence construction of the new mine during the first quarter of 2015.
 

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