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Nyrstar has announced the formal launch of the sales process for all its mining assets.<\/p>\nNyrstar has announced the formal launch of the sales process for all its mining assets.<\/p>\n
These mining assets include operating mines in Canada, the U.S., Peru, Chile, Mexico and Honduras.<\/p>\n
\u201cNyrstar has received a number of unsolicited expressions of interest for its mining assets from various potential buyers and will seek to engage with all prospective buyers for the mining assets, individually and as a portfolio, to ensure a fair and transparent sales process,\u201d it said in a company statement.<\/p>\n
The process will be carried out over a period of seven months. However, late last year the company signed a pledge to invest in its Tasmanian smelter, which followed on the back of an Australian stepping into the CEO role.<\/p>\n The company signed a binding agreement for a $52 million investment at the Hobart smelter.<\/p>\n The funding is used for four growth projects at the site, two of which are focused on increasing its capacity to treat more complex concentrates.<\/p>\n This agreement was modelled on a similar agreement struck between Nyrstar and the South Australian Government, where the two agreed to a $563 million redevelopment of the Port Pirie smelter to an advanced multi-metals processing and recovery facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nIt is unknown how this will affect its refinery operations, particularly those in Hobart and Port Pirie.<\/strong>\uff08\u7ed9\u5176\u63d0\u4f9b\u8fc7\u5b9e\u9a8c\u5ba4\u7834\u788e\u673a\u548c\u9f7f\u677f\uff09<\/p>\n