{"id":7999,"date":"2021-07-21T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/?p=7999"},"modified":"2021-07-29T09:09:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T23:09:41","slug":"south32-longwall-change-improves-illawarra-output","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/21\/south32-longwall-change-improves-illawarra-output\/","title":{"rendered":"South32 longwall change improves Illawarra output"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dszs098s1om2l.cloudfront.net\/australianmining.com.au\/2020\/06\/25093537\/South32-illawarra-metallurgical-coal-604x270.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>Illawarra Metallurgical Coal. Image: South32<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South32 has improved metallurgical coal production at the Illawarra metallurgical coal operation in New South Wales after returning the site to a three longwall configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Illawarra, which is South32\u2019s sole metallurgical coal asset, improved production 9 per cent in the 2021 financial year thanks to the site\u2019s updated configuration which enhanced efficiencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to South32, the company\u2019s coal production was impacted by challenging strata conditions at Ilawarra\u2019s Appin mine during the June 2021 quarter, which performed below expectations with a 15 per cent decrease in coal production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company produced 7.6 million tonnes of metallurgical coal, leaving it below its target of 8 million tonnes for the 2021 financial year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South32 expects its operating costs for metallurgical coal will be \u201cmoderately higher\u201d in the 2021 financial year than its guidance of $US83 ($113) per tonne due to lower than expected coal volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>South32 chief executive officer Graham Kerr<\/strong> said the company\u2019s divestments in the past year have added to its emissions targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur strong financial position supported the return of $US346 million ($471 million) to shareholders via our on-market share buy-back during the year, bringing total returns under our capital management program to $US1.7 billion ($2.3 billion) over the past four years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe also made substantial progress reshaping our portfolio during the year, completing the divestments of South Africa Energy Coal and the TEMCO manganese alloy smelter, while progressing studies for our base metals development options at Hermosa and Ambler Metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis, along with the release of our medium-term target to halve our operational emissions by 2035 position us well as the world transitions to a low carbon future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company<strong> increased production at Worsley Alumina<\/strong> in Western Australia by 2 per cent to a record 3.9 million tonnes and sales by 6 per cent to 4 million tonnes in the 2021 financial year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South32 owns an 86 per cent interest in Worsley, with the site operating above its nameplate capacity of 4.6 million tonnes per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Zinc production<\/strong> has also improved for South32. The company\u2019s Cannington silver-lead mine in North West Queensland increased its zinc equivalent production by 14 per cent to 380,200 tonnes in the 2021 financial year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This result was guided by strong underground mine performance, bolstered by a higher-grade mining sequence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cannington\u2019s silver, lead and zinc sales<\/strong> increased by 51 per cent, 48 per cent and 34 per cent, respectively, in the June 2021 quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South32 has improved metallurgical coal production at the Illawarra metallurgical coal operation in New South Wales after returning the site to a three longwall configuration. Illawarra, which is South32\u2019s sole metallurgical coal asset, improved production 9 per cent in the 2021 financial year thanks to the site\u2019s updated configuration which enhanced efficiencies. According to South32, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/21\/south32-longwall-change-improves-illawarra-output\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;South32 longwall change improves Illawarra output&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mines-and-quarry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p83F9T-251","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7960,"url":"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/27\/records-rain-on-south32-in-2021\/","url_meta":{"origin":7999,"position":0},"title":"Records rain on South32 in 2021","author":"yinghui","date":"April 27, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"By Henry Ballard Illawarra Metallurgical Coal. 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