Page 24 Contd on pg 26 Contd from pg 22 Photo supplied by Mining Industrial Photography Mine De w aterin g Sli mes Ha nd li ng T aili ng s Dre dg in g Slurr y and B ackfill V ertical S u m p T hicke ner Und er flo w C hem i cal A d d iti on M echani cal S lurr y Sea ls P u m p Rep airs Loca ted in S ud bur y O N w e ha v e been pr o v i di ng pump s olutions to the mining indus try f or ov er thirty y ears s end us y our to ughes t a ppli ca t ion today Ph o n e U s 705 6 7 5 PU M P 78 67 Em ai l U s i n fo i p sp u mp ca P a rtn e rs W ith eration was getting maximum value from the ore body while controlling costs And if were good at controlling our costs that allows us to maybe in crease our mine life incrementally be yond 2020 said Semadeni He said there is still minerali zed rock deep in the mine but at the moment it is not considered ore because it is not proftable to extract it and bring it all the way to surface If we can get our cost structure a bit better we could potentially increase the mine life even further he said Xstrata Copper founded in 2004 op erates as one of seven business units of Glencore Xstrata plc Commodi ties trading giant Glencore mer ged with natural resources giant Xstrata on May 2 2013 Xstrata Copper headquartered in Brisbane Australia is responsible for the company s copper mining and refning operations in Ar gentina Australia Canada Chile Papua New Guinea Peru and the Philippines Xstrata Copper Canada operates the Canadian Copper Refnery CCR and Horne smelter in Quebec and the Kidd Mine and concentrator in T im mins It also operates Xstrata Recy cling in the US San Jose California and East Providence Rhode Island On Dec 15 201 1 Xstrata Copper an nounced the completion of a C120 million US1 1 1 million extension to the Kidd Mine on time and on budget Approved by Xstrata in 2008 the ex tension to the mining zone at Mine D from 9100 feet to 9600 feet extend ed operations at least two years to the frst half of 2018 Further extensions to the mine life were identifed through the 2020 V i sion program to elicit suggestions from employees on how to maximize the value of the operation The program launched in February 201 1 resulted in signifcant cost sav ings and an additional 700000 tonnes of ore reserves being identif ed with the objective of extending operations further to 2020 The continued development of the deepest base metal mine in the world is a challenge and refects Xstrata Copper s commitment to the sustain ability of our Kidd operations and the T immins community I am pleased to congratulate the dedi cated team of engineering and techni cal experts project leaders employ ees contractors and suppliers who worked together to bring this project to fruiti on said Semadeni at the time The late st Mine D expansion was the second stage of a project that extend ed mining from 8800 feet since 2007 for a total investment of CA148 mil lion By Gregory Reynolds The huge presence in Sudbury of Glencore Xstrata plc may just get big ger Xstrata Zinc one of the many operat ing divisions of the third lar gest natu ral resources company in the world is looking at reopening two former zincl mines by 2016 The company says there is still work to be done but if everything goes as it should construction should start by 2014 It s a US350 million capital project with 250 direct jobs and more jobs during construction Mine life would be between seven and ten years and Xstrata Zinc would mine the sites sequentially the Err ington deposit frst and then the V er million deposit The Errington was frst mined between 1924 and 1928 while the V ermillion site was active between 1951 and 1957 A lot of the exploration work has been done and now Xstrata is going in again to map things with more precision Zinc prices must hold up to make the project viable and justify the cost of developing the two sites and build ing a second concentrator at Xstrata Nickel s Strathcona concentrator site Roughly 15 of the world s zinc pro duction is going to be lost in the next few years because of the closing of three major mines Although the Sudbury area is brim ming with nickel copper cobalt gold silver platinum and palladium depos Xstrata pr esence in Sudbury ar ea to gr ow if 2 new mines appr oved Contr olling costs key to Kidd futur e General view of Errington Mine 1928 Image No CN004689