20 20 Page 20 hibitive Glencore is working with equipment manufacturers to develop tunnelbor ing machinery for mineral extraction and is confdent that technol ogy will develop to help automate drilling and extraction prototypes for hard rock applications Until the new technology is devel oped Glencore has purchased bat teryoperated equipment and is testing it at their existing mines including a 7tonne scoop a Maclean bolter a jumbo and several utility vehicles Onaping Depth will be operat ed in the same way as a modern manufacturing plant with minewide W iFi enabling realtime information fow and better decisionmaking In addition to the US700 million ap proved for Onaping Depth Glencore gave the green light for a US140 million upgrade of its Sudbury smelt er to meet stricter emission standards and a US450 million investm ent for its Raglan operation in Northern Que bec In addition to its mines Glencore also operates the Strathcona mill and Sud bury smelter The company has been mining nickelcopper ores in the Sud bury area of northern Ontario Cana da since 1928 The facilities are spread throughout the 60 kilome ter long ovalshaped geological formation known as the Sudbury basin Nickel and copper are the primary metals but cobalt and precious metal s such as gold silver platinum and palladium are also pro duced First Quarter 2018 Production Report 3 May 2018 Overall production by Glencore was lar gely in line with expectations across all its commodity groups Glencore s ownsourced nickel pro duction of 30100 tonnes was 5100 tonnes 21 higher than the compa rable period refecting the continuing stabilisation and rampup of Konia mbo s processing plant where both production lines are now operational and stronger performances at Murrin and SINO Integrated Nickel Operations INO ownsourced nickel production of 15100 tonnes was 1000 tonnes 7 higher than the comparable period re fecting the timing of processing own sourced and third party feeds in the refnery T otal production including third party material of 21600 tonnes was down 1200 tonnes on the comparable pe riod which is within the range of nor mal expected variations Own sourced copper production of 10500 tonnes was 2400 tonnes 19 down on the comparable period refecting expect ed declining grades at the Sudbury complex Community Involvement Since SINO has supported commu nity projects totaling 15 million over the past 10 years Its fve key spend ing priorities are health education and training environment locally relevant projec ts and livelihoodsen trepreneurship Glencore supports communi ty proj ects such as the Falconbridge Com munity Garden and the Massey Creek W atershed Biodiversity Enhancement Program in partnership with W ahnapi tae First Nation Over the past ten years Glencore SINO has signed a total of four part nership agreements with local Indige nous communities The frst in 2008 was with W ahnapitae First Nation In 201 1 a Memorandum of Understand ing was signed with Sagamok Anish nawbek First Nation In December 2015 SINO signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with the Metis Nation of Ontario Just recent ly a Memorandum of Understanding was signed with Atikameksheng An ishnawbek Whitefsh Lake First Na tion Health Safety Community and Envir onment In health and safety Glencore has been recognized for its record when it was awarded the John T R yan mining and safety award in 2017 for its Nick el Rim South mine s health and safety achievements As well the Smelter Process Gas Project team received the 2016 Canadian Institute of Min ing Metallur gy and Petroleum CIM Project Development Safety A ward Over the last 10 years T otal Record able Injuries have decreased steadily a 79 reduction overall Glencore s goal is to achieve zero harm in health and safety and the en vironment Glencore has steadily increased its production and it has reduced SO2 emissions by over 90 through in vestments in technology and process improvements over the past 30 years The Process Gas Project is a US272 million investm ent and demonstrates Glencore s confdence in Sudbury s longterm future Contd from pg 18 Page 21 Page 21 PROUD GOLD SPONSORS V isit our booth ARENA A59