Hudbay’s Reed project starts production
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Hudbay Minerals, the 70% owner and operator of the Reed copper project, near Flin Flon, Manitoba, this week started preliminary production at the project, after it received the Environment Act Licence from local authorities.
The licence allows Hudbay to operate the 1 300 t/d underground copper mine, and its supporting infrastructure.
In September, Hudbay extracted a bulk sample of about 7 000 t of ore under the advanced exploration project permit and milled a metallurgical batch test of 4 500 t at its Flin Flon concentrator. The 7 000 t of ore, taken from the upper Zone 30, was mainly mined on the 65 m level, and only one round (about 300 t to 400 t) was taken on the 45 m level.
Full production was expected to start during the first half of 2014, and the project remained within the estimated $72-million budget.
Hudbay’s 30% joint venture partner VMS Ventures on Monday said the licence confirmed the care and diligence taken by Hudbay in moving the project forward within mandated environmental guidelines, while the bulk sample was the first step towards full production.
Article Enquiry
Email Article
Save Article
Feedback
To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here
Press Office
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation















