Glencore Xstrata indications iron ore offtake arrangement with El Capitan

ECPN President as well as CEO Chuck Mottley stated in a declaration to investors that in recent weeks the firm has achieved three considerable landmarks, « executed an agreement for the mining and transport of the top notch iron ore from the El Capitan mine, participated in a contract for the sale of adequate iron ore to generate positive cash flow for the company, and attended to the splitting up of precious-metals-rich tailings at the mine website for future processing ».

Under the regards to the agreement, Glencore Xstrata devotes to continuous purchases of iron ore from the El Capitan mine.

Glencore Xstrata will certainly issue a letter of credit history to assure settlement on iron-ore sales.

Mottley stated that, as a result of last week’s contracts with Logistica US Terminals, equipment will certainly transfer to the mine website immediately and mining procedures are expected to begin within a couple of weeks. Glencore Xstrata stated March 4 it sold 33.2 million mt of iron ore in 2013, a 68% yearly rise in quantities, as it proceeds with research studies for tasks in Africa to gain advertising and marketing influence.

As biocides oil and gas to iron ore, Glencore Xstrata counts on some preliminary offtake agreements and trading task as it seeks to develop its very own mines in collaborations to enable advertising and marketing of its own ore.

On February 11, Platts reported on a note provided by broker agent Investec that Glencore Xstrata is still interested in developing its iron ore mining business to complement sector leading placements in coal and base steels yet might keep back from sizable purchases in the market as a result of asset costs.

Glencore Xstrata has trading settings in iron ore but up until now little in the method of creating properties compared to Vale of Brazil and the Pilbara, Western Australia-focused Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.