据保罗-阿兰·亨特报道，必和必拓集团将把位于西澳大利亚州的坎巴尔达镍矿选矿厂及相关土地以未公开的价格出售给金田有限公司。
By Paul-Alain Hunt BHP Group will sell its Kambalda nickel concentrator plant and associated land in Western Australia to Gold Fields Ltd. for an undisclosed price.
必和必拓在周三的一份声明中表示，金田公司将“评估该选矿厂的长期使用方案”。此次出售还涉及相关的采矿权及矿产资源使用权。
Gold Fields will “evaluate options for the long-term use of the concentrator,” BHP said in a statement Wednesday. The sale includes mining tenements and mineral rights.
由于全球镍供应过剩导致价格大幅下跌，必和必拓于2024年中旬暂停了整个镍西业务的运营，坎巴尔达选矿厂也随之关闭。
The Kambalda processing mill was shut in mid-2024 as BHP suspended operations across its entire Nickel West business as prices of the metal plunged on global oversupply.
必和必拓称，公司仍在对整体业务进行评估，预计将于2月份决定包括镍精炼厂、冶炼厂及两座大型矿山在内的其他资产未来的处置方案。
BHP said it was continuing to review the overall business and a decision on future of the other assets, which includes a nickel refinery, smelter and two major mines, is expected to be made by February.
2024年，受印度尼西亚镍供应激增影响，镍价出现下滑，这家全球最大的矿业巨头为此对其镍资产计提了25亿美元的减值损失。
The world’s biggest miner took a $2.5 billion impairment on its nickel assets in 2024, after a surge in supply of the battery metal from Indonesia dragged prices down.
金田公司一直有意收购该地区的金矿基础设施及矿场。目前，该公司正考虑对拥有多个位于坎巴尔达附近的重要金矿项目的北方星资源有限公司发起第二次收购要约。
Gold Fields has been looking to acquire gold mining infrastructure and mines across the region. It is currently considering a second takeover bid for Northern Star Resources Ltd., which owns several significant gold projects near Kambalda.