
Diversified miner South32 has reportedly achieved a solid production performance in the December quarter, with production guidance for the full year to June 2019 remaining unchanged for all operations except Illawara Metallurgical Coal.

South32 CEO Graham Kerr said today, on January 17, “We achieved a strong quarter of production, maintaining full-year guidance for all operations with the exception of Illawara metallurgical coal, where improved longwall performance has underpinned a 7% increase to our prior estimate.”
Per the company’s report, alumina production in the second quarter of FY2018-2019 increased 19 per cent to 1.3 million tonnes, compared to 1.1 million tonnes in the first quarter. In Q2 of FY2017-2018, the company’s alumina production was at 1.2 million tonnes.
Now, comparing the alumina production between H1 2018 and H1 2019, no change recorded. In both H1 2018 and H1 2019, the productions were at 2.5 million tonnes.
The aluminium production also remained stagnant at 247,000 tonnes in Q2 2019, compared to 248,000 tonnes in Q1 2019.In Q2 2018, the alumina production by South32 was at 246,000 tonnes. No growth in output recorded from H1 2018 to H1 2019, as the amount in both the periods was at 495,000 tonnes.
The company reported alumina production from the Worsley and Brazil alumina operations went up by 23 per cent and 9 per cent respectively. But that from the Hillside smelter remained stagnant and from the Mozal smelter decreased by 1 per cent on the previous quarter.
Meanwhile, South32 also announced about the appointment of Katie Tovich, who will succeed Brendan Harris as CFO from May 1, 2019.
Brendan Harris, on the other hand, will replace Peter Finnimore as a chief marketing officer, assuming responsibility for the company’s commodity marketing and supply functions.
“These appointments mark the culmination of a succession process that highlights the diverse talent within our organisation, while broadening the skills and experience of our leadership team,” said Kerr.
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