Horizonte Minerals, owner of the Araguaia nickel project in Brazil, has entered administration after it confirmed in April it was unable to secure additional financial backing for the Para State project and is eyeing liquidation. In a 16 May announcement, company officials said its administration of the company and Araguaia was effective that day and that representatives from FRP Advisory…
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Horizonte’s Araguaia receives mining approval permit
Brazilian-focused producer Horizonte Minerals has received its mining approval permit for the Araguaia nickel project from the Pará State Secretariat for Environment and Sustainability (SEMAS).
Read MoreRotary kiln delivered to Horizonte Araguaia
Brazilian-focused nickel producer Horizonte Minerals has successfully taken delivery to its site of a rotary kiln, a key long lead item for the project.
Read MoreHorizonte signs up Fagundes for five years at Araguaia
Mining services group Fagundes Construção e Mineração has been awarded a five-year contract for mining services, including the furnishing of a 70-unit mining fleet, for Horizonte Minerals’ Araguaia nickel project in Brazil – on track for a 1Q24 start.
Read More‘Good progress’ continues at Horizonte’s Araguaia
Officials from Horizonte Minerals said in a construction update that work is advancing on schedule and on budget – and safely – at the Araguaia nickel project in Brazil as it fixes its focus on a 1Q24 production start. The company said overall project progress to completion is 28%, and earthworks are significantly advanced and due to be concluded in…
Read MoreHorizonte breaks ground at Araguaia
Nickel developer Horizonte Minerals has kicked off construction at its flagship Araguaia project in Para state, northern Brazil. The company is now entering a 24-month construction period with its Stage 1 targeting production of 14,500 tonnes per year. It has already awarded most of its crucial long-lead equipment contracts, including the project’s furnace in late February, earthworks earlier this month…
Read MoreHorizonte selects Copa for Araguaia earthworks
Brazil-focused Horizonte Minerals has awarded the earthworks contract for the construction of its 100%-owned Araguaia ferronickel project to Copa Construção S.A. Araguaia is a Tier 1 mining project with a high-grade scalable resource, located south of the Carajás Mining District in the state of Pará, northern Brazil. Horizonte said it will use an open pit mining method, transporting its nickel-ore…
Read MoreHorizone adds AFRY arm as EPCM contractor
Brazilian-focused, UK-based Horizonte Minerals has awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for its Araguaia ferronickel project to engineer AFRY’s Brazilian business division Pöyry Tecnologia. The contract scope involves the provision of a comprehensive range of services across EPCM, project management and commissioning, but further details were not released. Horizonte did confirm that Pöyry was selected via a…
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