嘉能可考慮出售哈薩克斯坦金礦
Glencore is exploring options for its biggest gold mine — which could include a $2bn sale — as it steps up efforts to reduce its debt burden.
嘉能可(Glencore)正爲旗下最大金礦探索出路，這可能包括以20億美元出售。該公司正加大努力減輕債務負擔。
Chinese miners are expected to lead the running to buy the company’s Vasilkovskoye project in Kazakhstan, according to people familiar with the sale process, following a rebound in the price of the precious metal this year.
據知情人士透露，中國礦企預計將領跑對哈薩克斯坦Vasilkovskoye項目的競購，今年黃金這種貴金屬的價格出現了反彈。
Glencore decided to consider a sale after being approached by several suitors and has appointed BMO Capital Markets and Deutsche Bank to handle a possible deal.
在幾個求購者接洽之後，嘉能可決定考慮出售該礦，爲此已委任蒙特利爾銀行資本市場(BMO Capital Markets)和德意志銀行(Deutsche Bank)負責處理可能的交易。
A successful disposal would bring Glencore much closer to its target of bringing net debt below $18bn this year, and down to $15bn by the end of 2017 — a strategy intended to reassure investors who last year grew concerned at the Swiss group’s ability to withstand tumbling commodity prices.
若成功處置這筆資產，嘉能可將大幅接近其目標：今年把淨債務降低到180億美元以下，到2017年底進一步降低至150億美元，該戰略旨在安撫投資者，去年投資者越來越擔心這家瑞士集團對大宗商品價格暴跌的承受力。
Last year, Glencore’s UK-listed shares were among the worst performers in London. However, the group has moved to shore up confidence through a series of asset sales, including the $2.5bn -disposal of a minority stake in its -agriculture business last month.
去年，嘉能可在英國上市的股票是倫敦市場上表現最差的股票之一。不過該集團已通過出售一系列資產來提振信心，其中包括上月以25億美元出售農業業務少數股權。
As part of its debt reduction programme, Glencore has already struck $1.4bn of deals to sell precious metals in so-called “streaming” transactions, which give it advance payments in return for the future output from some of its mines. It may therefore decide on some kind of streaming deal for Vasilkovskoye as an alternative to a sale, according to people familiar with the group’s plans.
作爲其債務削減計劃的一部分，嘉能可已敲定了14億美元的交易，以所謂的“流”交易出售貴金屬，這使其得以從旗下某些礦的未來產量獲得預付款。據熟悉該集團計劃的人士透露，嘉能可或許因此決定圍繞Vasilkovskoye礦達成某種流交易，作爲一種替代出售的選擇。
Glencore owns almost 70 per cent of Vasilkovskoye, which has more than 5m oz of proven and probable reserves, through its Kazzinc subsidiary.
嘉能可通過子公司Kazzinc擁有Vasilkovskoye金礦近70%股權，該礦的已探明和可能儲量超過500萬盎司。
