https://www.engineeringnews.co.za

Glencore's Freyberg joins board of copper-nickel mine developer

Peter Freyberg

Peter Freyberg

Photo by Bloomberg

1st August 2019

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

     

Font size: - +

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Glencore senior executive Peter Freyberg has been appointed to the board of directors of PolyMet Mining Corporation, the US-based company with corporate headquarters in Toronto.  

Freyberg, who launched his 40-year mining career with Anglo American in South Africa after graduating in mining from the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, currently serves as the head of industrial assets for Glencore, on which he has a board seat.

PolyMet chairperson Ian Forrest sees Freyberg’s extensive mining background as benefitting the Toronto-listed company’s move to construct and operate the first copper/nickel mine in Minnesota through the development of the NorthMet project. PolyMet controls rights to the NorthMet deposit in the Mesabi Range.

Freyberg, who joined Glencore’s coal assets business in 2000, transferred to Xstrata in 2002 when Glencore sold its coal assets to Xstrata. He became CE of Xstrata Coal in 2008, rejoined Glencore in 2013 when Glencore merged with Xstrata, and was appointed to his current Glencore position earlier this year.

Publicly traded mine development company PolyMet is wholly owned and controls 100% of the NorthMet copper/nickel/precious metals orebody through a long-term lease.

It has received all permits necessary to construct and operate the NorthMet project, which is expected to require two-million hours of construction labour, create 360 long-term jobs directly and generate a level of activity that will have a multiplier effect on the local economy.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

Article Enquiry

Email Article

Save Article

Feedback

To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here

Showroom

The Steel Tube Export Association of South Africa
Steel Tube Export Association of South Africa

The Steel Tube Export Association of South Africa was established to develop sustainable, internationally competitive carbon steel tube and pipe...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Rentech
Rentech

Rentech provides renewable energy products and services to the local and selected African markets. Supplying inverters, lithium and lead-acid...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







301

sq:0.058 1.023s - 140pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now