{"id":3396,"date":"2020-06-09T14:05:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T17:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nexa.homolog.dev.br\/?p=3396"},"modified":"2022-07-22T14:06:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T17:06:08","slug":"nexa-resources-atacocha-will-resume-operations-at-the-san-gerardo-open-pit-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nexa.homolog.dev.br\/en\/nexa-resources-atacocha-will-resume-operations-at-the-san-gerardo-open-pit-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Nexa Resources Atacocha will resume operations at the San Gerardo open pit mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nexa announces that its Peruvian affiliate, Nexa Resources Atacocha (\u201cAtacocha\u201d), will resume operations at the San Gerardo open pit mine in mid-June, following the supreme decree published by the Peruvian government<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>that allows medium-sized mines to restart operations.<\/div>\n<div>The Atacocha site includes two mines: the Atacocha underground mine and the San Gerardo open pit mine. In light of the current macroeconomic environment and the uncertain time for recovery, the higher-cost Atacocha underground mine remains suspended, following the Company efforts to reduce costs and improve its operational<\/div>\n<div>efficiency.<\/div>\n<div>The Cerro Lindo and El Porvenir mines have continued to increase their throughput rates as planned, and the ramp-up phase is expected to be completed by the end of June. Cajamarquilla smelter also gradually improved its utilization rate and is running close to<\/div>\n<div>full capacity.<\/div>\n<div>Mining operations in Brazil and Tr\u00eas Marias smelter have been operating normally. As announced, Juiz de Fora smelter is running at 60% utilization rate and a gradual ramp-up to full production is expected in the third quarter. Construction activities at the Aripuan\u00e3 project continue to progress.<\/div>\n<div>In response to COVID-19 and following the best market practices, Nexa implemented international benchmark protocols in all its operations to safeguard the health of employees, third-party contractors and local communities.<\/div>\n<div>In this unprecedented scenario, Nexa\u2019s strategy remains focused on protecting employees and communities, ensuring business continuity and preserving cash generation. The 2020 guidance remains unchanged.<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nexa announces that its Peruvian affiliate, Nexa Resources Atacocha (\u201cAtacocha\u201d), will resume operations at the San Gerardo open pit mine in mid-June, following the supreme decree published by the Peruvian government that allows medium-sized mines to restart operations. The Atacocha site includes two mines: the Atacocha underground mine and the San Gerardo open pit mine. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communications"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nexa.homolog.dev.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nexa.homolog.dev.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nexa.homolog.dev.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nexa.homolog.dev.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nexa.homolog.dev.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nexa.homolog.dev.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3397,"href":"https:\/\/nexa.homolog.dev.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3396\/revisions\/3397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nexa.homolog.dev.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nexa.homolog.dev.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nexa.homolog.dev.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nexa.homolog.dev.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}