Resumen: En una Conferencia Metal Bulletin en Varsovia, Paulo Cabrejos, Gerente Comercial para Lima, dijo en una entrevista que la compañía se está "centrando más en plata que zinc dado que ésta todavía tiene un precio muy bueno"; e indicó que "este fue el primer año que los ingresos provenientes de la plata fueron más altos" que los de zinc.
Volcan Plans to Double Silver Production in Five Years
Volcan Cia. Minera SAA (VOLCABC1) , Peru’s
largest silver and zinc producer, plans to double its silver
output during the next five years to tap higher metal prices.
Silver prices, which have fallen from a 31-year high of
$49.845 an ounce in April 2011, should remain between $30 and
$35 an ounce this year because of demand for the metal as an
investor haven, Paulo Cabrejos, commercial manager for Lima-
based Volcan, said in an interview. Silver has declined 27
percent over the past year, according to data compiled by
Bloomberg.
“We’re focusing more on silver than zinc as it’s still a
very good price,” Cabrejos said at a Metal Bulletin conference
in Warsaw today. “This was the first year in which income from
silver was higher” than from zinc, he said.
Volcan, which sold $600 million of bonds in January, plans
to invest $1 billion in the expansion of zinc, silver and copper
mines including its $350 million Rondini copper project over the
next five years, Chief Executive Officer Juan Jose Herrera said
Sept. 14. Volcan, which boosted net income by 33 percent to $370
million last year, increased silver output by 5 percent to 21
million ounces, while zinc fell 9 percent to 318,000 metric
tons.
Silver futures for May delivery on the Comex fell 1.7 cents
to $31.373 an ounce yesterday. Zinc for delivery in three months
increased $6, or 0.3 percent, to $2,002.50 a metric ton in
London.
Fuente: http://www.businessweek.com/
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