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Xstrata Copper's North Chile Division announces the appointment of a new Chief Operating Officer (PDF)
Antofagasta, 25 June 2008
Xstrata Copper’s North Chile Division announces the appointment of Mr. Stefan Buys as the new Chief Operating Officer of North Chile Division to replace Mr. Jon Evans, effective 14th July 2008, who will be leaving the organization to become the new CEO of Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi SCM.
Among his achievements, Jon Evans has been responsible for establishing Xstrata Copper’s new North Chile division, and for providing leadership and management to the expansion and environmental improvement projects of the Altonorte metallurgical facility, which upon completion will increase its capacity by 30%, and turn Altonorte into one of the world’s largest copper smelters. In addition, Mr. Evans and his team conducted the expansion project of Lomas Bayas Mine that will increase copper production capacity to 75,000 tonnes of copper cathodes, and will result in a significant extension of the mine operating life.
Mr. Stefan Buys’ wealth of experience in the mining industry includes various senior positions at Xstrata Alloys Business Unit, South Africa.
“Stefan brings with him a broad range of experience in the mining and metallurgical industries that, along with our current management team, will provide the necessary leadership to ensure the North Chile Division continues to implement its growth strategy, to successfully implement a number of environmental improvement and expansion projects at our operations in north Chile’s Region II of Antofagasta, and to provide important management and technical support to the Collahuasi business in the Region I of Tarapacá”, said Charlie Sartain, CEO Xstrata Copper. “We are entering an exciting phase of growth for both the North Chile Division and Collahuasi”.
As the new Chief Operating Officer of the North Chile Division, Stefan Buys will also assume responsibility for the oversight of Xstrata Copper’s 44% interest in Collahuasi through his appointment to Collahuasi’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors.
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Xstrata Copper’s North Chile Division Contacts:
Name: Luis Lino
Telephone: +56 55 416107
Mobile: +56 9 9699 8107
Email: llino@xstratacopper.cl
Name: Juan Pablo Schaeffer
Telephone: +56 2 478 2272
Mobile: +56 9 9949 5245
Email: jschaeffer@xstratacopper.cl
Name: Emily Russell
Telephone: +56 2 4782204
Mobile: +56 9 7887 9487
Email: erussell@xstratacopper.cl
Note to Editors
ABOUT NORTH CHILE DIVISION
Xstrata Copper’s North Chile Division is based out of the city of Antofagasta and manages the nearby Altonorte custom smelter and the Lomas Bayas mining operation, 120 kilometres East of the city of Antofagasta. It also administers Xstrata Copper’s 44% share in the Collahuasi mine in northern Chile’s Region I.
ABOUT XSTRATA COPPER
Headquartered in Brisbane, Xstrata Copper is one of the commodity business units within the major global diversified mining group Xstrata plc. Its operations and projects span eight countries: Australia, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Canada, the USA, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Its operations are administered by five separate divisions, based close to the mining operations, namely the North Queensland, Alumbrera, North Chile, Southern Peru and Canada divisions. It also has a recycling business (Xstrata Recycling) with plants in the United States and offices in Canada and Asia.
Xstrata Copper’s world-leading portfolio of growth projects includes Las Bambas in Peru, Tampakan in the Phillippines, El Morro in Chile, El Pachón in Argentina and Frieda River in Papua New Guinea.
Xstrata Copper is the fourth largest global copper producer with annual attributable production of over one million tonnes. It employs over 15,000 people, including contractors.
ABOUT XSTRATA PLC
Xstrata is a global diversified mining group, listed on the London and Swiss Stock Exchanges, with its headquarters in Zug, Switzerland. Xstrata’s businesses maintain a meaningful position in seven major international commodity markets: copper, coking coal, thermal coal, ferrochrome, nickel, vanadium and zinc, with additional exposures to platinum group metals, gold, cobalt, lead and silver, recycling facilities and a suite of global technology products, many of which are industry leaders. The Group's operations and projects span 18 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Germany, New Caledonia, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, the USA and the UK. Xstrata employs approximately 56,000 people, including contractors.