Imayini ye-tungsten-tin yase-Drakelands kanye nezindawo zokucubungula phambilini ezazisetshenziswa yiqembu lase-Australia iWolf Minerals, futhi mhlawumbe eyaziwa kangcono ngokuthi umsebenzi we-Hemerdon, zitholwe yifemu i-Tungsten West ngo-£2.8M (US$3.7M).

I-Drakelands, etholakala eduze kwaseHemerdon ePlymouth, e-UK yahlaselwa ngasekupheleni kuka-2018 ngemuva kokuthi uWolf engene esikhundleni sokuphatha, ekweleta cishe u-£70M (US$91M) kubabolekisi.

Inkampani ebizwa nge-Drakelands Restoration, engaphansi kwenkampani yezinkonzo iHargreaves, yathatha lesi sizinda ngo-2019, kanti umsebenzi usalokhu unakekela futhi unakekela. Imibiko yezindaba yasendaweni iveze ukuthi uHargreaves usayine inkontileka yeminyaka eyi-10 yezimayini neTungsten West ebiza u-£1M ngonyaka, kusukela ngo-2021.

Ukubuka kwe-Roskill

I-Drakelands yayinomthamo we-nameplate ongu-2.6ktpy W ku-concentrates ngenkathi iphinda ivulwa yi-Wolf Minerals ngo-2015. Imibiko yokuqala yokukhiqiza evela enkampanini iveze ubunzima bayo bezimayini kanye nokucubungula ingxenye esondelene nengaphezulu yediphozithi yegwadle. Lokhu kube nomthelela omubi ekutholakaleni kwetshe lensimbi elicolekileyo, futhi iWolf ayizange ikwazi ukuhlangabezana nezibopho zayo zokuhlinzeka ngenkontileka.

Ukutholwa emsebenzini kwaba ngcono kodwa kwahlala kungaphansi kakhulu komthamo we-nameplate, kwafinyelela inani eliphakeme elingu-991t W ngo-2018.

Ukuqaliswa kabusha komsebenzi ngokungangabazeki kungamukeleka kubathengi eYurophu naseNyakatho Melika, okumelela enye yezimayini ezinkulu, eziphila isikhathi eside ngaphandle kwaseChina. Okubalulekile empumelelweni yesikhathi esizayo yalo msebenzi kuzoba ukuxazulula izinkinga zokucubungula ezikhungethe iWolf Minerals.