NEWS / edition 14
EDITORIAL
NEWS
We invite you to review some Enaex’s news!
GLOBAL
FITCH RATINGS UPGRADES ENAEX AT “AA (CL)” OUTLOOK STABLE
The american credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings, upgraded Enaex from “AA-” to “AA” at national long-term rating company and affirmed its “First Class Level 3(cl)” qualification. The results is based on the company’s robust capital structure and being able to maintained operational continuity despite the global health crisis.
In addition to these factors, Fitch Ratings valued the growing global diversification that Enaex has achieved in the last 6 years, its important presence in the local market and the competitive advantages of the vertical integrations its operations.
Finally, yet importantly, the agency remarked the strong business model with stable capital inflows despite the correlation with the mining industry and volatility of the ammonia prices, and also valued the EBITDA within the margins.
Pablo Busquet, Enaex CFO, said, “This upgrade supports our company’s stability and soundness. We are very proud for achieving an “AA” qualification and, undoubtedly, it was because of the tireless work and effort of every employee in Enaex”.
GLOBAL
BUSINESS SUPPORT: SEEKING SOLUTIONS TO OUR BUSINESS UNITS
The Business Support, one of the areas of the vice presidency of Customer Experience & Digital Transformation, acts in a transversal way and it works with multifunctional teams from different countries, and it has the objective of seeking solutions for any needs or problems identified by our business units. We also support new projects and work with product standardization when necessary.
“In addition, we focus on sharing good practices between different areas, with the purpose of contributing to the sustainability of the business; strengthening networks and stimulating a culture of information exchange and collaboration”, comments Sueli Gonçalves, Corporate Business Support Director.
Among the projects already developed with the Business Support area, is the shipment of Non-Electrical from Brazil to Chile, Integrated Plan for Boosters, and the Emulsion Plant Model Project. For 2021, 3 new projects are being developed: Rio Tinto Jadar Project (led by France), Rio Loa Plants Competitiveness Project (led by Chile) and Lachaussée Surplus Project (led by Brazil).
Get to know a little more about this area and its members!
GLOBAL
GET TO KNOW THE GLOBAL MEETING OF HSECQ
Throughout the last months, the HSECQ teams from various countries has been developing global meetings with the objective of sharing knowledge and safety practices in the Basis of Safety within explosives.
This workgroup meet every three months with representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, USA, France, South Africa and Australia. In its last meeting, the Vicepresident of Human Resources and Sustainability, Patricia Valenzuela gave the opening for the presentations of the EMTS’ Principal Metallurgical Engineer, María Virginia Ramírez, and the HSE Manager of Davey Bickford Enaex, Severine Gautreau.
María Virginia exposed how to increase safety at the mine with reactive rocks and Severine talked how to properly handle PETN with her presentation “Learned lessons from incident: PETN unexpected initiation”.
In addition, this corporate project – defined by Enaex’s executive committee – takes advantages of its synergy to develop the Global Security Management System.
CHILE
HISTORIC EVENT: ENAEX PERFORMS THE FIRST REMOTE-CONTROLLED BLASTING IN A MINING OPERATION
July 8, 2021 will be remembered forever at Enaex. This day marked one of the most important milestones in the company’s history with the first remote-controlled blasting in a national and global mining operation.
Using remote operation technology for loading blasting agents and plugging shafts, a remote-controlled blasting was carried out for the first time in a productive mining operation. This process was developed in complex and risky mining circumstances, where access to people was restricted and therefore the use of technology was critical for operational continuity. Using Mine-iTruck and Stemming-iTruck equipment, our robotic equipment operators performed a remote operation from a control station in a safe and secure manner.
In view of this important event, Enaex Robotics Manager, Marco Ruiz, said “This milestone is the result of the high commitment and passion behind these technological developments, for which we have always focused on protecting Life and fostering Innovation. We firmly believe that robotic technology will be a fundamental element to continue building our purpose as a company: humanizing mining. It has been a tremendous result, which fills us with pride and demonstrates the high commitment and technical level of the Enaex Robotics team and the Enaex Operations team”.
CHILE
CENTINELA PLANT ACCOMPLISH A NEW BLASTING RECORD
After a magnificent coordination capacity and collaborative work, on June 5, Centinela Planta achieved a new record blasting record for the customer Minera Centinela of Antofagasta Minerals.
439 tons of product were blasted, exceeding the average of the last months of 240 tons and the record of last year, 340 tons. Additionally, this figure is the higher among all services plants of Enaex in the last 3 years.
BRAZIL
VALE AND YAMANA GOLD RECOGNIZE ENAEX BRAZIL TEAMS
Recently, Enaex Brazil teams in Sossego (Pará State) and Jacobina (Bahia State) were recognized by clients Vale and Yamana Gold, respectively, for their performance focused on the life and safety of operations.
The team at the Sossego unit received recognition from Vale for its performance in the HIRA (Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis) project, which aimed to map and solve risky actions related to the mining company’s industrialization processes and field operations. Our team worked on the implementation of 82 improvement actions that were fundamental to deliver the project in just over a year of joint work and which, in the client’s own words, “only strengthen our bonds even more – Stronger Bonds.” (Alexsandro Falcão, Vale SA).
Jacobina’s received the seal Gold Performance from Yamana Gold in the last audit of contractors, which assessed environmental, legal, and safety and organizational aspects. Such recognition reflects our team’s commitment to daily deliveries and alignment with our corporate values, especially our focus: excellence; our vocation: our customers; and our priority: LIFE.
Congratulations to the Jacobina and Sossego teams for always having the customer’s needs at the center of their decisions and for practicing Enaex values on a daily basis!
FRANCE
DAVEY BICKFORD ENAEX CELEBRATES 1 YEAR WITHOUT ACCIDENTS AT WORK
During the month of May, Davey Bickford Enaex reached 365 days without work accidents thanks to a collective effort of all the collaborators of the French company. To reach this milestone the commitment and daily application of safety measures were key, in addition to the constant trainings that have been conducted on the digital platform DB Safety School.
Congratulations to all the staff for the achievement and let’s go for a second year!
BRAZIL
ONLINE MEETING BETWEEN ENAEX BRAZIL AND SKIC LEVERAGES SYNERGY BETWEEN OPERATIONS
Last May, Enaex Brasil and SKIC, companies of the Sigdo Koppers group, met in an online event of strategic importance. During the occasion, executives and members of the commercial teams of both companies were able to get to know each other, and to identify and leverage opportunities for synergy and joint initiatives in the area in which they operate, especially in the mining industry.
For João Sorbile, Commercial Director of Enaex Brasil, “the interaction and sharing of experiences and technical, operational and market knowledge between the SK Group companies operating in Brazil have high potential to generate significant results for each of them, both institutional and economical. This exchange between teams contributes to the feasibility of integrated solutions for our business partners and, consequently, to strengthen the bonds we have with them.”
Indira Narvaz, Commercial Director of SKIC, says that “the Brazilian mining industry is expected to invest more than US$30 billion over the next three years, bringing many opportunities for both SKIC and Enaex. Even though the focus of activity of the companies is different, there is a great synergy in relation to clients and projects, enabling several initiatives to be held together. This can only strengthen the name of Grupo SK in the Brazilian market and leverage our results.”.
FRANCE
DAVEY BICKFORD ENAEX RECOGNIZES ITS EMPLOYEES
The culture of recognizing co-workers is an ingrained culture in Enaex as it allows to receive positive and continuous feedback from peers, improving the work environment. Thus, during the first week of June, – and after the decision of the jury – the French subsidiary awarded 8 employees who excelled in their performance during the first quarter of the year.
Congratulations to Laurent Besson, Gilles Borjes, Frédéric Boudier, Sonia Bouvier, Corentin Chiminelli, Hélène Guibout, Sabrina Lecestre and Frédéric Marcos!
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