据知情人士透露，中国矿企预计将领跑对哈萨克斯坦VasilKOvskoye项目的竞购，今年黄金这种贵金属的价格出现了反弹。
在几个求购者接洽之后，嘉能可决定考虑出售该矿，为此已委任蒙特利尔银行资本市场（BMO CApital Markets）和德意志银行（Deutsche BAnk）负责处理可能的交易。
若成功处置这笔资产，嘉能可将大幅接近其目标：今年把净债务降低到180亿美元以下，到2017年底进一步降低至150亿美元，该战略旨在安抚投资者，去年投资者越来越担心这家瑞士集团对大宗商品价格暴跌的承受力。
去年，嘉能可在英国上市的股票是伦敦市场上表现最差的股票之一。不过该集团已通过出售一系列资产来提振信心，其中包括上月以25亿美元出售农业业务少数股权。
作为其债务削减计划的一部分，嘉能可已敲定了14亿美元的交易，以所谓的“流”交易出售贵金属，这使其得以从旗下某些矿的未来产量获得预付款。据熟悉该集团计划的人士透露，嘉能可或许因此决定围绕Vasilkovskoye矿达成某种流交易，作为一种替代出售的选择。
嘉能可通过子公司Kazzinc拥有Vasilkovskoye金矿近70%股权，该矿的已探明和可能储量超过500万盎司。
Vasilkovskoye金矿每年生产约35万盎司黄金，在嘉能可的庞大资产组合中是少数以黄金为主要产品的矿之一，这一点比较不寻常。这也意味着该矿更有可能吸引专业黄金矿商，而不是涉及流交易的金融公司。
Miner and commodities giant Glencore (LON:GLEN) is said to be exploring options for its largest gold mine — which could include a $2 billion sale — as it ramps up efforts to cut its debt burden.
The sale of the company’s 70% stake in its Kazakhstan-based mine would bring Glencore closer to its target of cutting net debt to below $18 billion this year, people familiar with the company’s plan told The Wall Street Journal.
The report adds that Chinese companies are the most likely to show interest in Glencore’s Vasilkovskoye mine, thanks to the way gold prices have climbed back up this year.
Gold is one of the best-performing commodities so far this year, behind only iron ore. The yellow metal rallied past $1,300 an ounce for the second day in a row Tuesday, prompted by a weaker dollar and buying from speculative investors.
Vasilkovskoye’s gold output is pegged at roughly 350,000 ounces a year. A smaller gold mine Glencore used to own in Kazakhstan, Komarovskoye, was sold in April to Polymetal International for an initial $100m.
