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10 Oct 2016

Tharisa Minerals – Record Q4 production, 2017 looking even better.

Tharisa Minerals (THS.L) Modifications to Voyager’s Plant chrome processing circuit in H1 FY2016 to facilitate increased production of higher value speciality grade chrome concentrates, enables Tharisa to distribute to more globally diversified markets. The average PGM basket price for quarter ended September was US$804 oz, which was US$59 an ounce higher than previous quarter. Metallurgical grade […]

05 Oct 2016

Record copper production for Central Asia Mines

Central Asia Mines has reported record quarterly copper production and sales at its Kounrad operation for the third quarter ended 30 September 2016. Kounrad produced 4,102t of copper cathode, a 38% increase on the corresponding period of 2015, including a record monthly production of 1,503t in August. Year-to-date copper production was 11,010t, a 31% increase […]

05 Oct 2016

Caledonia’s Blanket mine increases quarterly gold production by 23%

Caledonia Mining Corporation produced 13,430oz of gold from its Blanket mine in Q3 2016, a 23% increase on the corresponding quarter of 2015. Production was also up over 7% from Q2 2106. The increases come from greater ore mined at higher grade from the deeper levels of the mine, below 750m, utilising the recently-completed No […]

27 Sep 2016

Gemfields’ annual profits almost double as emerald sales values soar

Gemfields, the AIM-listed emerald, ruby and sapphire producer, has reported profits for the financial year ended 30 June 2016 up 91%, to US$23.5m, from the previous year. EPS doubled to US$0.02. Revenue increased by 13%, to US$193.1m. The biggest increase came from emerald sales, rising from US$64.9m in FY2015, to US$101.2m in FY2016 with record […]

20 Sep 2016

Zinc is zooming

Zinc is zooming – it is up 55% since hitting a 6 year low mid-January. Prices have risen around 3% on the LME since Monday. The closing of 4 major zinc mines since 2013 has reduced supply by over 1 million tons. Glencore cut H1 2016 production by 31% to help shore up prices. Beijing […]

07 Sep 2016

Baker Steel Resources Trust increases stake in Nussir

Baker Steel Resources Trust has announced that it has acquired a further 5.4% interest in Norwegian Copper company, Nussir ASA (Nussir), to add to the 9.8% of Nussir it already holds, for a consideration of £625k. The company says that the consideration has been satisfied through the issue to the vendors of 1,561,822 new ordinary […]

02 Sep 2016

Sirius Minerals Working on some Serious Financing with lenders

  Sirius Minerals’ ambitions to build the world’s largest polyhalite mine in North Yorkshire, UK moves forward with a non-binding agreement for a US$2.6 billion debt facility for ‘Stage 2’ of mine development with six financial institutions; closing expected to take place in 2018. The agreement is subject to due diligence and  securing US$ 1.09 […]

02 Sep 2016

Dalradian work suggests higher grade than resource estimate

  Dalradian Resources has tested part of its resource base at its 100%-owned Curraghinalt gold project, in Northern Ireland and estimates that the grade could be significantly higher than that in the May 2016 resource statement. The resource estimation released in the May 2016 and conducted by independent consultants SRK, used standard geostatistical estimation methods, […]

30 Aug 2016

Copper under pressure – Stockpiles hit a high

Copper under pressure – LME copper stockpiles have hit a 10 month high, most likely due to excess supply moving out of china and into warehouses; Commerzbank said in a report. Hedge funds moved to a net short position for the week of Aug. 23 of 4991 futures and options contracts, according to the US CFTC weekly […]

30 Aug 2016

Anglo American sells Foxleigh metcoal mine

Anglo American plc has completed the sale of its 70% interest in the Foxleigh metallurgical coal mine in Queensland, Australia to a consortium led by Taurus Fund Management. The parties have not disclosed the terms of the sale. Foxleigh is an open cut coal operation which produces high quality pulverised coal injection (PCI) coal, located […]