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26 Aug 2016

ECR Minerals’ Philippine mining project Earn-in option terminated

ECR Minerals (ECR:AIM) has terminated its Earn-in option in respect of the Danglay gold project in the Philippines. The new government’s lack of support towards the mining industry was indicated as the determining factor in their decision. ECR Minerals is no longer the operator of the Danglay gold project To date ECR has earned a 25% […]

10 Aug 2016

Centamin posts EPS up 78%: increases interim dividend

Egyptian gold miner, Centamin plc, has increased its interim dividend from USc0.97 per share in 2015 to USc2.00 per share after posting Q2 16 earnings of USc6.3 per share, a 78% increase on Q2 15. The improved income performance was a result of both higher revenue and lower costs. Revenue for the quarter increased by […]

02 Aug 2016

Fresnillo profit increased in first half of 2016

Fresnillo plc, the world’s largest silver miner, reported attributable profit of US$167.0 million (US$0.227/share) for the six months ended 30 June 2016, 118% higher than the corresponding period of 2015. However, after adjusting profit for a revaluation of Silverstream contract sales, net profit was US$90.1 million (2015: US$76.5 million). ,Total revenue increased by 17% to […]

01 Aug 2016

Caledonia upgrades and expands gold resources at Blanket mine

Caledonia Mining has updated gold resources at its 49%-owned Blanket mine, in Zimbabwe, after a six-month drilling programme in the deeper areas of the mine. It has upgraded 343 kt from Inferred to Indicated, bringing a total of 48 koz of gold into the higher confidence category, and has added 1.28 Mt of new Inferred […]

28 Jul 2016

Anglo American’s underlying earnings fall in H1 2016

Anglo American’s underlying earnings for the first half of 2016 fell by 23%, to US$698 million from the corresponding period of 2015. Underlying earnings per share was US$0.54 against US$0.70 a year earlier. The company reported an actual loss for the period of US$682 million, an improvement from the US$2.7 billion loss a year earlier. […]

22 Jul 2016

Sirius Minerals’ polyhalite project now receives final major permit

Sirius Minerals Plc has received government approval for the harbour facilities element of its US$2.3 billion, North Yorkshire, polyhalite project and has now been granted all major approvals for the project. The harbour facilities include the new berth, ship loading facilities and the conveyor linkage to the materials handling facility at the Wilton International site, […]

20 Jul 2016

Anglo’s production generally lower y-o-y in H1

Anglo American’s production results for the first half of the year were generally lower than the corresponding period of 2015, although nickel was an exception. Copper production from retained operations was 290.7 kt, down 4% year-on-year as expected lower grades and significant snowfall impacted operations at Los Bronces, where production was down 16% as the […]

19 Jul 2016

Rio’s production up in most minerals in H1 2016

Rio Tinto’s mineral production for the first half of 2016 was significantly up on the corresponding period of 2015. Iron ore production from the Pilbara was up 10%, to 160.8 Mt, in line with annual guidance. Bauxite production rose 9%, to 23.2 Mt, with aluminium production up 10%, to 1,797 kt. Mined copper was up […]

04 Jul 2016

Central Asia Metals on track to produce 13-14 kt of copper this year

Central Asia Metals (CAML) reports H1 2016 copper production from its Kounrad dump leach copper recovery plant, in Kazakhstan, up 27% year-on-year to 6,908 t. Sales were 6,355 t, a 24% increase on H1 2015. The company further reports that the expansion project to exploit the Western dumps, which is being funded from cashflow generated […]