He will also join the company's board on July 1 and continue to be responsible for operations.Velloza joined Gem in May 2016 after leaving his position at general manager for BHP in Australia's Pilbara region.During his 25-year career, he has also held senior operational management roles at De Beers. BHP and AngloGold Ashanti and has broad mining experience across operation in Southern and East Af...Read More
SHANGHAI, May 2 (SMM) – Weak demand and the new, lower value-added tax (VAT) weighed down spot copper offers in Shanghai on Wednesday April 2. Spot copper with invoices for May was mostly offered at a discount of 50 yuan/mt to a premium of 20 yuan/mt over the SHFE 1805 contract. Prices fell in both the copper futures and spot market in Shanghai on the first trading day after the Labour...Read More
The overall mineral resource now stands at 14 million tonnes at 1.1% lithium oxide containing 149,300t of Li2O, with the update being the second this year and the third estimate overall.The updated resource was defined from three deposits — Grandao, Reservatorio and Noa — with the estimate at the Grandao deposit increasing around 87% to 10.3Mt at 1.1% Li2O containing 11,600t of Li...Read More
The placement will include 2.5 million units at $2 each, with each unit comprising one common share and one half of a non-transferrable warrant, which are exercisable into an additional common share for a 24-month period at a price of $3 per share.The company expects to close the placement on or around June 15, subject to certain conditions.Mirasol is a project generator that aims to expand its ex...Read More
SHANGHAI, May 2 (SMM) – Imported copper concentrate traded actively as smelters saw stronger demand for stockpiling in the second quarter of the year, SMM learned. Traded prices of treatment charges (TCs) mostly stood at $73-76/mt, according to members of the China Smelters Purchase Team (CSPT).Market participants took a pessimistic outlook on TCs in the second half of the ye...Read More
It also intends to list on Spain's Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia stock exchanges for the same reasons.Berkeley is developing the Salamanca uranium mine in western Spain where it began construction at the start of the year."Given the geographic location of the Salamanca project in Europe and the size and maturity of the company and its operations, the directors consider that a listing on b...Read More
SHANGHAI, May 2 (SMM) – Spot copper in the Shanghai market was offered at a discount of 20 yuan/mt to a premium of 20 yuan/mt against the SHFE 1805 contract on the morning of Wednesday May 2, SMM learned. For editorial queries, please contact Daisy Tseng at daisy@smm.cn For more information on how to access our research reports, please email service.en@smm.cn Read More
Speaking in Perth this week, BlueBird's president Alf Stewart and CEO Peter Ball said they were keen to pick up more assets, while emphasising they had the backers to transact promising deals when required.Read More
SHANGHAI, May 2 (SMM) –Copper: LME copper fell under the pressure of stronger US dollar during the Labour Day holiday. Technically, it now stands below all moving averages and without support. We expect it to trade at $6,740-6,800/mt today with the SHFE 1806 copper at 51,000-51,500 yuan/mt. Spot discounts are seen at 100-50 yuan/mt with May invoices.Aluminium: LME aluminium is expe...Read More
Numis has adjusted its target price from £8 (US$10.85) to £6 on the back of "industrial unrest" at its Tongon mine in Côte d'Ivoire, a mining code upheaval in the Democratic Republic of Congo that hosts its Kibali joint venture, and "recent unrest" in Mali, where it runs the massive Loulo-Gounkoto mine complex. This is despite a company statement early this week that, while...Read More
The countdown is on to GT Gold picking up where it left off as heavy winter snow set in on the alpine mountain slopes and valleys at Tatogga in October last year, temporarily freezing drilling activity that had already revealed one part of an extensive, dense vein system (Saddle South) with grades as high as 51.53 grams per tonne over 6.95m in near-surface drill intercepts, and a nearby copper-gol...Read More
A group of shareholders, who say they represented interests with more than US$3.5 trillion under management, put forward a resolution on public policy advocacy on climate change and energy by relevant industry associations.The resolution proposed that Rio listed all payments made to industry groups, evaluate whether advocacy positions taken by those groups served the company's financial and energy...Read More
The need to embark on wrenching cultural change was a key takeaway from a panel of mining innovation executives and those working for technology companies trying to help the industry catch up with advances already commonplace in manufacturing and other industries.Read More
Supply constraints affecting cobalt, lithium, copper and nickel, key metals for making the batteries that power electric cars, could slow production rates of such power storage units in the near term, Moody's Investors Service has warned."Declining ore grades for copper, continued lack of investment in new mines and the time required to bring new discoveries to production will constrain metal avai...Read More
Apr 30 (Reuters) - Below are the ratings awarded by Investment Information Credit Rating Agency Ltd. (ICRA (NS:ICRA)) for local debt instruments as of April 27, 2018. COMPANYINSTRUMENTRATINGAMOUNT MOVEMENT(RS.MLN) ------------------------------------ SHORT TERM RATINGS: ------------------- Aditya Birla Fashion AndCP ProgrammeICRA A1+12500 Re-affirmed Retail Ltd Alm Food Products LtdST FBLICRA A4+1...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices fell on Monday, nearing their recent five-week lows as waning geopolitical tensions and a stronger dollar weighed on demand for the precious metal.Gold futures for June delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange were down $5.10 or 0.38% to $1,318.30 a troy ounce by 04:40 AM ET (08:40 AM GMT), re-approaching the five-week low of $1,315.70 set on T...Read More
And for at least one big global bank the emergence of alternative sources of financing, and in particular private debt, is seen as a positive trend of which it is looking to actively take advantage, at least while syndicated debt remains challenging.Read More
Last week index score: 45.59 (updated)This week: 37.75Oreninc: Interview Session with Mickey Fulp - Episode 22 now liveThe Oreninc Index fell in the week ending April 27th, 2018 to 37.75 from an updated 45.59 a week ago as the number of deals fell despite some broker action returning.A calmer and less volatile week all round with the presidents of North and South Korea meeting for the first time i...Read More
Recent activity in exploration and acquisitions in North America for the next supply of platinum reveals a troubling situation for South African platinum mining, which presents opportunities for platinum companies in safer jurisdictions.If you conduct a brief survey of headlines about platinum mining in South Africa, a stark picture is revealed.JP Morgan Cazenove recently reviewed the SA platinum...Read More