BEIJING, March 27 (Reuters) - Chinese miner and metals trader Jinchuan Group International Resources Co Ltd said on Tuesday its 2017 net profit was almost five times bigger than a year earlier due to higher cobalt and copper prices.Jinchuan, which operates the Ruashi copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Chibuluma copper mine in Zambia, posted net profit of $41.6 milli...Read More
Mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO) has agreed to sell its Kestrel coal mine in Australia to private equity manager EMR Capital and Indonesian coal company Adaro Energy, in a deal worth $2.25 billion.The transaction makes of Rio Tinto the first major miner to exit the coal industry, and comes only a week after it announced the $1.7 billion-sale of its Hail Creek Mine, also in Australia, to Glen...Read More
Canada's Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC) has obtained shareholder approval for its planned acquisition of Australian junior Altona Mining (ASX:AOH) in a deal worth A$93 million, or about $71m at today's rates.Under the agreement, each Altona share will be exchanged for 0.0974 Copper Mountain shares, which equates to a 41.7% premium based on closing prices at the time of both companies first...Read More
Vedanta, the London-listed natural resources company controlled by one of India's richest men, said Tuesday it was shutting its copper smelting operations in the south of the country, for a 15-day planned maintenance.The halt, originally scheduled for April, comes amid local media reports of massive protests around the smelter and even in front of the home of Vedanta's chief executive Anil Agarwal...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices turned lower on Monday, pulling away from five-week highs after reports that the U.S. and China had started negotiations over escalating trade tensions eased fears over a possible all-out trade war.Gold futures for April delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange were down $4.5 or 0.33% to $1,345.4 a troy ounce by 04:19 AM ET (08:19 GMT).Gold pri...Read More
(Adds company news items, futures)March 26 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 22 points lower at 6,900 on Monday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures FFIc1 0.1 percent lower ahead of the cash market open.* ROLLS-ROYCE: Britain's Rolls-Royce RR.L said its Trent 7000 engines which power the Airbus A330neo jet are not affected by the issues with the Trent 1000 engi...Read More
The Oreninc Index fell in the week ending March 23rd, 2018 to 26.70 from an updated 52.33 a week ago as financings once again dried to a trickle.The week was full of news that was generally positive for gold led by the US Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy decision that confirmed the long-expected interest rate increase, but more importantly, the Fed indicated that it will only make three ra...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 27 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals saw mixed trading on Tuesday March 27. SHFE nickel and tin dipped while zinc gained 1.4%. SHFE aluminium and lead rose close to 1%, and copper inched up.Among ferrous metals, coke closed 0.7% lower. Rebar rose over 2%, hot-rolled coil gained 1.6%, iron ore and coking coal edged up about 1%.Copper: The SHFE 1805 contract mostly traded above moving av...Read More
The inferred mineral resource at December 31, 2017, was 3.36 million ounces of gold (including refractory) at 3.93g/t, increased primarily through exploration at the Wassa underground gold mine in western Ghana. This compared with the 3.13Moz at 4.77g/t at the end of 2016.Measured and indicated mineral resources were largely unchanged on the year at 4.4Moz of gold, while proven and probable minera...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 27 (SMM) – The current high copper inventories at global exchanges are set to impose further pressure on the already weak prices, SMM believes.Copper inventory at LME grew 31,225 mt on Tuesday March 27, after it jumped 35,000 mt a day before. This lowered stocks to 383,975 mt, the highest level since May 2017. Cancelled warrants stood at 11.8% on Tuesday, down from 13...Read More
The scoping study, carried out by project development consultants BatteryLimits, shows Mahenge could produce an average 49,000 tonnes per annum of high-quality graphite products during a 32-year mine life at an operating cost of US$408 per tonne based on an average life of mine grade of 12.5% total graphite carbon (TGC).Read More
The sales price was above BMO Capital Markets' estimate of around $1.3 billion based on a 10% discount rate.Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 27 (SMM) – Spot copper in the Shanghai market saw more active trading as SHFE copper rebounded to around 49,500 yuan/mt today. Spot prices stood at a smaller discount of 200-130 yuan/mt. High-quality copper traded at 49,230-49,340 yuan/mt and standard quality copper traded at 49,200-49,300 yuan/mt with adequate supply.With fewer supply sources, hydro-copper was also favour...Read More
OZ will offer A$0.085 (US$0.066) cash and 0.009 of an OZ share for every Avanco share held, valuing Avanco at $0.17 per share, a whopping 120% premium to Avanco's closing price on Monday. Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 27 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last night and what is expected today.Last nightAs concerns of a trade war eased, the US dollar index fell to a five-week low overnight and hovered around 89.Most base metals rebounded as bearish sentiments improved. SHFE zinc rose over 1%, while copper and nickel fell. After the slump last week and the sharp growth...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 27 (SMM) –Copper: Copper prices fell at a slower pace overnight and are likely to inch up today as the US dollar softened and concerns of a trade war eased. LME copper is expected to trade at $6,610-6,670/mt today. The SHFE 1805 contract is seen trading at 48,800-49,300 yuan/mt with ample supply and sluggish demand. Spot discounts are seen at 210-140 yuan/mt.Aluminium: LME alum...Read More
In addition to this, a labour dispute at First Quantum Minerals' (CN:FM) Cobre Panama mine in Panama has been resolved, Chile's state-owned miner Codelco has reached an agreement with workers at its Ministro Hales mine and BHP (AU:BHP) has contacted the union at Escondida for early labour negotiations.Read More
First, the claim that Mr Fifer is facing "criminal charges" is false. Panama's Social Security Administration, (Caja de Security Social, CSS) having conducted a review of PTQ's Social Security filings and of Mr Fifer, concluded he played no role in the problems that caused the Administration to review PTQ's filing. Mr Fifer is no longer a subject of any Social Security Administration review, in an...Read More
Granite (NYSE: GVA) and Layne announced the former's bid on February 14 this year. Layne was trading around US$12.50 a share before the offer was tabled, and hit $16.53 on March 9. It has since drifted back to $14.57.The company had a market value this week of about US$290 million.Granite's offer price was at 8.2-times projected 2018 EBITDA and valued the target at $565 million including Layne's d...Read More