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PANTORO SAYS DELAYS WON'T SLOW OUTPUT GROWTH PLANS AT NICOLSONS GOLD MINE

West Australian miner Pantoro says a "relatively modest" maiden ore reserve of 62,000oz gold won't deter its planned underground development at its Nicolsons operations, given the project's history of performing better than pre-mining models suggest. John Feary reports

ZINC/ALUMINIUM RECORDS LIFT VEDANTA FROM LOSS TO FY18 $236M PROFIT

Zinc, aluminium, oil & gas fuel $259M turnaround to a Mar 2018 year $236M profit from the previous year’s $23M loss

RAMPING HOUNDE LEADS ENDEAVOUR Q1 18 RECORD RUN

New mine lifts Endeavour Mining’s 5-mine Q1 18 gold production for a $162M turnaround to a $28M profit

VERDANT MINERALS STUDY TIPS MULTI-DECADE LIFE FOR AMMAROO PHOSPHATE PROJECT

Verdant Minerals feasibility study outlines a 20-year mine life, with potential for many decades more, at its Ammaroo phosphate project in Australia's Northern Territory.

AURA Q1 18 PROFIT JUMP FOLLOWS MERGER/ASSET SALES

Aura Minerals has capped a successful Q1 18 of merger and $40M of asset sales with a profit nearly doubled to $11.3M

BLASTED ROCK OFFERS LOW-COST ORE FEED FOR BLUEBIRD AT HISTORIC KOREAN MINE

Bluebird Mining Ventures identifies a favourable low-cost ore source from the sampling of broken rock left by historic miners at the historic Kochang underground mine in South Korea.

CHINA GOLD BAD 2018 START WITH $18M Q1 18 PROFIT FALL

Plunging gold-copper production that has seen China Gold’s 2-mine operating earnings crash nearly $40M, have pulled the company’s Q1 18 net profit down $18M to $2M

SMELTER LOCK-UP CHECKS LONMIN H1 18 LOSS CUT TO $67M

Despite a recovering smelter lock-up costing about 47,000oz of PGM sales and higher costs, Lonmin has managed to cut H1 18 losses to $67M

MILLENNIUM EARLY ORDERS KEEP NULLAGINE EXPANSION PLAN ON TRACK

Millennium Minerals is progressing plans to lift annual gold production at its Nullagine project in Western Australia to over 100,000oz with the placing of early equipment orders for the planned $15M sulphide circuit. John Feary reports

RIO TINTO TO PUMP $57M EXPLORATION FUNDING TO ADVANCE SIPA'S KITGUM-PADER NICKEL PROJECT

Global major Rio Tinto's $US57M funding deal offers financially constrained Sipa Resources a way forward at its Kitgum-Pader nickel-copper discovery in northern Uganda.

RAMPING PRETIUM RES SEES Q1 18 LOSS BLOW OUT TO $8.1M

Lower revenue from lower gold sales and higher costs sees Pretium Resources’ Q1 18 loss jump over $5M to $8.1M, but on track for H1 18 guidance up to 200,000oz

JAPANESE LOOK TO LIFT TROUBLED CHILE COPPER OUTPUT

Big Japanese miners look to crank up production from troubled Chilean copper mines that have failed to reach expectations

LOWER PRODN/REVENUE SEES TMAC Q1 18 LOSS OUT TO $15M

An under-performing plant, currently being rectified, lower gold production and nearly $6M in FX losses, has seen TMAC Resources’ Q1 18 loss blow out to $5.8M

ALARA RESOURCES NEARS MINING LICENCE APPROVAL FOR FIRST OMAN COPPER PROJECT

Oman's Public Authority for Mining has received all the government approvals it needs for the issue of a mining licence for the Al Hadeetha copper development.

RANDGOLD MAINTAINS FULL YEAR EXPECTATIONS DESPITE CHALLENGING FIRST QUARTER

Randgold Resources has maintained its 1.3-1.35Moz gold production target for 2018 despite a series of challenges that lowered March quarter output by 16%.

MONTEZUMA SCOPING STUDY POINTS THE WAY TO BUTCHERBIRD MANGANESE DEVELOPMENT

Montezuma Mining plans an early move to a prefeasibility study on its Butcherbird manganese project after a scoping study backed its economic and technical viability. John Feary reports

RECORDS QUADRUPLE SIERRA METALS Q1 18 PROFIT

Record throughput at 2 of its 3 Latin American polymetallic underground mines has substantially lifted production, quadrupling Q1 18 qtr-on-qtr profit to $8.7M

KIN CALLS FOR MORE STUDIES ON A NEW PATH FORWARD AT STALLED LEONORA GOLD PROJECT

Kin Mining's hopes of starting production this year from its suspended Leonora gold development in Western Australia have well and truly gone out the window, with two reports calling for more studies before construction work can resume.

KINROSS Q1 18 PROFIT HALVED TO $106M

A slight rise in gold equivalent production, increased revenue and lower AISC failed to avert Kinross Gold’s Q1 18 net earnings being halved to $106M. By MBM’s North American correspondent

TALGA FLAGS SWEDISH COBALT SPIN-OFF

New technology-focused explorer/developer Talga Resources is looking to spin-off its Swedish cobalt projects to focus on its advanced graphite-graphene projects. By Mark Mentiplay.
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START THE WEEK: COMMODITIES (May 18, 2018)

LME ($US), May 18 -
Aluminium 2,297.00
Copper 6,783.50
Zinc 3,080.50
Nickel 14,750.00
Lead 2,330.50
Tin 20,675.00
Cobalt 91,000.00
Gold 1,292.10

COMEX ($US), May 18 -
Gold 1,291.70
Copper 3.0615
Silver 16.465

NYMEX ($US), May 18 -
Iron ore 67.03

START THE WEEK: CALENDAR (May 21, 2018)

Public holidays -
May 21: Navy Day (Chile)
May 25: African Unity Day (Ghana, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
May 25: Dia de la Revolucion de Mayo (Argentina)

Conferences -
May 25-26: Metals Investor Forum, Vancouver (Canada)

START THE WEEK: COMMODITIES (May 11, 2018)

LME ($US), May 11 -
Aluminium 2,273.50
Copper 6,869.00
Zinc 3,080.00
Nickel 13,910.00
Lead 2,332.00
Tin 20,950.00
Cobalt 90,250.00
Gold 1,320.90

COMEX ($US), May 11 -
Gold 1,318.40
Copper 3.1105
Silver 16.70

NYMEX ($US), May 11 -
Iron ore 67.49

START THE WEEK: CALENDAR (May 14, 2018)

Public holidays -
May 14: Kamuzu Day (Malawi)
May 16: Ramadan commences (various)
May 19: Youth and Sports Day (Turkey)

Conferences -
May 14-15: Future of Mining, Sydney (Australia)
May 15-17: ConMin West Africa, Abuja (Nigeria)
May 16-17: Latin America Downunder, Perth (Australia)

Company events -
May 15: Nordic Mining Q1, Oslo (Norway)

START THE WEEK: COMMODITIES (May 7, 2018)

LME ($US), May 4 -
Aluminium 2,316.00
Copper 6,783.00
Zinc 2,968.00
Nickel 13,835.00
Lead 2,274.00
Tin 21,375.00
Cobalt 89,000.00
Gold 1,314.10

COMEX ($US), May 4 -
Gold 1,316.00
Copper 3.0805
Silver 16.555

NYMEX ($US), May 4 -
Iron ore $66.98

START THE WEEK: CALENDAR (May 7, 2018)

Public holidays -
May 7: Bank Holiday (UK)
May 7: Labour Day, Qld (Australia)
May 8: Liberation Day (Czechia)
May 8: VE Day (France)
May 9: Victory Day (Russia)
May 11: Bank Holiday (Denmark)

Conferences -
May 7-8: Mining Investment Middle East (Dubai)
May 7-9: CIM 20-18 Convention, Vancouver (Canada)
May 9-10: RIU Sydney Resources Round-Up, Sydney (Australia)

START THE WEEK: COMMODITIES (April 30, 2018)

LME ($US), Apr 27 -
Aluminium 2,249.00
Copper 6,797.00
Zinc 3,120.50
Nickel 13,980.00
Lead 2,336.00
Tin 21,400.00
Cobalt 88,750.00
Gold 1,322.50

COMEX ($US), Apr 27 -
Gold 1,324.40
Copper 3.071
Silver 16.55

NYMEX ($US), Apr 27 -
Iron ore $65.53

START THE WEEK: CALENDAR (April 30, 2018)

Public holidays -
Apr 30: Reunification Day (Vietnam)
Apr 30: Showa Day (Japan)
May 1: Labour Day, May Day (various)
May 3: Constitution Day (Poland)
May 3: Constitutional Memorial Day (Japan)
May 4: Greenery Day (Japan)
May 5: Children's Day (Japan, South Korea)

Conferences -
May 3-5: Minexpo Africa Kenya, Nairobi (Kenya)
May 3-5: Minexpo Africa Tanzania, Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

START THE WEEK: COMMODITIES (April 23, 2018)

LME ($US), Apr 20 -
Aluminium 2,463.00
Copper 6,939.00
Zinc 3,243.50
Nickel 14,640.00
Lead 2,366.00
Tin 22,050.00
Cobalt 91,500.00
Gold 1,336.30

COMEX ($US), Apr 20 -
Gold 1,337.60
Copper 3.1585
Silver 17.115

NYMEX ($US), Apr 20 -
Iron ore $65.05

START THE WEEK: CALENDAR (April 23, 2018)

Public holidays -
Apr 23: National Sovereignty Day (Turkey)
Apr 25: Anzac Day (Australia, New Zealand)
Apr 25: Freedom Day (Portugal)
Apr 25: Liberation Day (Italy)
Apr 25: Sinai Liberation Day (Egypt)
Apr 27: Freedom Day (South Africa)

Conferences -
Apr 23-25: CRU World Aluminium Conference, London (UK)

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COBALT 27-HIGHLANDS PACIFIC DEAL LOOKS BEYOND RAMU TO MORE BATTERY METALS GROWTH

(STREAMING) Specialist streamer Cobalt 27 and miner Highlands Pacific aim to take full advantage of the emerging boom in battery metals markets, starting with a significant financing deal at PNG's Ramu nickel-cobalt mine.

PILBARA NEIGHBOURS DGO AND DE GREY MINING LINK TO ACCELERATE SHEAR ZONE GOLD SEARCH

(EXPLORATION) Conglomerate gold may be the cause of much recent excitement in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, but neighbours De Grey Mining and DGO Gold are focusing on more traditional exploration targets in their $5M investment transaction.

WORLD GOLD COUNCIL CALLS FOR NEW ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE APPROACH

(SUSTAINABILITY) The need for gold miners to evolve their production methods and stakeholder relations if they are to continue to make a meaningful contribution to society over the next three decades is one of the themes of a new World Gold Council publication.

CITIGROUP FINED £5.4M OVER REAL GOLD MINING IPO

China’s Securities and Futures Commission’s crackdown on IPO sponsorships has seen Citigroup fined £5.4M over suspended Real Gold Mining’s 2009 IPO

WEST WITS RESIGNED TO A LONG WAIT ON ITS SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION

(REGULATION) West Wits Mining takes the next steps towards its growth as a junior miner in South Africa with the acceptance by the mining regulator of its application for mining rights over its Witwatersrand Basin project.

THE BATTLE FOR NORILSK CRANKS UP IN COURT

The long-running oligarchs battle for control of Russian nickel giant Norilsk kicks off in the London High Court
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