Новости за 13.05.2024

Diversified major Anglo American has rejected a revised proposal put forward by BHP, which valued the UK-headquartered miner at about £34-billion. The structure of the revised proposal, unveiled on Monday, remained unchanged from the previously rejected proposal of last month. It comprises an all-share offer for Anglo, with a requirement to complete two separate demergers of the South African units, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and Kumba Iron Ore. The all-share offer and required demergers will be inter-conditional.

Gold miner Caledonia Mining says its production and profit was supported by a favourable gold price in the first quarter of the year, which has continued through April and into May. The company’s Blanket and Bilboes mines, in Zimbabwe, recorded a 6% increase in production to 17 476 oz, compared with 16 141 oz produced in the same quarter of last year.

The outlook for platinum is one that's pretty robust, the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) has highlighted in its latest Platinum Quarterly, which shows the projection of the metal's demand as being very encouraging amid a near-record-low supply prediction. Automotive demand is at a seven-year high, while first-quarter jewellery demand increased contrasted with a worsening supply deficit of 476 000 oz.

Copper output in Chile, the world's largest producer of the metal, edged down in March, data from copper commission Cochilco showed on Friday, as production slid at state-run miner Codelco but rose at other major mines in the country. Output at Codelco, the top global supplier of the red metal, slid 10.1% to total 107 300 t in March, while at the BHP-controlled Escondida mine, which holds the world's largest known deposit, output rose 9.7% to reach 101 400 t.