First Quantum Q3 copper production falls
First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) reports that the company's third-quarter copper production fell by 18 percent.
First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) reports that the company's third-quarter copper production fell by 18 percent.
First Quantum Minerals may consider building a copper smelter in Africa to help ease a capacity shortage that has raised costs at its mines. For full story, click here
First Quantum Minerals may consider building a copper smelter in Africa to help ease a capacity shortage that has surged costs at its mines, the company’s president said on Wednesday, lifting its shares. For full story, click here
First Quantum Minerals has raised its bond issue to as much as $500 million from $400 million on Wednesday, and markets speculated the company could use the funds to try to acquire oft-rumored target Equinox Minerals. George Topping, an analyst at Blackmont Capital in Toronto, stated: Everybody knows they own almost 20 percent of Equinox [...]
Canada’s First Quantum Minerals has planned to restart copper output at its closed Bwana Mkubwa processing plant once it receives the go-ahead to open a new mine in central Zambia. For full story, click here
First Quantum Minerals announced that it has produced 88 600 t of copper in the first three months of 2009, 17% more than a year earlier. For full story, click here
First Quantum Minerals reported to have paid a steep price to raise cash Tuesday, a total of $300-million share sale at a 12 per cent discount to where its stock was trading before the financing. For full story, click here
Among leading miners focused on copper production, First Quantum can lay claim to being among the best relative stock price performers. First Quantum’s primary focus that is copper could reach group output levels close to 500,000 tons in 2011, including production from Kolwezi and Kashime, also in the DRC. For full story, click here
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