Losses at Berkeley Mineral Resources widen as operations ramp up
28th Mar 2014 13:08
Berkeley Mineral Resources (BMR), which extracts metals from tailings at former mines, said that losses widened in the first half, causing its share price to sink sharply on Friday. The company said it "made further progress towards its strategic goal of becoming a processor and supplier of key bas
Read moreBerkeley Mineral Resources acquires copper processing plant
12th Jun 2013 08:34
Berkeley Mineral Resources,the AIM-listed resource company engaged in the processing of tailings dumps in Zambia, has acquired a copper processing plant, an statement issued by the company has shown. The new plant will be located on the company's site at Kabwe and will process tailings and other ma
Read moreBerkeley Mineral Resources moves step closer to production at Kabwe mine
25th Apr 2013 10:27
Berkeley Mineral Resources (BMR), the AIM-listed tailings processing company, has reported that Ascot, its appointed processing consultant, has received a final batch of representative samples of washplant stockpiles from BMR's Kabwe mine-site in Zambia. The Kabwe mine was in operation from 1906 t
Read moreBerkeley Mineral Resources begins programme at Kabwe
12th Mar 2013 09:51
Berkeley Mineral Resources (BMR) said on Tuesday it kicked off processing of washplant tailings at the former Kabwe mine site in central Zambia. The programme is expected to produce zinc and lead grade of no less than 40% by year end. Last year BMR acquired all the tailings at the former Kabwe min
Read moreBerkeley Mineral Resources on copper programme in Zambia
4th Feb 2013 08:56
Berkeley Mineral Resources announced Monday that it has kicked off operations at its copper processing pilot programme at Ndola, northern Zambia. Production is under way after securing the industrial zone site, according to the group which is engaged in the processing of copper tailings dumps - the
Read moreBerkeley Mineral Resources: tech team's Zambia findings due in February
28th Jan 2013 09:23
AIM-listed metals processing company Berkeley Mineral Resources expects to receive feedback on its lead and zinc benification plant in Zambia as early as February, a trading update published by the company on Monday has disclosed. The company, which appointed Ascot Group to draw up plans for its be
Read moreSector movers: Evraz leads industrial metals stocks higher
18th Jan 2013 15:53
Strong gains for steel giant EVRAZ helped push the industrial metals and mining sector to the top of the pile on Friday. Shares in EVRAZ were up 4.39% at 304.2p in afternoon trade despite the company reporting that steel production fell 6.0% from the third to the fourth quarter mainly due to the sc
Read moreGeronimo Inns MD offloads shares in parent group Young's & Co
18th Dec 2012 17:00
Rupert Clevely, the Managing Director of Young's & Co Brewery's Geronimo Inns division, sold nearly half a million pounds-worth of shares in the pubs group on Tuesday. Clevely, who co-founded Geronimo Inns, sold 62,688 shares in Young's & Co at 701.3573p a pop, earning himself a total of £439,667.
Read moreCairn Chairman reduces stake by more than half
13th Dec 2012 16:33
The wife of Cairn Chairman, Sir Bill Gammell, has traded in a large slice of shares, reducing his stake in the oil exploration company to 596,331 shares. Lady Janice Gammell sold the shares at 263.26p earning £1.45m before tax. The Chairman earned a further £260,006 through the sale of another 9
Read moreSector movers: Polymetal, BHP and Rio lead miners higher
11th Dec 2012 15:34
Mining stocks were making gains on Tuesday with blue-chip players Polymetal, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto providing a lift to the sector. Precious metals producer Polymetal rose after entering into a definitive agreement with AIM-listed Ovoca Gold to acquire the Russian legal entity Olymp, which hold
Read moreBerkeley Minerals appoints Ascot to assist in progressing Kabwe
11th Dec 2012 08:54
AIM-listed metals processing company Berkeley Mineral Resources (BMR) has chosen Ascot Group further to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on June 15th with Chinese metal refiner Yunnan Xiangyun Feilong Nonferrous Metal Company. Under the terms of the agreement Ascot will oversee and man
Read moreBerkely Mineral Resources begins copper production programme
24th Oct 2012 08:56
Berkely Mineral Resources, an AIM-listed metals processing company, has started a pilot programme to produce copper cathode from tailings stockpiles situated at the former Bwana Mkubwa mine, on the Copperbelt Province in Northern Zambia. Berkely has become interested in a 75% shareholding in Ndola
Read moreResources round-up: Berkeley, Providence, African Consolidated Resources
13th Sep 2012 13:12
Berkeley Mineral Resources, which earlier this year signed a memorandum of understanding with Yunnan Xiangyun Feilong Nonferrous Metal Company, has said that the initial series of tests by Feilong on Berkleley's samples of mine tailings it owns in Kabwe, Zambia, have concluded that the material is p
Read moreSmall caps round-up: AEA Tech, Expansys, HgCapital ...
17th Aug 2012 13:37
Trading since April 1st at AEA Technology Group has remained challenging, as expected, but the energy and sustainability consultancy stressed that good progress is being made in the implementation of the business plan. Discussion over the firm's strategic options to realise its value are on-going wi
Read moreResources round-up: Berkeley Mining, Victoria Oil and Gas, EMED Mining
9th Jul 2012 09:15
Berkeley Mining Resources dropped 8% after it failed to complete due diligence on two copper tailing clusters at Chingola in Zambia. The company recently signed an agreement on one site in the area and investors had hoped a deal on the other two would be forthcoming. Berkeley said it continued to n
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