Articles Tagged "aquarius"

Aquarius Platinum announced rights issue

Aquarius declared that Rand Merchant Bank, a division of FirstRand Bank Limited has elected to exercise their entitlement to upscale the issue size for the Bonds and consequently ZAR650 million floating rate senior secured convertible bonds have been allocated. For full story, click here

Competition Tribunal has approved Aquarius Platinum merger

The proposed transaction consists of two phases. In the first phase Aquarius Platinum has intended to acquire the business of Firstplats, comprising mining rights, properties and related fixed and movable mining assets of certain portions of the Brakspruit and Spruitfontein farms in the Bushveld Igneous complex in North West province. For full story, click here

Aquarius Platinum swinged to Q3 profit

Aquarius Platinum Ltd., the world’s fourth-biggest producer of platinum, reported on Tuesday it swung to a net profit in its third quarter to end-March as higher precious metal prices and a weaker rand outweighed lower output. For full story, click here

Midtier platinum plans to raise $233 million

Midtier platinum-miner Aquarius Platinum plans to raise between $233-million and $249-million through an equity capital raising and a convertible bond issue to help fund its proposed acquisition of Ridge Mining. For full story, click here

Platinum’s rebound puzzles analysts

Platinum has bounced more than 30 percent since plunging to a five-year low of approximately $732 an ounce in October. This ascent is occurring despite the absence of physical buying from the industrial sector. This rebound, without appropriate technical recovery is puzzling analysts.