Petra Diamonds Share News (PDL)

Petra Diamonds production up, four fatalities reported

(ShareCast News) - Petra Diamonds posted its unaudited trading update for the first quarter to 30 September on Monday, with production up 30% year-on-year to 1,097,523 carats. The FTSE 250 firm put that down to an to increased contribution from undiluted ROM ore, improving ROM grades and additional

BUZZ-Petra Diamonds: hits 14-mth high on Q1 production

** Petra Diamonds up about 8 pct at its highest level since Aug 2015 after reporting 30 pct rise in Q1 production; shares top FTSE midcap gainers ** Says production climbs to 1.1 mln carats from 842,796 carats a year earlier ** Quarterly production at Cullinan rises 44 pct to 208,974

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Petra Leads Midcap Gains; Cobham Falls On Warning

LONDON BRIEFING: easyJet And Petra Early Winners; RBS, Cobham Losers

Tuesday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Petra Diamonds: Citigroup reiterates buy with a target price of 120p; JP Morgan reiterates overweight with a 139p target. Bovis Homes: UBS upgrades to neutral, 910p target. Electrocomponents: Credit Suisse keeps at underperform with a 300p target. Easyjet: HSBC keeps at reduce w

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Liberum Downgrades Hargreaves Lansdown To Sell

Broker tips: BHP Billiton, Petra Diamonds, Tullet Prebon

(ShareCast News) - Jefferies upped its recommendation on BHP Billiton to 'buy' from 'hold' as it took a look at the metals and mining sector. The bank said it had been cautious on miners due to weak demand, ongoing supply growth, stretched balance sheets, and a lack of free cash flow for most mining

Canaccord reiterates 'buy' rating on Petra Diamonds, raises target price

(ShareCast News) - Petra Diamonds shares edged higher on Tuesday as Canaccord Genuity reiterated a 'buy' rating and raised its target price to 165p from 150p. Canaccord said Petra's full year trading update on 25 July was ahead of its forecasts with a total diamond production of 3.7m carats (mct), c

Tuesday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Ithaca Energy: Barclays reiterates underweight with a target price of 70p. Mediclinic: JP Morgan maintains neutral with a 1160p target. Premier Oil: Barclays reiterates overweight with a 100p target. South 32: Jefferies reiterates hold with a 110p target. Mondi: Citigroup keeps

Petra Diamonds recovers 138.57 carat white diamond from Cullinan

(ShareCast News) - Petra Diamonds has recovered a 138.57 carat white diamond at the Cullinan mine in South Africa. The company said the diamond will be offered for sale as part of its next sales process late this month in Johannesburg. RBC Capital Markets said the announcement was a small positive

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: S&P And Shore Upgrade Aviva After Strong Half

UK Earnings, Trading Statements Calendar - Next 7 Days

Petra Diamonds, Ekapa Mining agree joint venture in Australia's Kimberley

(ShareCast News) - Jersey based Petra Diamonds announced on Friday it agreed a joint venture with South Africa's Ekapa Mining, which will combine their operations in Kimberley, Western Australia. The Kimberley Ekapa Mining joint venture took effect from 1 July. Petra Diamonds and Bee Partners will o

Broker tips: Aveva, Compass, Petra Diamonds

(ShareCast News) - Aveva Group's shares jumped on Friday as Numis reiterated a 'buy' rating and target price of 1,910p. The information technology group said it could benefit from a potentially sizeable currency gain for the full year due to weakness of sterling since the EU referendum. The company

FinnCap maintains Petra Diamonds at 'buy' rating on joint venture news

(ShareCast News) - Petra Diamonds had its 'buy' rating and target price of 197p maintained on Friday by FinnCap after the miner announced a joint venture with Ekapa Mining. Petra and Ekapa Mining plans to combine its operations in Kimberley, South Africa, including the Kimberley underground mine and