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Vedanta reports stable production in first quarter

Mon, 01st Aug 2016 07:47

(ShareCast News) - Vedanta Resources posted its production numbers for the first quarter to 30 June on Monday, with production stable and the contribution from Mangala Enhanced Oil Recovery - the world's largest polymer EOR program - increasing to 42 kboepd.The FTSE 250 firm reported Rajasthan water flood opex at $4.4/boe, and a blended cost at $6.4/boe.In Zinc India, silver production was up 20% year-on-year, although there was a lower mined metal production as per plan, and H2 production expected to be substantially higher than H1.Vedanta said it maintained first decile cost of production, and in Copper Zambia, Konkola underground production was up 2% year-on-year due to improved equipment availability with the overall cost of production 8% lower.Vedanta's aluminium division saw an exit production run-rate of 1.1mtpa.It reported the ramp-up of the first line of the 1.25mt Jharsuguda-II smelter was completed, with the second line commenced in July and the 325 kt BALCO-II smelter nearing completion.The firm's iron ore production at Goa ramped up, to see 40% of allocated annual capacity produced at Goa in Q1.Vedanta's power unit saw the two units at TSPL operated at 72% availability, with the third unit to be capitalized in Q2, and at BALCO the second 300 MW IPP unit was capitalised during the period.Vedanta's gross debt was reduced by around $0.3bn during the quarter, with FY17 bond maturities paid.The company said it repaid $680m of 6.75% bonds due in June 2016 and $515m of 5.5% convertible bonds due in July.It also announced revised and final terms for the Vedanta Ltd and Cairn India merger on22 July, with the transaction expected to complete in the current financial year."We have made good progress on the ramp up of capacities at our Aluminium, Power and Iron Ore businesses during the quarter," said Vedanta chief executive Tom Albanese."These would be significant contributors to earnings as the year progresses."Albanese said Zinc-India was impacted by lower mined metal production as per the mine plan, and the second half is expected to be substantially higher with the company also making good progress towards optimising costs at Copper-Zambia."We are focused on generating strong free cash flow and de-levering the balance sheet, in line with our strategic priorities."Another of these priorities, the simplification of the group structure, is also on track following the recent announcement of the revised and final terms for the Vedanta Ltd-Cairn India merger," Albanese added.
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4 Jan 2017 15:56

UPDATE 1-Zambia Vedanta mine workers strike over delayed pay talks

(Adds company comments) LUSAKA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Zambian workers have downed tools at a mine and copper processing plant belonging to Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a unit of Vedanta Resources, in a dispute over the pace of wage talks, a union official said on Wednesday. The stoppage at

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4 Jan 2017 07:25

Zambia Vedanta mine workers strike over delayed pay talks -union

LUSAKA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Zambian workers have downed tools at a mine and copper processing plant belonging to Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a unit of Vedanta Resources, in a dispute over the pace of wage talks, a union official said on Wednesday. "The day shift workers have not entered the p

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28 Dec 2016 10:23

Zambia withholding $243 million in tax refunds owed to mining firms

LUSAKA, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Zambia is withholding 2.4 billion kwacha ($243 million) of the 5 billion kwacha owed to mining companies in tax refunds because the correct documentation has not been provided, the tax authority said on Wednesday. Zambia's government began paying up to 800 million

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20 Dec 2016 07:12

UPDATE 1-British court orders Vedanta's Zambia unit to pay government $100 mln

(Adds details, quotes from company spokesman) LUSAKA, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), owned by Vedanta Resources < VED.L>, has been ordered by a London court to pay the Zambian government more than $100 million for a claim related to the copper price, a state-owned company in

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12 Dec 2016 15:35

FTSE 250 movers: Oil stocks boosted by non-OPEC deal; BGEO loses flow

(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 index fell 0.6% to 17,627.04 in the late afternoon. Oil prices rose as non-OPEC members including Russia agreed to cut production by 558,000 barrels per day, less than the 600,000 barrels a day they had been asked for but with Saudi Arabia signalling deeper cuts mi

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5 Dec 2016 15:30

FTSE 250 movers: Oil stocks gush ahead while Cranswick loses out

(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 index rose 0.13% to 17,457.33 in the late afternoon. Oil prices continued their steady advance following OPEC's decision to cut its production by 1.2m barrels a day, propping up shares in Tullow Oil, Vedanta Resources (VR) and Petrofac on Monday. Goldman Sachs maintai

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5 Dec 2016 09:33

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Citi Raises BHP, Anglo, Rio Tinto And South32

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1 Dec 2016 13:46

UPDATE 1-Vedanta to invest up to $2.9 bln over 3 years in key India plants

* Plans to expand alumina refinery, aluminium smelter in Odisha * Still in talks with state entity to get bauxite locally * Sees OPEC production cut as a positive for oil business (Adds quotes, details) By Devidutta Tripathy and Jatindra Dash BHUBANESWAR, India, Dec 1 (R

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1 Dec 2016 12:04

Vedanta to invest 200 bln rupees over 3 yrs to expand aluminium capacity

BHUBANESWAR, India Dec 1 (Reuters) - Mining conglomerate Vedanta plans to invest 150 to 200 billion rupees ($2.93 billion) over three years to expand its alumina and aluminium producing capacity, said Anil Agarwal, chairman of Vedanta Resources Plc. The company plans to expand the capacity

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30 Nov 2016 08:27

LONDON BRIEFING: UK Banks Pass Stress Test But Lloyds Better Than RBS

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23 Nov 2016 13:36

UPDATE 1-Zambia's chamber of mines sees rising copper output in 2016

(Adds quotes, detail) LUSAKA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Zambia's copper production is expected to increase by 4 percent to 740,000 tonnes this year, the Chamber of Mines in Africa's second-largest producer of the metal said on Wednesday. A government forecast in February indicated Zambia's c

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22 Nov 2016 13:35

FTSE 250 movers: Up day for midcaps led by Rotork, BGEO and Mitie

(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 index joined the rest of the markets in an up-day on Tuesday, rising 0.93% to just shy of 17,700 by late afternoon led by rises in Rotork, BGEO and Mitie. Leading the rise was actuator maker Rotork as it let markets know that it expected full year sales will be toward

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16 Nov 2016 15:17

FTSE 250 movers: Vedanta gains on outlook for zinc, Ocado loses out on Amazon deal

(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 index was down 0.48% at 17,488.87 at 1604 GMT on Wednesday. Goldman Sachs upgraded Vedanta Resources from 'Neutral' to 'Buy', raised its price target from 450p to 1,300p and added it to their Conviction List, sending its shares up. The bank believes the price of zinc

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16 Nov 2016 09:55

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Goldman And Deutsche Raise Miner Price Targets

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15 Nov 2016 12:30

Tuesday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Dairy Crest: Jefferies downgrades to underperform with a target price of 500p. Royal Dutch Shell: HSBC reiterates buy with a 2360p target. Polymetal: Jefferies stays at underperform with a 700p target. Tesco: Credit Suisse reiterates underperform with a 130p target. Paddy Power

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