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The $1 trillion platinum coin rejected by Yellen

The $1 trillion platinum coin rejected by Yellen

Idea would have seen Treasury use platinum coin

PGMs

23 JANUARY 2023
Lundin Gold on debt consolidation path

Lundin Gold on debt consolidation path

Adds to cash sweep operation and ahead of stream loan payments

Gold and Silver News

06 JANUARY 2023
Turquoise Hill recommends Rio offer after ISS

Turquoise Hill recommends Rio offer after ISS

Vote set for 1 November

Copper News

25 OCTOBER 2022
Turquoise Hill juggles debt re-work, Rio bid

Turquoise Hill juggles debt re-work, Rio bid

Cuts capital expenditures, tweaks operating cash costs

Gold and Silver News

18 OCTOBER 2022
Canada's Teck lifts debt buy offer

Canada's Teck lifts debt buy offer

Reflects strong revenues at miner used to improve balance sheet

Energy Minerals News

14 JUNE 2022
First Quantum Minerals to redeem US$500mn of debt

First Quantum Minerals to redeem US$500mn of debt

Miners seek to reduce debt

Copper News

27 MAY 2022
Canada's Teck moves to pare US$7.4bn of debt

Canada's Teck moves to pare US$7.4bn of debt

Move to cut debt as it sets eyes on copper production from new Chile mine

Copper News

25 MAY 2022
Newmont to pay down US$550M of notes

Newmont to pay down US$550M of notes

Newmont to repay debt

Project finance

11 MARCH 2021
Newcrest in big US note offering

Newcrest in big US note offering

Company offering US$1.15 billion of senior secured notes

Keep calm and carry on

Keep calm and carry on

Economic fallout from Covid-19 looks relatively more dangerous than the health concern

The few bankable projects are easy to spot

The few bankable projects are easy to spot

Fatal flaws of development assets are ignored by ignorant investors and unscrupulous management

Build small, finance less

Build small, finance less

There is little point optimising theoretical projects of scale that can never be funded