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Fri, 29th Jan 2016 12:13

(ShareCast News) - After a poor share price performance, HSBC has upgraded Lonmin from 'hold' to 'buy' but has cut its target price from 135p to 76p.The company's first quarter production report out on Thursday was mixed, according to the investment bank."Safety stoppages impeded production momentum at the key Generation 2 shafts, but the processing division performed well, drawing down ore and concentrate inventory in the period. Although mined platinum volumes of 158koz were 16% lower y-o-y, refined volumes climbed 23% to 171koz."HSBC said it has updated its valuation to reflect weaker platinum pricing from its Metals Quarterly report out earlier in January."We maintain our 33% discount to our DCF for Lonmin (at a 7.5% real discount rate ) to account for valuation risk given high gearing to key driver assumptions. We cut our target price to 76p from 135p. As this implies upside of 32%, we upgrade to 'buy' from 'hold'." RBC Capital Markets cut FirstGroup to 'underperform' from 'sector perform' and downgraded the price target to 85p from 110p following the company's profit warning on Thursday.It noted the group delivered another profit miss for full year 2015/16 from its third quarter update, adding that the warning has put the confidence building process back by at least 12-18 months."We now find reduced investor confidence that these goals will be met (even with helpful working day effects in School Bus), and thus that cash can be generated and dividend restored," the Canadian bank said.It pointed out that FirstGroup maintained its stance that the now extremely challenging profit margin growth goals can still be met, and that Q3 trading was a 'knock' rather than outlook-changing event."In our view, either the company needs to see relatively better demand, and/or a more benign labour cost outlook than its peers to meet this," said RBC.The bank said that while the shares look cheap on price-to-earnings, the increasing risk to earnings has prompted the rating downgrade.At 1000 GMT, FirstGroup shares were down 0.4% to 89.70p, having tumbled in the previous session after the transport operator cut operating profit guidance for the current financial year. Sky's 'add' rating and target price of 1,250p were kept unchanged by Numis after the broadcaster reported strong first half revenue growth.The company said in its interim results on Friday that statutory revenue for the six months to 31 December jumped 5% to £5.72bn from £5.44bn. It was driven by signing up 337,000 new customers in the second quarter - the company's highest UK and Ireland growth in 10 years - and sold 1.1m extra paid-for products.Operating profit for the period rose 12% to £747m, and the company declared a dividend of 12.6p per share.Earnings per share gained 10% to 29.7p, ahead of Numis expectations of 28.4p. Adjusted pre-tax profit also beat the broker's estimates of £620m at £649m."Looking forward, the group continues to push innovation including the SkyQ top-end box in the UK and product roll-out to Germany and Italy," according to Numis analyst Paul Richard."We retain our pre-tax profit/earnings per share forecasts of £1,340m/62p for June 2016, £1,345m/62p for 2017 (flat due to higher Premier League costs) and £1,560m/72p for 2018 (driven by Sky Europe synergies)."
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21 Oct 2016 09:39

S.Africa's platinum wage talks in area where agreement can be secured - Implats

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 21 (Reuters) - South Africa's Impala Platinum said on Friday talks over workers' pay with AMCU union have reached a stage where an agreement can be secured. "We continue to engage AMCU so we are in constant contact with AMCU and its our understanding that we are potentiall

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21 Oct 2016 09:28

S.Africa's AMCU union gets members' mandate for platinum wage talks

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 21 (Reuters) - South Africa's biggest platinum mineworkers union AMCU has secured a mandate from its members over wages and other conditions in the industry, it said on Friday. It is unclear what mandate the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union secured. It sai

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6 Oct 2016 12:38

UPDATE 1-South Africa's AMCU union says platinum wage talks at "critical stage"

(Recasts with comments to conference) By Ed Stoddard and Tanisha Heiberg JOHANNESBURG, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Wage talks are at a "critical stage" between South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) and Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum and Lonmin, the un

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6 Oct 2016 11:10

South Africa's AMCU union says platinum wage talks at a critical stage

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Wage talks are at a "critical stage" between South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) and Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum and Lonmin, the union's president said on Thursday. Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a

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5 Sep 2016 16:35

UPDATE 1-South Africa's AMCU, platinum mines fail to reach wage deal

(Adds details) JOHANNESBURG, Sept 5 (Reuters) - South Africa's biggest platinum mine-workers' union and the industry have failed to reach a deal on workers' pay, the union said on Monday, raising the prospect of industrial action in the world's top producer of the white metal. The Ass

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5 Sep 2016 15:57

South Africa's AMCU, platinum mines fail to reach wage deal

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 5 (Reuters) - South Africa's biggest platinum mine-workers' union and the industry have failed to reach a deal on workers' pay, the union said on Monday, raising the prospect of industrial action in the world's biggest producer of the white metal. The Association of Minew

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18 Aug 2016 16:10

Lonmin closes project financing for bulk tailings project

(ShareCast News) - Lonmin managed to clinch project financing for its Bulk Tailings Treatment Project, which analysts said would allow the miner to add low-cost production as it progresses on restructuring the business. An unnamed party agreed to provide the platinum producer with $50m through a pro

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2 Aug 2016 10:58

Tuesday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - HSBC: Berenberg reiterates buy with a target price of 600p. Intertek: Numis maintains reduce with a 3100p target. Barclays: Citigroup reiterates buy with a 135p target. IAG: HSBC stays at reduce with a 325p target. Anglo American: UBS keeps at sell with a target price of 740p.

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1 Aug 2016 13:48

Lonmin shares slide on production update

(ShareCast News) - Platinum producer Lonmin announced its production results for the quarter ended 30 June on Monday, and provided a business update. "[This was] another good quarter in a challenging operating environment," said chief executive Ben Magara. "Again I am pleased that we continue to fo

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25 Jul 2016 15:11

UK Earnings, Trading Statements Calendar - Next 7 Days

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17 Jul 2016 12:43

Sunday newspaper roundup: Lloyds, UK trade deals, BAE, SABMiller, Lonmin, Uber

(ShareCast News) - The new government could accelerate the re-privatisation of Lloyds Banking Group and scrap George Osborne's plan for a sale to retail investors, senior financiers believe. While Mr Osborne wanted to make a profit on every share in the bank, only selling when the price stood at abo

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8 Jul 2016 13:45

Hobbled by 2014 strike, South Africa platinum producers brace for wage talks

* Platinum firms plead poverty, cite low metal prices * Unions seek wage hikes well above 6.1 pct inflation * 2014 union strike hurt producers, led to job cuts By Zandi Shabalala JOHANNESBURG, July 8 (Reuters) - The world's top platinum miners face tough wage talks next we

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7 Jul 2016 11:32

UPDATE 1-South Africa's AMCU union to start wage talks with platinum firms next week

* Union wants $850 minimum wage from platinum industry * AMCU led 5-month work stoppage over pay in 2014 * South Africa's platinum sector hit by rising costs (Adds quotes, details, slugs pix) By Zandi Shabalala JOHANNESBURG, July 7 (Reuters) - The largest union in South

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7 Jul 2016 09:13

South Africa's AMCU union to start wage talks with platinum firms next week

JOHANNESBURG, July 7 (Reuters) - The largest union in South Africa's platinum industry said on Thursday it would begin wage talks with Anglo American Platinum, Impala and Lonmin on July 12, where it would be demanding higher wages for its members. The union said it wanted a 12,500 minimum

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27 Jun 2016 15:25

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY UPDATE: Deutsche Lifts ITV To Hold From Sell

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