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Thanks mate - fingers crossed it continues and SHFT gets back where it should be.

Good morning and good news so a very good morning :-) PS haha re the predicting a contract lol

... competetive buy orders on the LSE orderbook - you don't see that on SHFT very often (And 0 sell orders)

Yes but far more important than that is the fact that I've definitely missed my final top up opportunity grrrr 2 big sells after hours last night - must be hurting now. Unless they were buys that were being worked through the day. Now was the rise of the last couple of days down to good news out of South Africa or knowledge of this contract about to come through? Have to see how we perform today. Great news whatever!

Weird. I woke up this morning with a feeling we would have a contract announcement! Happy days! Gla

Still 59.8p to sell 4k (market share) so all the buys look like genuine buys yet the Ask and the real ask have both been slipping down. Might possibly be a sell being worked. Already baked into the price though and still blue for the day so all good.

lol you ALWAYS expect! lol It will need a few more buys yet I think as after the last tick up Level 2 has swung the other way for now. Hopefully the buying will kick off again while people can still get in at 61p or slightly under and there won't be too much profit taking at end of day. I don't know if the US market has much interest in this share. If they do maybe they will wake up encouraged by the Lonmin news although they should have caught it just before they closed yesterday I would have thought if it was on their radar. Patience patience - nothing to complain about here today :-)

Someone's trying to buy 10k at 60p through the orderbook. Be lucky to find someone else on the orderbook to match that up with though. Hopefully they will realise and take them from the MMs instead for around 61.

Just wouldn't want anyone to buy or sell something on my say so. Its amazing, if you followed this on google/finance today you'd think there's was nothing going on on SHFT. All those 60p buys just look like a flat line of inactivity rather than the really great buying volume we're seeing here. Seems that Lonmin news has really helped. Only fly in the ointment for me is that when I get round to making that one last topup that I want it looks like its going to cost me a lot more!

Biggest holding for me is SHFT. Next is probably SHG which you already know well. Also reasonable stakes in WSG who have interims due imminently, and ANGM who should be starting to process high grade ore about now - highish risk share that one but could easily treble if they finally get things right. Sadly had to sell out of FTE the other day to top up SHFT. Also have some small punts in CAP, BPC, and TRP which are risky ones but could turn very good longer term if things pan out. Not recommending any of the above, just answering the question. DYOR etc etc.

Me too - there and here! :-)

Yes a nice start to the day - possibly down to the better industrial relations news coming out of South Africa. I know you''ve left a bit in SHG too haven't you? Have you seen how they are going this morning!!! Nice day so far! :-)

Following an all-inclusive negotiation process involving trade unions and delegates of striking employees, Lonmin is pleased to announce that it has reached a settlement and a return to work has been agreed for Thursday (20th September). The agreement was signed in Rustenburg at 22.30 this evening (September 18th). The agreement includes a signing bonus of R2,000 and an average rise in wages of between 11 and 22% for all employees falling within the Category 3-8 bargaining units , effective from 1 October 2012. This includes the previously agreed 9-10% rises for these employees due to come into effect in October 2012. It also addresses issues of promotion for some categories of workers as well as other allowances. Has to be good news yes?

Well first step Bid's ticked up to 59p! 41 steps to go :-) lol

Peace : recovery, hopefully especially once Lonmin are back in full swing. But £1 on that alone? - a bit optimistic mate - we need time and some good news directly from SHFT re contracts or progress/profitability to get us that far IMHO Stach : As far as I now understand it, your total dividends, including those in an ISA, contribute to your total income, and therefore do need reporting - BUT I'm waiting for confirmation from my accountant to be certain of that as I may still have that wrong. Turns out he's on holiday til 24th!

Got a reply from HL which seems to concur with the line on the direct.gov.uk site... "Dividends paid to you will be taxed 10% at source so you will be paid 90% of the dividend. We provide bi-annual investment reports in October and April, in the April report will contain a consolidated tax certificate detailing all the information required by HMRC." Ok not grammatically brilliant but at least it sounds like they are doing it correctly.

Yes to $1100 a month - unless you mean further? Still a lot higher than the company were offering I believe but hopefully its progress in negotiations and therefore positive

someone appears to have agreed with me! 40,000 times :-)

Maybe a bit of good news coming out of South Africa at last with Anglo American and Sylvania Platinum both saying their operations there are resuming. I think that's the kind of news we need to lift us a bit at the moment (short of a contract win of course which may be hastened as confidence in S.A. increases). Some good news out of Lonmin would be nice too, both for the workers and for SHFT's SP! Well one can hope :-)

I'm waiting to hear back from my accountant and from HL to understand their versions of this as them, the direct.gov.uk website, and your accountant all seem to have different views.