• OZ Minerals

Weak results won’t hinder Sandfire maiden dividend

Copper miner Sandfire Resources is still inclined to pay its first ever dividend later this year, despite publishing a set of December quarter results that underwhelmed investors on Tuesday.

• Updated Jan 23, 2014
• Peter Ker

• BHP Group

Keep an eye on Tiger Resources

Tiger Resources has enjoyed a share price re-rating of 10 per cent due to a good performance in the Kipoi copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo and to a substantial increase in ore reserves. This latest data looks like it could be the foundation for a sustained share price re-rating.

• Updated Jan 22, 2014
• Trevor Hoey

• Investment banking

Tiger Resources upsizes institutional placement

African copper miner Tiger Resources has upsized its capital raising after being inundated with demand and will now take subscriptions for shares worth as much as $50.5 million.

• Oct 31, 2013
• Sarah Thompson and | Anthony Macdonald | Gretchen Friemann

• Street Talk

Tiger searches for $34m in placement

Canaccord Genuity is seeking to raise $34 million in a placement for copper producer Tiger Resources.

• Oct 30, 2013
• Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Gretchen Friemann

• Metals X Limited

Deft dealing keeps Wolf from crying poor

Managing director Humphrey Hale has brought Wolf Minerals close to becoming the world’s next significant tungsten producer.

• Updated Jun 19, 2013
• Luke Forrestal

Tiger Resources shares jump 20pc

Tiger Resources got off to a flying start in January with positive news regarding production, financing facilities and feasibility studies driving its share price some 20 per cent in a week.

• Jan 11, 2013
• Trevor Hoey

Miners confident they’re a safe distance from hostilities

Australian-based companies with mining operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo say they are sufficiently removed from the unrest in the country’s north-east for it not to be a concern.

• Updated Nov 23, 2012
• Luke Forrestal

• Street Talk

Tiger Resources stake sale done and dusted

A line of 173 million Tiger Resources shares at 35¢ apiece has been printed representing the successful sale of Trafigura Beheer BV’s 26 per cent stake in the company.

• Updated Sep 28, 2012
• Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald

• Street Talk

Tiger block puts company in play

There is the prospect of more corporate activity in the central African copper belt as Tiger Resources seeks out buyers for a 25.8 per cent stake in the company.

• Sep 26, 2012
• Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald

• Market Wrap

QE may provide a forgotten backstop

Mining has been the worst performing sector this year as the market waits for a catalyst to emerge in the new year that will prompt a rerating of the industry.

• Updated Dec 21, 2011
• Brendon Lau

• Gold

Gold explorers tipped to shine

Expert picks include Perseus Mining, Tawana Resources, Noble Mineral Resources, Legend Mining, Aviva Corp and Azumah Resources.

• Updated Dec 17, 2011
• Tony Featherstone

• Investment banking

M&A relieves gloom in mining stocks

Corporate activity has injected some excitement in an otherwise gloomy mining sector as most stocks in this space gave up gains from Friday morning to trade in the red.

• Updated Oct 1, 2011
• Brendon Lau

• Gold

Miners suffer disconnect from gold price

Australian equities held up far better than feared as the market clawed back early losses yesterday to trade close to break-even, but gold stocks still hold prime position.

• Updated Aug 12, 2011
• Brendon Lau

• Market Wrap

US housing data strengthens copper

Copper miners could lead the resources sector higher over the coming weeks as the price of the commodity is hovering close to its high of more than three months.

• Updated Jul 22, 2011
• Brendon Lau

Tiger sells first shipment of Kipoi copper

Junior copper miner Tiger Resources has sold its first shipment of copper concentrate from its Kipoi project in the Democratic People’s Republic of Congo.

• Updated Jun 17, 2011
• Ayesha de Kretser