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Gold/Mining/Energy : first quantum minerals FM on TSE
FM 27.190.0%Jan 8 3:00 PM EDT

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To: Dan P who wrote (299)11/24/2000 9:58:29 AM
From: Stephen O  Read Replies (1) of 385
 
Zambia's Roan Antelope Mining Closed Due to Debts, Paper Says
11/24/0 3:34 (New York)

Luanshya, Zambia, Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Roan Antelope Mining
Corp., a Zambian copper and cobalt-mining unit of India's Binani
Industries Ltd., has been closed because of its debts, said
Reuters, in an article in internet publication The Daily Mail &
Guardian, citing the company.
The company, which has the capacity to produce 34,000 metric
tons of copper from its two mines, owes an unspecified amount of
money to the state-owned Zambia National Commercial Bank. Roan has
already had its power supply reduced to six megawatts from 27
megawatts because of its $20 million debt with Copperbelt Energy
Corp.
Binani bought the mines from the Zambian government as part
of the state's program to sell the assets of its Zambia
Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd., which was at one time losing over
$1 million a day.

(The Daily Mail & Guardian 11/24)

--Antony Sguazzin in the Johannesburg bureau (27 11) 784 9944 or
asguazzin@bloomberg.net /pns

PS This was the original mine that FM went after in 1997 I think it was. The 6 megawatts of power being used now are to stop the mine from flooding.

PPS Note to Dan I think that the price of FM is holding very well at $3.20.
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