Saturday 5 January 2013

London Mining Information


London Mining has total iron ore resources of 2.2 billion tonnes with targeted production of over 30Mtpa of high grade concentrates planned from its projects in Sierra Leone, Greenland and Saudi Arabia. London Mining's strategy is to provide a viable alternative to the diversified miners and upstream integration by selecting assets with unique competitive advantages and high margin potential in countries with a national interest in mining. 
London Mining is pleased to announce that it has signed a letter of intent with Wits Basin Precious Minerals, Inc. ("Wits Basin") which may result in London Mining becoming a 50/50 joint venture partner for Wits Basin's iron ore project in Ma Anshan in the People's Republic of China. The potential transaction remains subject to due diligence and finalization of definitive legal documents.

Flooding are the most common form of natural disaster in the UK and are now part and parcel of the British winter months; widespread flooding happens at least once a year in the UK. Earlier this year, torrents of rain hit the UK, with Cumbria the worst-affected area; heavy, prolonged rainfall caused bridges and road networks to collapse and four people lost their lives. In 2007, Yorkshire was hit hard by floods and some people are still recovering from the destruction caused by the floods three years later; the floods killed six people and left hundreds of people homeless and thousands without electricity.

London Mining ("London Mining" or the "Company") announces that China Global Mining Resources Limited ("CGMR"), a subsidiary of the China Global Mining Resources (BVI) Limited joint venture (“JV”) which is held 50:50 with Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc (“Wits Basin”), has received a claim regarding the payment of the deferred consideration for the purchase of the Sudan processing plant.  The claim is to be determined through arbitration.  CGMR is in discussions with the sellers of the plant regarding this claim and a resolution (either by agreement of through arbitration) is expected in the next 6 months.  The Sellers have no legal or commercial recourse to London Mining or any subsidiary other than the CGMR JV with respect to this claim. 

Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc. (OTC BB: WITM) is a minerals exploration and development company that holds an impressive property portfolio.Wits Basin owns the Bates-Hunter Gold Mine in Central City, Colorado. Discovery of gold at the Bates-Hunter Mine in 1859 kicked off the Colorado gold rush and established Denver as a major American cityWits Basin currently owns 35% of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Kwagga Gold, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AfriOre International.Wits Basin's exceptionally strong management team includes professionals with over 150 combined years of business, mining and technical experience

 In 2007, Yorkshire was hit hard by floods and some people  are  still  recovering  from  the destruction caused by the floods three years later; the floods killed six people and left hundreds of people homeless and thousands without electricity.

Monday 17 September 2012

Londoin Mining developing trends



Developing trends in the exploration and production of iron ore


Annual iron ore demand is expected to grow strongly over the next 10 years, with CRU Strategies projecting an increase of 540Mt between 2009 and 2019 to a total of 2,169Mt. Importantly a significant driver for the global iron ore market is the demand from the seaborne market.

China has grown its domestic iron ore supply strongly over the past few years, with a compound annual growth rate of approximately 20% between 2002 and 2008. However, Chinese domestic production has peaked and started to fall, with CRU Strategies believing that the fall in spot prices has accelerated that process. The falling production is expected to cause China to become increasingly reliant on seaborne sources of supply. Chinese supply may be brought on stream to meet rising local demand, but this capacity will have to compete economically with alternative seaborne sources. The recent examples of Chinese steel companies looking to invest in overseas iron ore projects is an indication that there is little expectation of significant new ‘lower cost’ supply from within China.

By 2013, the world will need an additional 270Mt of seaborne capacity compared with 2008 according to CRU Strategies1, with this rising to 480Mt by 2019. The Directors believe that the existing expansion plans of the major established mining companies in Australia and Brazil, which largely consist of low cost production, are not likely to be sufficient to meet anticipated demand in the seaborne market over the next decade. Although the estimated supply, taking all potential expansions and new projects into account, would be far in excess of anticipated demand, financing risk is a significant risk in delivering these projects and as such delivery of these projects is not assured.

The Directors believe that the projects most likely to be built to meet supply are typically likely to be projects in Australia, West Africa and India. These projects will be required if the world production of iron ore is to be sufficient to meet demand over the next 10 years; however these are not in general low cost projects. The long-run price of iron ore must be high enough to induce these projects to come on stream.

London Mining believes its ability to quickly appraise projects and fast-track development to production will allow it to become a profitable developer of iron ore capacity for the steel industry.