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Die nachfolgenden Meldungen habe ich hier noch so nicht gesehen (oder war blind), also daher hier mal zur Info:
High-flying Blue Pearl to change name, avoid M&A
Reuters
Published: Monday, May 14, 2007
TORONTO -- Blue Pearl Mining (TSX:BLE) is changing its name and plans to apply for a U.S. stock listing later this year, but the high-flying molybdenum producer isn't anxious to join the flurry of corporate takeovers in the mining sector.
The company will begin trading as Thompson Creek Metals under the symbol "TCM" on Tuesday, adopting the name of the company Blue Pearl bought last year, an acquisition that allowed it to join the upper ranks of molybdenum producers.
"In the industry, Thompson Creek is well known and has a serious brand as a supplier of premium product," executive chairman Ian McDonald told Reuters.
"In fact, we normally get a small premium to the spot price because of the product."
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Billed as the world's largest publicly traded, pure-play molybdenum producer, Blue Pearl's stock has jumped 25-fold since the beginning of 2006 as investors have taken a shine to the metal, which is used primarily as a hardening agent in the production of stainless steel.
With a price of $17.52 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Monday, the company now boasts a market capitalization of more than $2-billion.
That level would seem to give it sufficient heft to build its reserves by buying smaller players, and could also put it on the radar screens of larger diversified players looking to get into the suddenly hot metal.
But McDonald said the company is quite content to stay out of the M&A game for the time being, and focus instead on producing from its Thompson Creek mine in Idaho and its Endako mine in British Columbia, and developing its high-grade Davidson deposit, also located in British Columbia and set to begin production next year.
"I think that's not where we're going to go," he said of acquiring smaller players to bulk up reserves. The company also has no plans to expand into other metals.
He noted that with no market in which to forward sell the metal to lock in prices, the acquisition of additional developments would force the company to bet heavily on spot prices.
In terms of facing a bid from a larger player -- an issue brought up at the company's annual meeting last week in the wake of Blue Pearl's first-quarter profit of $47.7 million -- McDonald said the company is not seeking a partner. "But if it happens, we'll cross that bridge when the time comes."
McDonald said he expects the price of molybdenum to rise, a legacy of insufficient exploration in past years, and the company has said its average realized price should stay above $25 per pound in the second and third quarters of this year.
The company expects to apply for a listing on the New York Stock Exchange later this year.
"The best defense is a good offense, and if we have a good valuation on the company, then it will allow us to possibly grow while it's still in our control," McDonald said.
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Blue Pearl Mining "buy," target price raised
Monday, May 14, 2007 10:23:25 AM ET
UBS
NEW YORK, May 14 (newratings.com) - Analysts at UBS maintain their "buy" rating on Blue Pearl Mining Ltd (ticker: A6R), while raising their estimates for the company. The target price has been raised from C$19.5 to C$20.5.
In a research note published this morning, the analysts mention that the company has reported its 1Q diluted EPS ahead of the estimates. Blue Pearl Mining ended the quarter with healthy cash and debt of $114.5 million and $319.3 million, respectively, UBS adds. The moly prices are likely to remain favourable in the forthcoming couple of years, the analysts say. The EPS estimates for 2Q, 3Q, 2007 and 2008 have been raised from $0.28 to $0.37, from $0.25 to $0.34, from $1.33 to $1.47 and from $2.13 to $2.20, respectively.
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