17-05-2012

SSE, formerly Scottish and Southern Energy, has seen profits down as a result of a warmer winter, and higher wholesale gas prices. It's also suffered from having to stop controversial door-to-door sales, a process which cost 60m pounds. Despite a prospective yield of 6.4 per cent, Tempus in the Times can't see any reason to buy.

16-05-2012

The rather odd assortment of engineering firms that make up Smiths Group somehow works as a business concludes Tempus in the Times. The big idea was that some of the divisions may have been sold, with flexible tubes outfit Flex-Tek the main candidate, but the US housing market has put paid to that and with the shares at 12 times earnings Tempus thinks Smiths is a leave.

02-05-2012

Mining firm Red Rock Resources and commodities investor Anglo Pacific have cemented their royalty revenue agreement over the Mount Ida iron ore project in Australia.

02-05-2012

Natural resources royalties firm Anglo Pacific is splashing out fourteen million dollars on part-ownership of a magnetite project located in Western Australia.

22-02-2012

The commodities royalites firm Anglo Pacific says royalty income rose 17% through 2011, giving it headroom to raise the final dividend by 7.8%.

06-02-2012

- Glencore and Xstrata merger may face regulatory probe. - Board room bust-up at Bumi unnerves Nomura. - Snow fun's no fun for airlines.

06-02-2012

UK stocks fell on Monday morning, pulling back following the strong end to last week, with Greece once again in focus as government talks enter a critical stage.

06-02-2012

Losses were pared by midday, but London's blue chip index remained firmly in the red with Greek talks continuing to weigh on sentiment. Meanwhile, US stock futures were pointing to a weak start on Wall Street.

06-02-2012

FTSE 250 natural resources royalties company Anglo Pacific has agreed to a proposal to buy 50% of Red Rock Resources' Mount Ida iron ore royalty for $14m.

02-11-2011

The Independent looks at the media marketing agency Aegis which upped its guidance on profits for 2011 yesterday.

01-11-2011

"Hunting continued its strategy of expanding its offering through acquisitions yesterday, with the takeover of Specialty Supply. The oil services firm agreed to buy the Texas-based maker of precision-machined drilling parts for a cool $31m," writes The Independent. The deal is the latest in a series of 'bolt-on' acquisitions as the company looks to build a broad range of services to aid in the extraction of conventional and unconventional oil and gas reserves. The $5.5m (£3.4m) pre-tax profit Specialty reported in 2010 will have added about 10 per cent to Hunting's bottom line - based on Hunting's £38.5m profit last year - though the deal could well end up boosting it by far more over the years, the newspaper reckons. With the price of oil and gas set to remain high and unconventional drilling all the rage, Hunting's future looks pretty good. The Independent says Buy.

31-10-2011

Anglo-Pacific Group, the natural resources royalties company is up 1.5% in morning trading following the announcement that its income is 20% up compared to the third quarter of 2010.

12-08-2011

Global natural resources royalty company Anglo Pacific has acquired a royalty interest in North America's three largest chromite ore deposits from KWG Resources.

12-08-2011

Lloyds makes most its profit in the UK, and the news on the British economy has been fairly grim. Like all UK banks, it also faces regulatory uncertainty. It has to sell 632 branches under its competition agreement with the EU and the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) wants it to offload a further big chunk. All the while, low interest rates have compressed the net interest margin, and there's no dividend. For the positives, look to the long term. Lloyds has the scope to make big cost cuts. Also, Lloyds will be relatively unaffected by plans to ring-fence retail and investment banking, which will hit rivals. If it all works out, it can pay a dividend. This is one for (very) patient punters. Buy and sit tight, recommends the Independent.

11-08-2011

The volatile trading continued on Thursday as losses were turned into gains in London on the back of a rally on Wall Street. A steep rise was seen after midday erased earlier losses and helped the Footsie to finish near its highs for the day.

11-08-2011

Stocks came firmly off their earlier highs, with worries over the French banking system continuing to cause jitters, but a strong performance from the mining sector helps to keep the FTSE 100 in the blue.

11-08-2011

London has ignored last night's shake-out on Wall Street and is approaching triple-digit gains, though banks are left in the cold amid continuing Eurozone worries.

11-08-2011

Anglo Pacific notched up a record level of royalty income in the first half of 2011, despite adverse weather conditions in Australia.

11-08-2011

London looks set to ignore last night's shake-out on Wall Street and head higher at the outset, with City traders predicting the Footsie will open with a triple digit gain.

03-08-2011

Anglo Pacific Group has acquired a 1% gross revenue iron ore royalty from London Mining.