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TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Diversified Canadian miner Sherritt International on Wednesday reported a first-quarter net loss, as a charge at its new Ambatovy nickel mine, in Madagascar, and financing costs related to a weakening Canadian currency impacted results.
The Toronto-based miner, which specialises in mining and refining nickel from lateritic ores at its operations in Canada, Cuba, and Madagascar, reported a first-quarter loss of C$48.2-million, or C$0.16 a share, compared with earnings of C$23.1-million, or C$0.08 a share.
Earnings were affected by the impact of higher financing outlay related to foreign exchange losses as a result of the weakening Canadian dollar against the US greenback and by depreciation, depletion, and amortisation being recognised at Ambatovy for the first time following the commercial production declaration in January, which totalled C$27.5-million for Sherritt’s 40% share.
The Ambatovy Joint Venture (JV) is a vertically integrated nickel and cobalt mining, processing, refining and marketing JV between subsidiaries of Sherritt (40%), Sumitomo (27.5%), Korea Resources (27.5%), and SNC-Lavalin (5%).