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China's net-gold imports via Hong Kong more than double in March
By Nallur Sethuraman and Arpan Varghese
Reuters
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
China's net-gold imports via main conduit Hong Kong more than doubled month-on-month in March, data showed on Tuesday.
Net-gold imports by the world's top gold consumer through the port of Hong Kong rose to 111.647 tonnes in March from 47.931 tonnes in February, according to data emailed to Reuters by the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department.
China's net-gold imports rose to its best since May 2016.
Total gold imports rose to 116.68 tonnes in March from 49.026 tonnes in February.
Both total and net imports in March rose for a second straight month.
"In the past the (Chinese) banks had enough stocks to deal with the local consumption and now it looks like the old inventories have been consumed and the banks are replenishing stocks," said Joshua Rotbart, managing partner, J. Rotbart & Co in Hong Kong.
China allows only 13 banks, including three foreign lenders, to import gold, according to the Shanghai Gold Exchange.
China does not provide trade data on gold, and the Hong Kong figures serve as a proxy for flows to the mainland. The Hong Kong data, however, might not provide a full picture of Chinese purchases as gold is also imported via Shanghai and Beijing. ...
... For the remainder of the report:
http://www.reuters.com/article/china-gold-imports-idUSL4N1HX3GL
K92 Mining is producing much more gold than planned
Company Announcement
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
K92 Mining Inc. is pleased to report that mining production has shown a steady ramp up over the last three months with ore tonnes mined being over 50 percent above budget in January while contained gold ounces were almost 20 percent above budget.
The company mined more than 8,000 ore tonnes by February 24 and is on target to achieve 10,000 tonnes by month end, which is 40 percent above February budget. The increased ore production is in part due to significant lower-grade ore being identified outside the planned ore envelope, which was identified by our ongoing grade-control program, highlighting the importance and success of this program. ...
... For the remainder of the announcement:
http://www.k92mining.com/2017/03/k92-provides-operational-update/
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