- Company completes water infrastructure upgrade at Roan project- Progress made with copper and cobalt production from Sable refinery- Chief strategy officer, with experience in corporate funding, promoted to finance role Metals processing outfit Jubilee Metals (JLP:AIM) is looking to put operational challenges behind it as it rejigs its management team for the next phase of its...

For now, the escalating conflict in Ukraine shows no signs of easing. After the initial shock, markets were hopeful the economic impact of the war might be contained as the West's opening salvo of sanctions in response to Russia's invasion (24 Feb) were weaker than some had anticipated.However, any relief soon dissipated as Ukraine put up stiff resistance against the Russian invaders and...

'Form is temporary, class is permanent' runs the old adage often used to describe sportsmen and sportswomen, though the maxim can also be applied in the investment industry, where you'll find a cohort of collectives that consistently do the business for their holders.Funds that routinely outperform over economic and stock market cycles must be pursuing a winning process that should pique the...

Mining outfit Jubilee Metals (JLP:AIM) gained 12.4% to 15.35p as it effectively secured the missing processing capacity to take it to the 25,000 tonnes per year of copper production it has been targeting in Zambia.Today's gain takes the one-year advance for Jubilee shares to nearly 190% as it moves closer to taking full advantage of its opportunities in Zambia.In its own words, Jubilee focuses...

It's been a blockbuster week for company bosses selling their shares with a number of big deals over the past seven days.The biggest involves Tim Martin, the chairman of pub group JD Wetherspoon (JDW) who cashed in £50 million worth of shares, selling 4.37 million of them at £11.50 each.Martin has reduced his stake in the business from 25.2% to just under 21.9%, worth around £330 million....

Argos-to-Homebase operator Home Retail (HOME) rises 4.6% to 214.5p as a strong year-end trading statementtriggers earnings upgrades from the analyst community. The home and general merchandise seller says pre-tax profit for the financial year ending 1 March will 'slightly ahead' of the £111 million top end consensus estimate following a good final eight weeks of the year. Argos, whose...

After rising 70% to 12.75p on the back of proposals in December 2012 to buy a rival out of administration, Jubilee Platinum (JLP:AIM) has lost nearly all these gains in the past few weeks as investors worry about a potential fundraising. The shares now sit at 8.38p.The company, to put it bluntly, is terrible at communication. Its share price has been depressed on numerous occasions in the past...