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Vedanta Weighs Zambia Copper Unit Listing As Early As June-S
By Alex MacDonald
Published May 23, 2011
| Dow Jones Newswires
LISBON -(Dow Jones)- U.K.-listed Vedanta Resources PLC (VED.LN) may list its Zambian copper operations, Konkola Copper Mines PLC, in London as early as next month although the timeline could slip into the second half of the year, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.
The news follows a report in the U.K.'s Sunday Times newspaper that said that the listing could happen as early as June.
Vedanta Resources said in November it planned to raise at least $1.1 billion by listing at least 25% of KCM's shares on the London Stock Exchange by the end of last year. The listing was put on hold until earlier this month.
The FTSE-100 miner said during its full-year results earlier in May that it was planning to list KCM's shares by the end of 2011 in an effort to unlock value for shareholders.
KCM produced 217,000 tons of copper cathode in fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, at an integrated cash cost of about $1.98 a pound. In November, the company said it planned to ramp up annual production to more than 400,000 tons and reduce integrated cash costs below $1 a pound by the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.
Vedanta owns 79.4% of KCM while the remaining 20.6% is held by ZCCM-IH, a Lusaka and Euronext listed company that is 87.6% owned by the Zambian government and 12.4% owned by public shareholders, according to KCM's website. The Zambian government holds a golden share, the website adds.
Liberum Capital said Monday in a note that it valued Vedanta's stake in KCM at $4.9 billion, based on a 20% discount valuation to First Quantum Ltd.'s (FQM.T) price-to-earnings ratio of 11.9 times 2011 consensus earnings. KCM is Zambia's second-largest copper producer after Canada-based First Quantum.
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