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Rockwell Sales Slump Amid Legal Woes
Jan 17, 2017 11:29 AM
By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... Rockwell Diamonds reported revenue dived 51 percent to $2.7
million (CAD 3.5 million) in the third fiscal quarter as litigation forced the
company to suspend operations at its Wouterspan mine in South Africa.
Rough diamond sales plummeted 65 percent to $1.8 million
(CAD 2.4 million) in the three months that ended November 30, the miner said.
This came even as the average selling price increased 3 percent to $1,368 per
carat. The company narrowed its net loss by 41 percent to $4.2 million (CAD 5.5
million).
Development of Wouterspan was suspended temporarily due
to a dispute with a former contractor at the mine, Rockwell said.
“Rockwell completed a challenging quarter which commenced
with a review of the practices, strategy and business plans and ended with new
financing to complete Wouterspan, while having to attend to a series of
unfounded and malicious legal attacks from its erstwhile mining and
construction contractor,” said Tjaart Willemse, Rockwell’s chief executive
officer.
Since the legal victory, Rockwell is again in “full control”
of its business, with construction of the Wouterspan wet plant scheduled to finish
in March, Willemse added.
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Tags:
High Court, kimberley, litigation, Rapaport News, Rockwell, Rockwell Diamonds, South Africa, Tjaart Willemse, Wouterspan
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