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African Minerals (LSE:AMI) Cash Flow from Financing : £-75.3 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2014)


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What is African Minerals Cash Flow from Financing?

Cash from financing is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders.

For the six months ended in Jun. 2014, African Minerals received £0.1 Mil more from issuing new shares than it paid to buy back shares. It spent £33.5 Mil paying down its debt. It paid £0.0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares. It received £0.0 Mil from paying cash dividends to shareholders. It spent £17.9 Mil on other financial activities. In all, African Minerals spent £51.4 Mil on financial activities for the six months ended in Jun. 2014.


African Minerals Cash Flow from Financing Historical Data

The historical data trend for African Minerals's Cash Flow from Financing can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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African Minerals Cash Flow from Financing Chart

African Minerals Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Cash Flow from Financing
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 61.61 418.39 371.38 597.77 78.02

African Minerals Semi-Annual Data
Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14
Cash Flow from Financing Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 614.10 6.60 107.84 -23.97 -51.36

African Minerals Cash Flow from Financing Calculation

This is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders. In the calculation of free cash flow, cash from financing is not calculated because it is not related to operating activities.

African Minerals's Cash from Financing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as:

African Minerals's Cash from Financing for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 is:


Cash Flow from Financing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2014 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £-75.3 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


African Minerals  (LSE:AMI) Cash Flow from Financing Explanation

Cash from financing contains six items:

1. Issuance of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. Issuance of stock represents the cash inflow from offering common stock, which is the additional capital contribution to the entity during the period.

African Minerals's issuance of stock for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was £0.1 Mil.

2. Repurchase of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. It can also use cash to buy back shares. Repurchase of stock represents the cash outflow to reacquire common stock during the period.

African Minerals's repurchase of stock for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was £0.0 Mil.

3. Net Issuance of Debt:
Net issuance of debt is the cash a company received or spent through debt related activities such as debt issuance or debt repayment. If a company pays down its debt during the period, this number will be negative. If a company issued more debt, it receives cash and this number is positive.

African Minerals's net issuance of debt for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was £-33.5 Mil. African Minerals spent £33.5 Mil paying down its debt.

4. Net Issuance of Preferred Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new preferred shares. It can also use cash to buy back preferred shares. If this number is positive, it means that the company has received more cash from issuing preferred shares than it has paid to buy back preferred shares. If this number is negative, it means that company has paid more cash to buy back preferred shares than it has received for issuing preferred shares.

African Minerals's net issuance of preferred for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was £0.0 Mil. African Minerals paid £0.0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares.

5. Cash Flow for Dividends:
Cash flow for dividends refers to the payment of cash to shareholders as dividends when the company generates income.

African Minerals's cash flow for dividends for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was £0.0 Mil. African Minerals received £0.0 Mil from paying cash dividends to shareholders.

6. Other Financing:
Money spent or earned by company from other financial activities.

African Minerals's other financing for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was £-17.9 Mil. African Minerals spent £17.9 Mil on other financial activities.


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African Minerals (LSE:AMI) Business Description

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African Minerals Ltd is a mineral exploration and development company. It is engaged in the development, design, construction, and operation of iron ore deposit at Tonkolili, Sierra Leone, and its related rail and port infrastructure. In addition, it is also involved in the marketing and sale of the iron ore produced from this project.

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