Capstone widens loss as falling prices result in impairments

Base metals producer Capstone Mining has widened its third-quarter loss to $216-million, or $0.44 a share, as falling metals prices resulted in noncash impairment charges of $199.2-million being  booked at Santo Domingo, in Chile, Minto, in Canada’s Yukon Territory, and Kutcho, in British Columbia. This compared with a loss of about $100 000, or nil a share, for the comparable period of 2014.