Haydale Graphene Industr... Share Discussion Threads

[pugugly] 30/9/2018 13:05

jonwig_ I am inclined to agree with you - Only reason I asked re miners is that I am invited to a pitch by a graphite miner and wondered whether or not to go- Thanks for you comment.

[jonwig] 30/9/2018 11:46

PUG - I'd never heard of HAYD until now. Not my cup of tea at all, and nor I'm afraid are mining companies.

[pugugly] 30/9/2018 11:43

jonwig - Page one of the report says it all - Massive losses as far as the eye can see - Undervalue -v- peer group BUT that says bugg*r all - Most if not all are imo well over hyped with hope value
Some may/well become multi-babbers but a massive gamble and on balance a level investment in every company in the space will be likely to end up in tears.

Any thoughts on Graphite miners?

[jonwig] 30/9/2018 11:37

Hardman & Co have produced a 52-page report on the company. Very enthusiastic - understandably as the company sponsored it!

[ih_683047] 28/9/2018 23:42

Time to sell on monday for me. The dream is over! 😢😢😢

[mali01] 28/9/2018 23:32

CEO selling a lot of his shares at all times low share price is almost unheard of. This is equivavelent of pulling the plug on HAYD. Pffffffft...

[p@] 28/9/2018 20:11

Director Dealing

The Company announces that it has today received a notification of dealings in restricted securities from Ray Gibbs, a director of the Company. On 26 September 2018, Mr Gibbs sold 38,233 ordinary shares of 2p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 40.5 pence per Ordinary Share. Mr Gibbs interest in Company is now 456,453 Ordinary Shares.

[ih_683047] 28/9/2018 18:11

Apparently the ceo sold a significant portion of his shares....

[ih_683047] 25/9/2018 13:33

Notice how well versarien plc is doing and how popular the forum is. Now look at how popular this board is lol...

[encarter] 20/9/2018 16:28

What failed deals and tests?

[ih_683047] 20/9/2018 16:00

Failed deals and tests*

[ih_683047] 20/9/2018 15:58

Hi all. New to haydale i have been looking at the history of this thing, and it has being falling off a cliff for a long time now, coupled with deals and or tests. My question is this.... why invest in this over say versarien for example?

[countless] 19/9/2018 15:41

What's a 'bottom feeder'?

[supernumerary] 19/9/2018 09:33

Excellent - thanks. I assume in your multicoloured table, that 2010 should be 2020 ;¬)

[timbo003] 19/9/2018 07:41

Yes supernum, meant to say that they could avoid another fund raise in the next financial year (to June 2019) and I was being a bit lazy having just skimmed the House brokers updated forecast from yesterday:



edit, date in table corrected as per suggestion below

[supernumerary] 19/9/2018 00:07

timbo - can't imagine they'll get away without more money, but when, and what they can achieve before then seem to be the important questions. I have to say, it's beginning to look like an interesting play for the bottom feeders...

BTW could you add the usual 'Fundamental Data' block to the header? Nice to have the MC to hand, particularly when comparing with other players in the space ;¬)

[timbo003] 18/9/2018 23:26

I have only just looked at today's results. It looks like they might still get away without another fund raise, so I am reasonably happy with that.

Today's separate announcement regarding contract with English Institute of Sport ('EIS') for the development of advanced wearable technology for elite athletes in training for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games seems to have been totally ignored by the market, which suggests to me that investor sentiment is probably at an all time low, therefore probably a good time to get involved for investors who take a contrarian approach.

[timbo003] 11/9/2018 08:31

Today’s update is a bit of a curate’s egg: encouraging news on SiC, but a setback on the Flowtite collaboration.

Regarding Flowtite, the new products are intended to be replacements for existing products, which are designed to last for 50 years or more. The testing standards for these products appear to be extremely demanding (a couple of the accelerated tests are conducted over a 10,000 hour period in order to predict a 50 service life):


I suspect this may become a familiar story as other large manufacturing and construction companies evaluate graphene as an additive in composites to improve performance of critically important construction components. It is one thing to show an immediate improvement in performance parameters such as tensile strength or Young’s modulus, it is quite another thing to show enduring and consistent improvements at much larger scales under a range of (real life) process conditions which are likely to be encountered during routine manufacture and usage.

[knownowt] 05/9/2018 11:22

I would think that if there is an Executive Chairman (even an Interim Executive Chairman) there is no requirement for a Chief Executive.

The title of President, Business Development, would seem to me to be purely titular; whilst it is not a legal title within UK corporate law, it does signify gravitas to some with whom Ray Gibbs might be dealing.

[grabster] 05/9/2018 08:38

I notice Keith is to be COO at Haydale - not CEO. Ray was titled CEO. Does this give Keith less freedom that if he were CEO? And will they have a CEO as well? (presumably not in a company this small; having a President as well as a Chairman and a COO sounds a bit ott for such a little company).

The explanations that some offer for the difference between a CEO and a COO are not particularly helpful:

"Bringing in COO too soon creates unnecessary ego gratification. A five person company doesn’t need a COO. A twenty person company doesn’t need a COO. A one hundred person company doesn’t need a COO. Maybe a 1,000 person company needs a COO. Maybe."

[timbo003] 24/8/2018 11:44

Just spotted this, which seems like a sensible move, clearly did not cost much to set up, otherwise we would have had an RNS

[1looking] 22/8/2018 11:52

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/haydale-delivers-novel-general-transition-pipe-sealing-sue-keighleyHaydale have been working with National Grid for a long time and appears to be going in the right direction

[mali01] 20/8/2018 16:53

Seller, I can see no underlying fundamentals that could help this share upwards longer term. Their trademark meaningless “stock-pump221; news releases included.

[encarter] 20/8/2018 16:34

Which are you, buyer or seller?

[mali01] 20/8/2018 11:23

A tad defensive, are we, knownowt? This board supports freedom of speech to BOTH sellers and buyers of shares. A healthy opinionated debate encourages more share trading, which is in everyone’s interest.