MINEWEB.COM'S TOP STORIES: Molycorp-Ames Lab partnership may ease U.S. rare earths research void

TOP STORIES | Thursday , 31 Mar 2011                                                      Molycorp-Ames Lab partnership may ease U.S. rare earths research void A new partnership between U.S. rare earths miner Molycorp and the Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory may help re-energize U.S. rare earth science, engineering and technology.    Thursday , 31 Mar 2011 Newcrest suspends Ivory Coast gold ops on security issues The Australian miner said Thursday it has suspended operations at its Bonikro gold mine in Ivory Coast due to the deteriorating security situation    Thursday , 31 Mar 2011 Times are good for silver investors Investment demand is competing with practical demand to push silver prices ever higher. These are heady days for silver. Article from The Gold Report.    Thursday , 31 Mar 2011 Fronteer Gold shareholders approve C$2.3 bn acquisition by Newmont Newmont Mining is nearing completion of 100% ownership of what it believes will be Nevada's latest major gold trend-Long Canyon.    Thursday , 31 Mar 2011 Is Semafo's 10-fold rise just the beginning? One of the few stand-alone survivors in the West African gold space Semafo, is attracting attention as it's ten-bagger Mana discovery lights up African gold.    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 Tito Martins a leading Vale CEO candidate Two sources with knowledge of the debate raging within Vale say while no decision has yet been made, Martins is a leading candidate and one that would likely be well received by the market    Thursday , 31 Mar 2011 Is a bidding war for Lundin now in the offing? Lundin Mining's decision to scrap a proposed tie-up with Inmet could set the stage for a bidding war for the company that analysts say may be worth more in pieces than as a whole    Thursday , 31 Mar 2011 Coin collection sales boost French Mint A growing selection of gold and silver coins aimed at collectors has helped boost sales at the French Mint as it tries to redevelop an "emotional tie between the French population and their currency".    Thursday , 31 Mar 2011 Gold's key drivers remain in place - GFMS While the last few months have seen dramatic changes to the landscape both natural and political, the reasons for gold's rise remain; look for $1,500 before year-end    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 Global megatrends favor gold, silver and resources - Rick Rule Rick Rule explores some of the implications for resource investors when two megatrends from opposite ends of the socioeconomic spectrum collide.    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 Aura Minerals reports a quadrupling in Q4 net losses Canada's Aura Minerals said the sharp increase in its loss for the period came on the back of significant impairment charges that offset a three-fold rise in sales    Thursday , 31 Mar 2011 Codelco to halt Ventanas smelter after court order A court has ordered the copper producer to stop the smelter following an environmental complaint; Codelco says the order is unjustified    Thursday , 31 Mar 2011 Kinross Gold to invest $1.1bn in Fruta del Norte project to 2016 According to a Kinross executive, the Canadian miner will invest $1.1bn into the Ecuador Fruta del Norte gold project until 2016 and could begin digging an underground mine next year    Thursday , 31 Mar 2011 African Barrick looking to raise gold output to 1 million ounces by 2014 Going underground at the North Mara gold mine and expansion at its other operations in Tanzania could see a s big increase in African Barrick's gold output over next three years    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 Macquarie invests in Mine Site Technologies Digital wireless networks specialist Mine Site Technologies is looking to expand its business in the global mining and resources sector with help from growth capital from Macquarie Capital.    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 Yesterday's Top Story: China TV reports gold sales 'going through the roof' and shortages for fabricators A Chinese TV station last week reported 'through the roof' gold demand which was leading to a shortage of supplies for fabrication.    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 PODCASTS / RADIO                                                      Gold through $1,500 by year end as key drivers remain in place - Walker While we may see trade in gold get choppier over the course of the year, negative real interest rates and other factors will continue to support gold through the course of 2011, says GFMS CEO , Paul Walker Japan, copper and expectations versus reality - Simon Hunt The longer term impacts of the tragedy in Japan are difficult to predict and, there is no certainty that copper will benefit to any great degree from the country's reconstruction Gold heading toward cyclical high - Jeff Christian, CPM "The economy on a global basis is continuing to grow and is probably more stable than it was two years ago - so there are some reasons to reduce some of the risk premia that you're seeing in the gold"	Mineweb is the world's top mining and mining investment news website and is read in over 200 countries daily by mining company executives, financiers and investors.  According to independently published global website analysis, Mineweb is ranked far higher in terms of daily readership than any other directly competitive website. 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Read More San Francisco Hard Assets Investment Conference Date: 27 November 2011 - 28 November 2011 Venue: San Francisco Marriott, USA Read More FEATURED COMPANY View more featured mining companies ENGINE ROOM Editorial Lawrie Williams, London Dorothy Kosich, Reno Geoff Candy, Groningen Barry Sergeant, JHB Rhona O'Connell, London Shivom Seth, Mumbai Ross Louthean, Perth Kerry Stevenson, Sydney Sales and Marketing Jan Chadwick, International Wendy Hora, Australasia Alec Hogg - Editor in Chief
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MINEWEB.COM'S TOP STORIES: Lundin Mining, Inmet Mining end proposed C$9 billion friendly merger

FEATURED PODCAST                                                      Gold through $1,500 by year end as key drivers remain in place - Walker While we may see trade in gold get choppier over the course of the year, negative real interest rates and other factors will continue to support gold through the course of 2011, says GFMS CEO , Paul Walker   TOP STORIES | Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011                                                      Lundin Mining, Inmet Mining end proposed C$9 billion friendly merger Lundin and Inmet terminated their proposed merger saying: "we could not reach a position that we thought would be supported by both companies' shareholders."    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 China TV reports gold sales 'going through the roof' and shortages for fabricators A Chinese TV station last week reported 'through the roof' gold demand which was leading to a shortage of supplies for fabrication.    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 Integra fires broadside at Australia's lack of exploration incentives The head of one of Australia's significant emerging gold producers said Canberra's new mining tax fails to provide incentives for the nation's gold mining industry.    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 Sweet drill hit buoys Rover 1 copper-gold project The latest in a series of drill holes at the Rover 1 project in the Tennant Creek field of Australia's Northern Territory has helped refine Westgold's mine development blueprint    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 Beyond Zimbabwe's latest mining rhetoric We unpack the definition of the "51%" indigenisation of foreign companies announcement that saw investors sell off shares in platinum miners active in Zimbabwe sharply on Monday    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 Hochschild Mining stresses advanced-stage projects, very early-stage properties Peruvian miner Hochschild reported a banner year in revenue and attributable profit in 2010, resulting in a strong year-end US$525.5 million cash balance.    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 Global gold production may rise short term but will then decline - Burton GFMS gold analyst, Paul Burton, told an Australian conference that rising costs and lack of new exploration success pose major challenges for gold mining..    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 Gold fabrication to jump more than 5% in 2011 - CPM According to metals research house CPM Group, the demand for gold to make jewellery, electronics and items such as dental fillings will rise the most since 2000 this year after recovering from an 18-year low in 2009    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 Tim Wilkes appointed Firestone Diamonds CEO Wilkes, who has been COO at the AIM-listed firm since 2005 has been appointed CEO, replacing Philip Kenny, who will become executive chairman for the next phase of the company's development    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 Newmont's Indonesia unit planning IPO for H2 2011 According to the firm's president director, Newmont Nusa Teggara, the indonesian unit of US gold digger Newmont, plans to launch an IPO in the second half of the year    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 Ecuador expects $7bn in gold, copper projects in the next 7 years According to Ecuador's Natural Resources Minister, five projects will be signed in the next few months that will see miners investing $7bn in gold and copper projects in the country over the next seven years    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 Copper remains BlackRock's most favoured base metal Speaking on Tuesday, Evy Hambro, manager of BlackRock's $17bn World Mining Trust said the demand and supply outlook for the metal look set to keep prices resiliently high    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 Southern Copper postpones $1bn Tia Maria project The copper miner says it has postponed, to, possibly, as late as 2013, its $1bn Peruvian copper project because of social conflicts    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 BHP Billiton moves to feasibility stage of Olympic dam expansion BHP Billiton says it has moved the expansion of its Olympic Dam mine to feasibility study stage and expects a federal government decision on the project by the second half of the year    Wednesday , 30 Mar 2011 No immediate plans to sell Riversdale stake - CSN The Brazilian steelmaker says it has no immediate plans to sell its stake in Riversdale Mining, but says it sees Rio Tinto, which is attempting a takeover of Riversdale, as a valuable partner    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 Mali cuts 2011 gold production forecast 15% Africa's third largest gold miner said Tuesday that it expects output for the year to reach only 49.57 tonnes after companies revised their numbers lower    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 Yesterday's Top Story: Bullish outlook for silver on surging industrial demand -Silver Institute/GFMS A report released by the Silver Institute says silver's industrial uses are the largest component of silver fabrication demand, and should continue to rise sharply by 2015.    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 PODCASTS / RADIO                                                      Japan, copper and expectations versus reality - Simon Hunt The longer term impacts of the tragedy in Japan are difficult to predict and, there is no certainty that copper will benefit to any great degree from the country's reconstruction Gold heading toward cyclical high - Jeff Christian, CPM "The economy on a global basis is continuing to grow and is probably more stable than it was two years ago - so there are some reasons to reduce some of the risk premia that you're seeing in the gold" Harmony, diamonds and the lingering impact of Japan A look behind the jump in Harmony Gold's shares, what is happened to the diamond market and further implications for commodities from Japan's earthquake rebuild	Mineweb is the world's top mining and mining investment news website and is read in over 200 countries daily by mining company executives, financiers and investors.  According to independently published global website analysis, Mineweb is ranked far higher in terms of daily readership than any other directly competitive website. 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Read More San Francisco Hard Assets Investment Conference Date: 27 November 2011 - 28 November 2011 Venue: San Francisco Marriott, USA Read More FEATURED COMPANY View more featured mining companies ENGINE ROOM Editorial Lawrie Williams, London Dorothy Kosich, Reno Geoff Candy, Groningen Barry Sergeant, JHB Rhona O'Connell, London Shivom Seth, Mumbai Ross Louthean, Perth Kerry Stevenson, Sydney Sales and Marketing Jan Chadwick, International Wendy Hora, Australasia Alec Hogg - Editor in Chief
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MINEWEB.COM'S TOP STORIES: Industrial silver demand will hit record 665.9 Moz in 2015-Silver Institute/GFMS

FEATURED PODCAST                                                      Japan, copper and expectations versus reality - Simon Hunt The longer term impacts of the tragedy in Japan are difficult to predict and, there is no certainty that copper will benefit to any great degree from the country's reconstruction   TOP STORIES | Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011                                                      Industrial silver demand will hit record 665.9 Moz in 2015-Silver Institute/GFMS A report released by the Silver Institute says silver's industrial uses are the largest component of silver fabrication demand, and should continue to rise sharply by 2015.    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 Japan's nuclear disaster will delay, not end 'nuclear renaissance'- Mohr As African political upheaval boosts gold prices, Scotiabank economist Pat Mohr suggests the nuclear crisis in Japan will delay, not derail the nuclear renaissance in a number of nations.    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 Kitchen fire to knock FY gold production - Agnico-Eagle The gold producer said a fire at its Meadowbank mine in Nunavut which destroyed the kitchen, will result in lower gold production from the mine this year, dropping FY group production to 1.08 to 1.15m ounces    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 Gold imports skyrocket in Ahmedabad While a Morgan Stanley research report shows that urban Indians seem to prefer property to gold over the long term, farmers in areas like Ahmedabad are investing heavily in the yellow metal    Monday , 28 Mar 2011 Rio Tinto in last ditch negotiations with CSN on Riversdale - Source According to a letter from Rio Tinto's lawyer released by Riversdale to the ASX, Rio "genuinely believes that an outcome of those discussions is likely to emerge during the course of this morning    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 Gold hitting resistance around $1,440 but upward bias to remain While the possibility of consolidation in the short term is good, global monetary and currency problems as well as higher inflation will continue to drive the price of gold higher.    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 ICVL bids for Anglo American's Grosvenor coal mine An Indian consortium has placed a $200m second-round bid, for a 12% holding in Anglo American Plc's Grosvenor mine in Australia. The bid values the mine at $1.6 billion.    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 Australia's Greens to oppose PM on key tax break The political party vowed on Tuesday to oppose A$18bn in new company tax cuts as it is against major companies getting further tax relief but, the move could scupper the government's proposed mining tax plan    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 Strike at San Cristobal silver mine enters fourth day The four-day-old strike at the Bolivian mine, which accounts for about half the country's mining exports , has paralysed the operation, mine owner Sumitomo says    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 Grupo Mexico railroad merger approved A Mexican tribunal has ruled in favour of Grupo Mexico's plan to merge its two rail units, dismissing a complaints by competition authorities, antitrust regulators and the company    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 Vale's future depends on execution of capex spending plan - Morgan Stanley According to a new report by the bank, the miner's ability to execute on its capital spending plans will be paramount for its stock to rise    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 No cancellations from Japanese iron ore customers - Vale According to the firm, it has not received any requests from clients in Japan to cancel iron ore cargoes and, while it says there could be an eventual sales reductions, there would be offset by stronger volumes in China    Tuesday , 29 Mar 2011 SA platinum shares drop on Zimbabwe ultimatum Shares in SA-listed platinum miners fell as Zimbabwe gave mining firms six months to sell majority stakes to local black investors    Monday , 28 Mar 2011 San Gold Corp says 2011 production to jump 84% The Canadian gold firm says it also expects significant cost reductions in the coming year as operations get closer to efficiency    Monday , 28 Mar 2011 Gold found close to surface at Tanzania project - Caneco The Africa-focused mineral exploration firm said it has found near-surface gold mineralization over a 240-metre strike length at is Handeni gold project in Tanzania    Monday , 28 Mar 2011 Yesterday's Top Story: Bull run for gold may be nearing its end - China Central Bank Western recovery will continue, but loose monetary policies will push commodity prices higher, while downside risk on gold is seen by China's Central Bank.    Sunday , 27 Mar 2011 PODCASTS / RADIO                                                      Gold heading toward cyclical high - Jeff Christian, CPM "The economy on a global basis is continuing to grow and is probably more stable than it was two years ago - so there are some reasons to reduce some of the risk premia that you're seeing in the gold" Harmony, diamonds and the lingering impact of Japan A look behind the jump in Harmony Gold's shares, what is happened to the diamond market and further implications for commodities from Japan's earthquake rebuild Japan and the Uranium market - Ed Sterck, BMO Capital Markets A look at some of the possible longer term impacts of the Fukushima disaster on the uranium sector and how current valuations should be viewed	Mineweb is the world's top mining and mining investment news website and is read in over 200 countries daily by mining company executives, financiers and investors.  According to independently published global website analysis, Mineweb is ranked far higher in terms of daily readership than any other directly competitive website. 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Read More San Francisco Hard Assets Investment Conference Date: 27 November 2011 - 28 November 2011 Venue: San Francisco Marriott, USA Read More FEATURED COMPANY View more featured mining companies ENGINE ROOM Editorial Lawrie Williams, London Dorothy Kosich, Reno Geoff Candy, Groningen Barry Sergeant, JHB Rhona O'Connell, London Shivom Seth, Mumbai Ross Louthean, Perth Kerry Stevenson, Sydney Sales and Marketing Jan Chadwick, International Wendy Hora, Australasia Alec Hogg - Editor in Chief
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