| | | | | | | TOP STORIES | Friday , 20 May 2011 | | A governor's panel found the Upper Big Branch mine disaster was 'a completely predictable result for a company that ignored basic safety standards and put too much faith in its own mythology.' Friday , 20 May 2011 | | Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has named his first majority government cabinet, a move that changes the leaders of most ministries including Resources Canada and Industry Canada. Friday , 20 May 2011 | | It may come as a surprise but Nunavut has long outstripped its Arctic neighbours in terms of exploration expenditures by juniors and majors. Friday , 20 May 2011 | | The last of the tier one gold stocks to report, the miner is under some pressure from corporate activity and capital expenditure but, it has shown improving cash flow trends over the past few years Thursday , 19 May 2011 | | Indonesia's House of Representatives and the country's central government are embroiled in a heated dispute concerning the proposed acquisition of a 7% stake in PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara. Friday , 20 May 2011 | | Despite initial appetite for the stock in grey market trading, by the close of the day, the stock had given back gains to close at an unchanged price of 530 pence Friday , 20 May 2011 | | A detailed analysis of the global market for copper and why even 'pure gold' companies are turning to the red metal for continuing growth Friday , 20 May 2011 | | Shares in the Canadian firm paired some of their losses after it said Thursday, drilling results showed the potential of its Dallol project in Ethiopia could be extended beyond original resource estimates Friday , 20 May 2011 | | Batero Gold has lucked into a gold-copper deposit in Colombia that appears to have a substantial higher-grade component near to surface. Thursday , 19 May 2011 | | Ex-cons, exploding balance sheets and a Lamborghini are just some of the strange elements to the Central Rand Gold story. Thursday , 19 May 2011 | | The CEO of the gold miner said at a press briefing that they were not interested in buying the Blyvoor mine. Thursday , 19 May 2011 | | Newmont Mining and boutique gold miner and active explorer Glass Earth Gold received further proof of a large epithermal system at the WKP West gold prospect in NZ from one of two new diamond drill holes Thursday , 19 May 2011 | | The treatment and refining charges BHP must pay large Chinese copper smelters in H2 2011, rose by more than double their year-ago value, and are 25% higher than H1 Friday , 20 May 2011 | | Japan's top copper smelter said Friday it had agreed the increase in treatment and refining fees for ores to be delivered in July-December on the back of higher fees on the spot market Friday , 20 May 2011 | | Report on a round table discussion on silver by a group of top specialist silver analysts which puts forward a hugely bullish case for investment in the precious metal. Thursday , 19 May 2011 | | A look at what has been going on in the gold market since the dip and why it is worth looking at the price of the metal in currencies other than the dollar | | Johnson Matthey which has just launched its platinum survey says the metal is likely to trade on average at $1,870 over the next six months but, could go as high as $2,000 | | There is a potential for a 20% uptick for the whole gold industry | | |
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