| | | | | | | TOP STORIES | Friday , 10 Jun 2011 | | Standard & Poor's has raised its metals price assumptions for 2011 and beyond, citing the increased volatility of the markets but worries about sharp risk of fall in investor demand for gold. Friday , 10 Jun 2011 | | As Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe re-enter arbitration talks over Ivanhoe shareholder rights plan, the latter's chairman reports massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine is ahead of schedule. Friday , 10 Jun 2011 | | Nicky Oppenheimer, De Beers chairman, gave a U.S. audience his forthright views on the future of Africa's mining sector and that of South Africa and its BEE legislation. Friday , 10 Jun 2011 | | A draft of mining tax legislation affecting Australia's coal and iron ore miners has been released today. Resource firms can push for changes before bill brought to parliament Friday , 10 Jun 2011 | | Morgan Stanley does not expect Fed to raise rates for at least another year. Chinese economic growth should be sustained. Euro looking weak Watch US payroll figures for pointers towards QE3. Thursday , 09 Jun 2011 | | A 16-day strike by contractors at the world's largest underground copper mine, El Teniente, has hit Codelco's output. Protest may now be winding down. Friday , 10 Jun 2011 | | Ethiopia's mining minister says country ahead of track to double mineral exports to $1 billion over next five years with gold mines in the lead, but potash a major target. Friday , 10 Jun 2011 | | Two veteran miners died in an accident at Vale's Stobie nickel-copper mine near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada and the mine has been closed pending an investigation. Friday , 10 Jun 2011 | | Mayaniquel, Anfield's nickel laterite project in Guatemala, gets a healthy resource increase in a game of catch up with nickel laterite neighbours. Thursday , 09 Jun 2011 | | As it pushes to increase gold production at its Tabakoto and Segala underground projects in Mali, Avion Gold has expanded gold mineralization at a key exploration property next door in Burkina Faso. Thursday , 09 Jun 2011 | | DRC copper miner Anvil, recorded a Q1 profit, before extraordinary items, of $8.7 million against a small loss a year ago, helped by strong copper prices. Thursday , 09 Jun 2011 | | Africa's largest copper producing nation saw output fall back over first 4 months of year compared with a year ago. Cobalt output and exports rose though Thursday , 09 Jun 2011 | | Australian Mines Minister, Martin Ferguson, expects spending on uranium exploration to increase seeing strong demand for yellowcake despite Japan's nuclear disaster Thursday , 09 Jun 2011 | | The replacement of African Barrick gold's mill motor at Buzwagi took longer than expected leading to lost production of around 15,000 oz gold. Thursday , 09 Jun 2011 | | Bucking long term output decline, South Africa's gold miners managed a small increase in output in April, while production of other metals and minerals rose by an impressive 13.9% Thursday , 09 Jun 2011 | | As concerns grow once more about the health of the global economy and the nature of gold demand shifts, so the yellow metal is likely to shrug off its traditional summer funk. Wednesday , 08 Jun 2011 | | Problems in both the U.S. and Europe as well as continued growth in investment demand are some of the reasons why Sprott's John Embry believes gold is likely to have a good summer. | | Steve Kidd, deputy director general at the World Nuclear Association, takes a look at the long term outlook for nuclear power in a post Fukushima world without Germany as a major player | | This year, selling in May and going away might not be the best strategy for the gold market as there are some rather important macroeconomic events occuring over the next few months that will have a bearing on the metal | | |
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