| | | | | | | TOP STORIES | Thursday , 21 Jul 2011 | | Legislation advocating a national inventory of U.S. mineral resources, along with a coherent national strategic and critical minerals policy has received the strong backing of the House Natural Resources Committee. Thursday , 21 Jul 2011 | | Harmony Gold has reported a huge increase in the Wafi Golpu copper-gold resource in PNG where it is in a jv with Newcrest with a big tonnage increase and higher grades as drilling continues, Wednesday , 20 Jul 2011 | | Shares in Passport Potash and Allana Potash climbed rapidly on Wednesday with no obvious catalyst but, one analyst notes that actual potash prices continue to climb higher in Southeast Asia and Brazil." Thursday , 21 Jul 2011 | | In spite of a 13% drop in silver equivalent ounces in 1H11, Hochschild Mining insists it will achieve its targeted 22.5 million silver equivalent ounces this year. Thursday , 21 Jul 2011 | | The Australian gold major announced a 16% jump in quarterly gold production, bringing production for the full year to 2.7m ounces, in line with recently lowered guidance Thursday , 21 Jul 2011 | | Axmin has signed a mandate letter with South African bank to underwrite a $100 million loan, and help source another $130 million to finance Passendro gold mine in Central African Republic Wednesday , 20 Jul 2011 | | Demand from Chinese buyers is expected to return to the copper market in the second half of 2011 which is expected to help buoy prices of the red metal Wednesday , 20 Jul 2011 | | With the initial relocation of the first families from the Kibali gold mine site to a new town which is being built specially, Randgold is on track to begin onsite construction of one of Africa's biggest gold mines. Wednesday , 20 Jul 2011 | | Gold priced too high? Don't mistake selling it for just taking a profit...Dollars, Euros, sterling or yen are not the right option - they no longer represent a stable store of value. Wednesday , 20 Jul 2011 | | The South African iron ore producer said higher export prices helped boost earnings in the first half of the year but, expects a slight downward pressure on prices in the last quarter of 2011. Thursday , 21 Jul 2011 | | Workers at De Beers said Wednesday they would go on strike this week as negotiations in the coal mining sector reach deadlock, raising fears of power supply disruptions Thursday , 21 Jul 2011 | | The met coal producer, spun out of oil refiner Sunoco, priced its IPO at $16 per share and the sale of 11.6m shares is set to leave Sunoco with an 83.4% stake and Suncoke with an implied market cap of $1.1bn Thursday , 21 Jul 2011 | | The country's industry ministry told reporters that export quotas are designed to protect China's environment and ensure smooth operation of its industry Thursday , 21 Jul 2011 | | Spot iron ore prices remained steady on Thursday as strong demand from the construction sector helped buoy prices but, traders expect demand to pick up properly in September Thursday , 21 Jul 2011 | | In calling for the U.S.to take 'responsible' measures on the economy and debt, China's FX regulator says country can't buy too much gold as the market is too small. Wednesday , 20 Jul 2011 | | Mongolia's Prime Minister told local media that the massive coal deposit could hold as much as 7.5bn tonnes of coal, more than 15% higher than current estimates of the project indicate Wednesday , 20 Jul 2011 | | The bodies of two miners that went missing when a Russian coal mine collapsed in the Arctic on Saturday have been found Wednesday , 20 Jul 2011 | | Molycorp's Silmet acquisition is a game changer for Molycorp and a mold-breaker for the industry and could leave other players floundering Wednesday , 20 Jul 2011 | | A look at the likely trajectory of the gold price given the current macro-economic situation and a the similarities between this recent move and silver's charge at $50 in April | | "if you deconstruct the last ten years in the gold market, the one underlying common denominator has been the search for yield in a world of negative real interest rates" | | A look at the fundamentals behind copper's recent run and expectations of further growth as China comes back into the market | | |
| URSA Major Minerals drills 23.7 meters of 0.55% Nickel and 0.36% Copper from Shakespeare East Nickel Deposit, Sudbury area, Ontario URSA Major Minerals (UMJ:TSX) reported this morning at 06:53a ET, it has drilled 23.7 metres of 0.55% Nickel and 0.36% Copper from Shakespeare East Nickel Deposit, Sudbury area, Ontario. Within U3-122's 23.7 metre intersection, a highlight included 5.19 metres grading 0.81% nickel, 0.48% copper, 0.03% cobalt and 1.20 g/t precious metals. Please see the attached release for more details. Richard Sutcliffe, URSA Major's CEO commented "This drilling program has extended the strike length of Shakespeare mineralization to over 1.6 kilometers. The intersection in hole U3-122 demonstrates that there is a zone of higher-grade nickel mineralization in the Shakespeare East deposit within a wider envelope of nickel-copper mineralization. Our program of targeting with bore-hole EM surveys continues to be a successful strategy in delineating mineralization." For the full release click here | | | | | | | | | | | | CONFERENCES | Diggers and Dealers 2011 Forum | | Date: 01 August 2011 - 03 August 2011 | | Venue: Kalgoorlie, WA | | This important Australian annual mining conference combines presentations by listed mining and exploration companies with a large exhibition area housing exhibitors from the mining, exploration and service sectors. Read More | | Denver Gold Forum 2011 | | Date: 18 September 2011 - 21 September 2011 | | Venue: Broadmoor Hotel & Resort, Colorado Springs, USA | | Major event hosted by the Denver Gold Group, The Denver Gold Forum will showcase institutional-quality precious metals companies to global fund and portfolio managers, institutional investors and analysts. Mineweb's Dorothy Kosich will attend Read More | | | | | | FEATURED
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