| | | | | | | TOP STORIES | Friday , 30 Sep 2011 | | The 1,100 workers at the Highland Valley Copper mine have voted to go on strike Sunday as mediated talks continue between the union and management. Friday , 30 Sep 2011 | | Critically, Pretium is showing continuity between some of its high-grade gold-silver intercepts at its Brucejack project in B.C. as it works towards a resource update. Friday , 30 Sep 2011 | | According to a conference speaker in Perth, Australia's nickel mining industry will be particularly hard-hit by the country's proposed carbon tax Friday , 30 Sep 2011 | | Kinross says it has invested C$235,000 in White Bear Resources, which is in the process of acquiring an interest in the Kundat and Tsentralniy properties in western Siberia. Friday , 30 Sep 2011 | | An important milestone in the effort to clean up of Navajo trust lands contaminated by historic uranium mining will be achieved in the cleanup of the Northeast Church Rock Mine in New Mexico. Friday , 30 Sep 2011 | | First Quantum, which bought the big Ravensthorpe nickel mine and plant from BHP last year for $350 million, is on track for first production by the year end. Friday , 30 Sep 2011 | | The Eurozone/European bank crisis is by no means over and while the dollar may have been the initial beneficiary, loss of confidence in currencies will benefit gold and silver. Friday , 30 Sep 2011 | | Drilling results from the Selwyn project show continuity of high grade zinc-lead in an area beyond existing resource estimates. Thursday , 29 Sep 2011 | | Anglo American CEO, Cynthia Carroll, said on Thursday the company expects demand for metals to remain strong even as a euro debt crisis and a sluggish U.S. economy feed concerns that global growth will slow down. Friday , 30 Sep 2011 | | Workers at Freeport-McMoRan's Cerro Verde copper mine in Peru went on strike for better wages on Thursday, but the company said this has not caused any disruption at the mine. Friday , 30 Sep 2011 | | Striking employees at the Rossing uranium mine in Namibia returned to work on Thursday after a labour court again decided in the company's favour, rejecting a union appeal that its industrial action over bonuses was legal. Friday , 30 Sep 2011 | | The Russian firm plans to take advantage of growing global steel prices to boost output to 19.6m tonnes by 2020 from 14,7m in 2010 and become one of the world's five largest steelmakers. Friday , 30 Sep 2011 | | Peru's government will mediate wage talks at Freeport's giant Cerro Verde mine, which churns outs 2% of global copper supply, in a bid to end the second labour strike at the mine this month. Friday , 30 Sep 2011 | | Haywood Securities views investment demand as a key driver of a currently volatile silver price, influenced by global economic problems which will take several years to resolve. Thursday , 29 Sep 2011 | | CPM Group MD, Jeff Christian, takes a look at some of the reasons behind gold's recent sell off and looks at some of the factors that could impact on the price going forward | | A strong sell off across the commodities complex has pushed copper prices down significantly but, Standard Bank's Walter de Wet says, fundamentals remain positive for the metal | | The Author of the Gartman Letter, Dennis Gartman looks at why markets fell so hard toward the end of last week and what it could mean for commodities prices | | |
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