| | | | With a whole lot of new eyes looking at the gold market now, the metal doesn't always behave as it should but the expectation is still for a very good September | | | | | TOP STORIES | Wednesday , 14 Sep 2011 | | Britain's Geological Survey has produced a report analysing potential current global supply risk for 52 metals and elements. Interestingly the elements at most risk are not necessarily those that might immediately come to mind. Wednesday , 14 Sep 2011 | | A Department of Energy official says Molycorp's investment in a wind energy company generates "many potentially powerful synergies," which lets the U.S. compete more effectively in global markets. Wednesday , 14 Sep 2011 | | As it pursues a mine commissioning this fall, the top dog at Rambler Metals and Mining said the junior was pursuing negotiations with potential buyers of its copper-gold-silver concentrates. Wednesday , 14 Sep 2011 | | India's largest trading company, the $10 billion MMTC, is eyeing a stake in the Russian diamond miner, Alrosa, whose total sales for 2011 are forecast to touch $5 billion. Tuesday , 13 Sep 2011 | | Resource nationalism has imposed greater controls on foreign investment, mandated beneficiation, and resulted in use-it-lose-it demands and other risks to global mining, says Ernst & Young. Wednesday , 14 Sep 2011 | | Canadian explorer, Exeter Resource, has been granted a 10,726 hectare water exploration concession for its Caspiche gold-copper project, which lies in Chile's Maricunga Belt. Tuesday , 13 Sep 2011 | | Peru's Finance Minister Luis Castilla reported on Tuesday that the government has approved three new mining royalty or tax schemes to fund anti-poverty initiatives and infrastructure projects, without specifying the new rates. Wednesday , 14 Sep 2011 | | The Financial Times quoted Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll as saying bid prices in the mining industry have been "too high" for the company to enter the fray. Wednesday , 14 Sep 2011 | | A union leader reported on Tuesday that mine workers at the Cerro Verde copper mine will go ahead with an indefinite wage strike starting on Wednesday, after talks with the government yielded no results. Wednesday , 14 Sep 2011 | | A drill operator was killed on Tuesday by a fall of ground on the Number 50 level at First Uranium's Ezulwini underground mine, in South Africa, the fourth fatality at the mine in the past year. Wednesday , 14 Sep 2011 | | Shares in China-focused miner Silvercorp tumbled on Tuesday by as much as 21% as short-sellers publicized their activities against the company, which continues to deny any wrongdoing. Wednesday , 14 Sep 2011 | | Barrick plans to spend $550 million on its gold operations in Peru by 2013, the bulk of which will be used to expand the Lagunas Norte mine, which produced 808,000 ounces in 2010, the group's Peru unit head said. Wednesday , 14 Sep 2011 | | The race to secure the contract to mine the Hajigak iron ore deposit in central Afghanistan is heating up, with Indian firms bidding to invest billions of dollars in pursuit of the estimated 2 billion tonne reserve. Wednesday , 14 Sep 2011 | | The Norilsk Nickel board of directors has approved a public buyback of its shares at $306 per ordinary share and $30.6 per ADR. Tuesday , 13 Sep 2011 | | Kazzinc's new copper smelter at its New Metallurgy project in Kazakhstan has been commissioned and will allow the company to produce more profitable refined copper, rather than exporting concentrate. Tuesday , 13 Sep 2011 | | The European Central Bank said Tuesday that gold reserves held by euro zone central banks went up by 1 million euros in the week ending Sept. 9. Tuesday , 13 Sep 2011 | | South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers in South Africa has declared a wage dispute with DRDGold, the fourth largest gold producer in the country, seeking an annual wage increase of 14%. Tuesday , 13 Sep 2011 | | A preliminary economic assessment of Hathor's Roughrider uranium project suggests a pre-tax PV of around $2 billion over an 11-year mine life mining 5 million lb/year uranium. Tuesday , 13 Sep 2011 | | Guinea is the latest African state to undertake a comprehensive review of all existing mining contracts awarded by the previous government to root out 'unconscionable decisions' Tuesday , 13 Sep 2011 | | According to Neil Gregson, co-manager of J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Natural Resources fund, the mining sector is ripe for M&A activity Tuesday , 13 Sep 2011 | | While bullion imports jumped 130% in value terms for the five months from April to August, when one looks at the figures from July to August, a much softer picture emerges Monday , 12 Sep 2011 | | Gold has been pretty volatile of late and it has risen six fold since from its lows but, for Sharps Pixley CEO, Ross Norman, the yellow metal is still within the realms of fair value | | A look at the implications of the Wikileaks cables indicating China's intention for gold and the continued buying of the yellow metal by central banks | | A look at why critical metals are suddenly a hot topic and some of the challenges facing the sector. | | |
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