| | | | | | | TOP STORIES | Friday , 09 Sep 2011 | | Nunavut and Yukon will experience strong economic growth this year, thanks to mining, but the Northwest Territories' mining sector is creeping along, says a new Conference Board of Canada report. Friday , 09 Sep 2011 | | The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has joined the hunt for more information about the identity of a hard-hitting but anonymous short seller who according to Silvercorp made false claims in a letter. Friday , 09 Sep 2011 | | Day by day, the case for holding gold and silver seems to get stronger as global economies remain mired in recession and the centre of precious metals demand moves ever eastwards. Friday , 09 Sep 2011 | | As President Barrack Obama preached the gospel of job creation to the U.S. Congress, Republican senators and representatives say Obama needs to break down barriers to western jobs. Friday , 09 Sep 2011 | | The March 11 tsunami has put the very survival of the Japanese steel town of Kamaishi at stake as it fights age and industrialisation Friday , 09 Sep 2011 | | A Halifax-based junior with a long history in Mongolia, Erdene Resource Development, is turning its attention - and drilling - to a new gold-polymetallic discovery in the land of Genghis Khan. Thursday , 08 Sep 2011 | | Julian Phillips takes a look through history and sees some evidence to China's claims, recently broadcast on Wikileaks, that the US and Europe have engaged in gold price supression. Thursday , 08 Sep 2011 | | While demand for gold in India remains unmatched, younger generations seem more interested in the metal as a pure investment rather than adornment Thursday , 08 Sep 2011 | | Russia's aluminium group Rusal expects global demand for the metal to remain firm and grow by 10% both this year and in 2012, despite economic woes in the West. Friday , 09 Sep 2011 | | Canada's Gabriel Resources says it could lower the cyanide levels of the long-delayed opencast mine in Rosia Montana, Romania, as it seeks to secure a key environmental permit. Friday , 09 Sep 2011 | | New Brunswick-based Major Drilling says it will acquire its rival for C$80 million, a move that will see the company raise its drilling services profile in Eastern Canada. Friday , 09 Sep 2011 | | Global iron ore indexes have been hit by slower demand for the key steelmaking ingredient, as Chinese steelmakers are reluctant to buy amid rapidly raising prices. Friday , 09 Sep 2011 | | After several delays, Vietnam's Tan Rai aluminium refinery will begin production in November this year, selling an expected 50,000 tonnes directly to clients without any tenders. Friday , 09 Sep 2011 | | Stainless steel maker Aperam's purchasing head sees nickel above $20,000 per tonne by the end of the year and to average between $24,000 and $25,000 in 2012. Thursday , 08 Sep 2011 | | State-owned gold miner Minerven expects its production to hit 1.2 tonnes this year, rising to 4.5 tonnes in 2012, as the company prepares to take a central role in the nationalization of the sector. Thursday , 08 Sep 2011 | | According to a spokesman from Coeur d'Alene Mines, which owns the Alaskan mine, the worker was underground at the time of the fatal mishap but, gave no other details Thursday , 08 Sep 2011 | | Mongolian state-owned miner Erdenes-Tavan Tolgoi reports that all 15 companies bidding for mining rights at the large-scale Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit are still in the running. Thursday , 08 Sep 2011 | | The ever larger involvement of financial institutions in the copper market is destroying the delicate balance between supply and actual demand, Simon Hunt says, and will lead to significant falls in the metal's price Thursday , 08 Sep 2011 | | 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 the factors currently influencing supply and demand in the PGM sector with Johnson Matthey publications manager Jonathan Butler | | Dundee Wealth Economics cheif economist, Martin Murenbeeld, takes a look at the possibility of a bank collapse in Europe, fiscal policy going forward and why a return to a gold standard is unlikely | | |
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