| | | | | | | TOP STORIES | Thursday , 15 Sep 2011 | | The LREE prospects in the Khanneshin carbonatite in the Registan Desert are comparable to world-class deposits such as Molycorp's Mountain Pass and Bayan Obo in China, says USGS scientists. Thursday , 15 Sep 2011 | | The House Natural Resources Committee's recent session on domestic mining opportunities and hurdles stressed the need for a U.S. mining policy that emphasizes and protects U.S. mining jobs. Thursday , 15 Sep 2011 | | Mine operations at Coeur d'Alene's Kensington gold mine in Alaska continue to be affected by last week's fatal underground accident that has resulted in the partial closure of the concerned section. Thursday , 15 Sep 2011 | | By investing in the tiniest of resource companies, Paul Zweng has grown a Resource Venture Advisors fund from about $2 million in 2009 to more than $20 million today. Gold Report interview. Thursday , 15 Sep 2011 | | Gold mining stocks have performed poorly against the gold price itself for most of the past six months, but this is beginning to change and we could be set for a major boom in valuations as profits begin to surge. Wednesday , 14 Sep 2011 | | Unless the West is to remain totally subservient to China in rare earths supplies, it needs to be more proactive in substitution technology and advancing new rare earths mining projects. Wednesday , 14 Sep 2011 | | We are now moving to a point where there is a fundamental separation of money's role as a means of exchange and a measure of value, while gold has remained the preferred store of value through the ages. Wednesday , 14 Sep 2011 | | More than 10,000 mine workers at Freeport McMoRan's Grasberg copper mine in Indonesia have embarked on a month-long wage-related strike, following similar action at a major Peruvian mine. Thursday , 15 Sep 2011 | | The Canada-based company says it is unaware of any developments about its business after an Australian newspaper speculated that it may be the target of a $1 billion takeover bid. Thursday , 15 Sep 2011 | | Goldman Sachs reiterated its commodities price forecasts and said a deeper recessionary event is needed to derail the bull market forecast but that the euro zone debt crisis had heightened the risks involved. Thursday , 15 Sep 2011 | | A gold mine in the remote Choco province, which produces around half of Colombia's gold, collapsed on Wednesday, killing seven workers and adding to the country's poor safety record. Thursday , 15 Sep 2011 | | The gold miner has an ambitious goal of producing 1 million ounces of gold from its South American operations by 2015, the company's regional chief said on Wednesday. Thursday , 15 Sep 2011 | | An amended complaint filed on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan dropped HSBC as a defendant in the silver price-fixing lawsuit, saying the bank had entered a "tolling agreement" with the plaintiffs. Thursday , 15 Sep 2011 | | The Peruvian government presented a bill to Congress on Wednesday as it pursues increased mining taxes to fund anti-poverty projects. Thursday , 15 Sep 2011 | | According to a company official, the Indian state-run firm has finalised the contract with a European buyer at 16% of the LME aluminium price on an FOB basis Thursday , 15 Sep 2011 | | The steelmaker said it plans to invest the money in its plant in the Netherlands over a five-year period in a bid to improve quality and raise capacity Thursday , 15 Sep 2011 | | Zimbabwean Mines Minister told a conference in Harare that the government did not intend to cancel any mining permits, and that exceptions may be made to laws requiring foreign miners to give majority stakes to locals. Wednesday , 14 Sep 2011 | | Gold priced in euros was restricted by a pick-up in the single European currency on Tuesday but remained within less than 2% of record highs hit on Monday. 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | |
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