| | | | | | | | TOP STORIES | Wednesday , 19 Oct 2011 | | 280 voters in Alaska's Lake & Peninsula Borough have enacted a measure that, if upheld by the courts, could ultimately stop the development of Alaska's controversial Pebble Project, but it may not be all over yet. Wednesday , 19 Oct 2011 | | Examples of recent takeovers in the resource sector space which have served to crystallize the value in those companies which are being absorbed by bigger ones. Wednesday , 19 Oct 2011 | | Proposed UN sanctions based on accusations that Eritrea is funding and arming terrorist groups in neighboring Somalia could prove costly for the country's promising gold mining sector. Wednesday , 19 Oct 2011 | | London copper fell 0.9% on Wednesday's early trade session and Moody's downgrade of Spain's sovereign ratings by two notches on Tuesday has not helped matters as this rattled commodity markets even further. Wednesday , 19 Oct 2011 | | Jeff Wright outlines the structure of the antimony market, a metal with an interesting past and a bright future and offers advice on the volatile rare earth element sector. Critical Metals Report interview. Wednesday , 19 Oct 2011 | | The miner's quarterly iron ore production jumped 24%, putting it on a record annual run rate of 173 million tonnes and mirroring ramp-ups from bigger rivals Rio Tinto and Vale. Wednesday , 19 Oct 2011 | | The UAE's Emirates Aluminium and Ras Al Khaima Investment Authority will invest $4 billion and $5.5 billion respectively in aluminium smelters in Indonesia's Kalimantan region. Wednesday , 19 Oct 2011 | | In what seems to be sabre rattling, Freeport has reportedly threatened to shut down its giant Indonesian copper/gold operation, one of the world's largest mines of any kind, while the imposition of force majeure on shipments looks nearer. Wednesday , 19 Oct 2011 | | Tim Gitzel, president and CEO of uranium giant Cameco, pens a letter directly to uranium explorer Hathor Exploration's shareholders arguing they should accept Cameco's C$3.75 hostile takeover bid. Tuesday , 18 Oct 2011 | | India's demand for gold is expected to peak in the October-December quarter, a time for festivals and weddings, despite the high inflation that has hovered around double digits for over a year. Tuesday , 18 Oct 2011 | | Japan is studying the closure of all its nuclear power stations as one option for the country's future energy policy, following the earthquake and tsunami that hit the Fukushima power plant in March. Tuesday , 18 Oct 2011 | | A miner lost his life and two out of seven injured are in a critical condition following an explosion of a pocket of hydrogen at the Bulqiza chrome mine in Albania. Tuesday , 18 Oct 2011 | | Nickel miner Panoramic Resources has signed a new deal with BHP Billiton, which will see its tonnage of nickel shipments to BHP increase in 2012, under a tolling arrangement. Wednesday , 19 Oct 2011 | | In a spectacular display of solidarity, members of the G-20 vow to solve the problems of the Eurozone in a few more days, but will this be achieved and what will happen to gold? Tuesday , 18 Oct 2011 | | The miner posted record thermal coal production in the third quarter and an increase of more than 7% in overall coal output, but copper output was down 4% on the same period a year ago. Tuesday , 18 Oct 2011 | | Steve Palmer explains why he is looking closely at hardworking base metals that could take off with increasing global demand and a market rally he is forecasting through the end of the year. Tuesday , 18 Oct 2011 | | Gold One may at last be getting to grips with past underperformance with September quarter output up 23% on the June quarter figure and now reckons to be on target for full year output of 120,000 oz. Tuesday , 18 Oct 2011 | | Mintec's latest release of its Minesight software offers kriging capabilities a number of times faster than earlier versions depending on number of CPUs in the hardware. Tuesday , 18 Oct 2011 | | As investors in them will know gold equities have substantially underperformed bullion, which itself has dropped sharply recently - but which will perform best in a rebound? Tuesday , 18 Oct 2011 | | Ernst & Young's Africa transactions head, Adrian Macartney, looks at some of the major challenges facing the South African mining sector. | | Franco Nevada Chairman, Pierre Lassonde, looks at the macro economic reasons why gold is still likely to go higher, the financialisation of the market and the state of exploration | | Natixis's Nic Brown believes that while there are a few similarities between the current situation and 2008, the differences mean that base metals are unlikely to fall as hard, even in a worst case scenario. | | |
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