| These selected stories represent only a fraction of the news and analysis featured and updated all day on Mineweb.com - check out our home page for the rest of the news and expert analysis now available at www.mineweb.com | | | | | | | TOP STORIES | Friday , 25 Nov 2011 | | Juniors are having a tough time making gains as gloomy markets slide and investors sell their positions even on good news. Friday , 25 Nov 2011 | | While interest in platinum is largely absent currently, the price is falling to levels where, perhaps, value is beginning to show. Friday , 25 Nov 2011 | | Prospero is hoping that buried structures, identified using geophycial data, turn out to be the Magistral vein system - and more gold-silver mineralization. Friday , 25 Nov 2011 | | The threat of a fall in the gold price to $1,500 appears real at present but if it does occur is likely to be brief. Thursday , 24 Nov 2011 | | Rio Tinto said on Friday it will initially explore for copper in China under a newly-formed partnership with Chinalco before branching out into other commodities. Friday , 25 Nov 2011 | | The ruling ANC's treasurer general, Mathews Phosa, said Thursday the country needs to clarify its position on key policy issues such as nationalisation to restore foreign investor confidence. Friday , 25 Nov 2011 | | Ecuador's President Rafael Correa says his government is close to signing major contracts with mining companies to develop large copper/gold projects. Friday , 25 Nov 2011 | | The board of Brazilian miner, Vale, appointed Tito Martins, formerly head of the group's base metal operations, to the post of chief financial officer Thursday. Friday , 25 Nov 2011 | | Opponents of Newmont's proposed Conga gold mine in Peru have accused President Ollanta Humala of abandoning his leftist roots by supporting the project. Friday , 25 Nov 2011 | | The miner has signalled it is willing to come to a financial settlement with Anglo American in a spat over the latter's southern Chilean copper assets. Friday , 25 Nov 2011 | | Shares in Coal of Africa jumped as much as 10% on the news it had signed a deal with the environmental groups trying to stop operations at its Vele Colliery Thursday , 24 Nov 2011 | | South Africa's ruling party is said to be considering a draft proposal outlining, among other things, an export levy to ensure security of commodity supply Thursday , 24 Nov 2011 | | In only three weeks, the new Royal Canadian Mint gold ETRs IPO has raised C$600M, more than double that originally anticipated. Thursday , 24 Nov 2011 | | " The market is nervous and there's a chance of year-end book squaring, but medium term, the solution to the world's debt problems will probably be inflationary and that's good for gold investment." | | JP Morgan's Ian Henderson says, over the next few years significant weakness in the iron ore market is unlikely but, the state of the global financial world means uncertainties abound | | Investment demand for the yellow metal surged during the third quarter, especially in Europe, but, greater changes are afoot in the greater global gold market. | | |
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