| 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 | | | | ASA's David Christensen provides a view on how to invest in commodities over the very long term and gives gold's recent moves a longer term context | | | | | TOP STORIES | Monday , 19 Dec 2011 | | Oxford Policy Management warns many low- and middle-income countries are particularly vulnerable to the "resource curse" and are at risk from a slowing world economy. Monday , 19 Dec 2011 | | Eldorado Gold and European Goldfields have announced a friendly C$2.5 billion cash-and-shares plan of arrangement. Sunday , 18 Dec 2011 | | Miners, and gold miners in particular, are increasingly being pressured to rebalance profit allocations away from massive capex programmes toward better returns for shareholders Saturday , 17 Dec 2011 | | With new permits in hand a key driver of Goldcorp's future growth - Cerro Negro in Argentina - can now open as a 550,000 ounce gold a year mine. Saturday , 17 Dec 2011 | | Junior explorers may be underperforming the gold price this year but technical aspects make a number attractive targets. The Gold Report, interviews Michael Gray and Shawn Campbell of Macquarie Capital. Monday , 19 Dec 2011 | | If it wants to build a mine, Torex needs to sign long term leases governing surface rights over its Morelos project, comprising 3 million ounces of gold. Friday , 16 Dec 2011 | | Gold prices in India have been sliding all week, falling below the crucial $531.66 per 10 grams level for the first time in six weeks in New Delhi on Friday. Friday , 16 Dec 2011 | | Stress in the financial markets has not stimulated safe-haven gold buying but has indirectly helped drag gold lower. Saturday , 17 Dec 2011 | | The miner has delayed the first shipment from its Marampa iron ore mine in Sierra Leone to January to allow it to use larger supramax sized vessels instead of handymax sized vessels. Monday , 19 Dec 2011 | | The state-run Indian firm has offered a discount of $37.9/t across all products in the domestic market, prompted by changes in London Metal Exchange rates. Monday , 19 Dec 2011 | | Following the collapse of a self-imposed tin export ban, political infighting has broken out in the Indonesia Tin Association, resulting in the dismissal of chairman Rudy Irawan. Monday , 19 Dec 2011 | | According to the Chinese news agency, the coal producer has started work on a $21.4bn facility that will produce alumina from coal ash. Monday , 19 Dec 2011 | | According to a poll of 20 hedge fund managers, economists and traders, prices of the yellow metal are unlikely to retest their highs until later into 2012 at the earliest Monday , 19 Dec 2011 | | Edited version of Jeff Nichols' recent address to the China Gold & Precious Metals Summit in Shanghai. Friday , 16 Dec 2011 | | ETF Securities' head of Research and Investment Strategy looks at the trends seen currently in the gold ETP market, the impact of Europe and what we might expect in 2012 | | While there is likely to be some strengthening in the metal over the course of Q1 2012 David Morgan believes we are currently in a long consolidation period | | Raw Materials Group CEO, Magnus Ericsson, says the iron ore market remains a long term one and too much focus is placed on the short term effects on the current financial crisis | | |
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