MINEWEB.COM'S TOP STORIES: Corruption, Murder, Sex - and other tales of a Mexican barite mine

FEATURED PODCAST                                                      Fiscal policy, and the end of gold's correction - Murenbeeld 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   TOP STORIES | Wednesday , 31 Aug 2011                                                      Corruption, Murder, Sex - and other tales of a Mexican barite mine Did a Calgary mining company subsidiary bribe a Mexican mayor, then seek congressional intervention when the official's demands became too outrageous? The RCMP is investigating.    Wednesday , 31 Aug 2011 Why cobalt is the king of critical metals According to Aheadoftheherd editor, Rick Mills, while few follow cobalt, its importance in many cutting edge technologies and the supply difficulties faced make it a very critical metal. A Critical Metals Report interview    Wednesday , 31 Aug 2011 Drilling proves fruitful for Lake Shore near Timmins mine Lake Shore stock has taken a hammering of late on lacklustre gold production, but got a bit of a bounce on news of 'decent' drilling results.    Wednesday , 31 Aug 2011 Gold's popularity growing, but what does that mean for demand? According to a recent Gallup poll, one in three Americans view gold as the best long-term investment, but the numbers would suggest that very few of them are actually invested in the yellow metal    Wednesday , 31 Aug 2011 Gold's price surge draws prospectors, thieves and hopefuls from the woodwork With gold now fetching over $1,800 an ounce, many people are looking to cash in on the jump, selling off jewellery and scouring rivers in the hopes of a payout. But, theft is also on the rise    Wednesday , 31 Aug 2011 Two coal miners refuse to hand over safety information - MSHA According to the Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration, two coal companies have refused to provide them with accident and injury information    Wednesday , 31 Aug 2011 POSCO to expand domestic nickel production capacity Mega-steel producer POSCO said it is securing increased nickel production to ease the impact of the metal's volatility in global markets.    Wednesday , 31 Aug 2011 NA Tungsten ekes out rare profit It was a good quarter for North American Tungsten: in the black with solid tungsten production and improved recoveries.    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 Gold leaf to the rescue in India as high prices keep investors at bay The hefty jump in the price of the yellow metal has kept many investors at bay, but traders are innovating by launching half gram gold coins and a gold leaf to bring back fleeing customers.    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 Tata Steel to up China investment The Indian steelmaker plans to raise investment in China by around 5% by early 2012, as it seeks to maintain market share and export more products from its Chinese mills to Europe and Japan.    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 SA mine nationalisation debate hurting investment An advisor to SA's mines minister, Susan Shabangu, speaking on the sidelines of a conference, said while the debate aroudn the issue was hurting investment, the policy will be made clear by mid 2012    Wednesday , 31 Aug 2011 Vale, Petrobas in talks over fertilizer assets According to the companies, discussions about a potential operation involving Vale's nitrogenous assets are ongoing but, no binding agreement has yet been reached    Wednesday , 31 Aug 2011 African Rainbow Minerals announces jump in FY headline earnings The diversified miner said it expects prices to remain robust over the medium term as demand continues to grow in emerging economies like India and China    Wednesday , 31 Aug 2011 Gold jumps 2.2% as outlook remains "sufficiently uncertain" Gold Leaps as the market "Questions Upside for Gold", while Finnish demand "puts entire Greek rescue at stake"    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 Implats halts work at Rustenburg shaft project after fatality According to the National Union of Mineworkers a contractor from Murray & Roberts died after being struck by a rock at the shaft    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 ECB Gold reserves drop by 4m euros for week ending August 26 According to data from the European Central Bank, the gold holdings declined as a result of the sale of gold by one central bank under the auspices of CBGA and gold coin trading by another    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 Yesterday's Top Story: Northgate dumps Primero Mining in favor of C$1.46b AuRico Gold deal Northgate's new CEO, Ritch Hall, says a deal with AuRico Gold "gives Northgate shareholders a significant premium to market" and the opportunity to be "a leading intermediate gold company."    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 PODCASTS / RADIO                                                      The danger of financialisation and substitution in the copper market - Simon Hunt A look at how the copper market is placed given the likelihood of a return to recession in the West and concerns around inflation in China Gold to move higher within the next 12 months but a correction won't go amiss - Embry Sprott Asset Management's John Embry wouldn't be surprised to see gold at $2,500 per ounce within the next 12 months but says he would prefer to see some kind of correction first Chinese growth, inflation and the implications for commodity prices The Beijing Axis MD ,Kobus van der Wath, talks us through the implications of the latest set of Chinese inflation numbers in light of the crises in Europe and the US and what it means for commodities	Mineweb is the world's top mining and mining investment news website and is read in over 200 countries daily by mining company executives, financiers and investors.  According to independently published global website analysis, Mineweb is ranked far higher in terms of daily readership than any other directly competitive website. 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Mineweb's Dorothy Kosich will attend Read More FEATURED COMPANY View more featured mining companies ENGINE ROOM Editorial Europe Lawrie Williams, London Geoff Candy, Groningen Americas Dorothy Kosich, Reno Kip Keen, Halifax, NS Asia and Australasia Shivom Seth, Mumbai Ross Louthean, Perth Kerry Stevenson, Sydney Sales and Marketing Jan Chadwick, International Wendy Hora, Australasia Editor in Chief Alec Hogg, Mooi River, SA
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MINEWEB.COM'S TOP STORIES: Northgate dumps Primero Mining in favor of C$1.46b AuRico Gold deal

FEATURED PODCAST                                                      The danger of financialisation and substitution in the copper market - Simon Hunt A look at how the copper market is placed given the likelihood of a return to recession in the West and concerns around inflation in China   TOP STORIES | Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011                                                      Northgate dumps Primero Mining in favor of C$1.46b AuRico Gold deal Northgate's new CEO, Ritch Hall, says a deal with AuRico Gold "gives Northgate shareholders a significant premium to market" and the opportunity to be "a leading intermediate gold company."    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 Macarthur accepts sweetened Peabody/ArcelorMittal bid After fending off four takeover bids in three years and opening its books to potential suitors, the Australian coal miner has been won over by an improved offer from Peabody Energy and ArcelorMittal.    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 22 Chinese miners rescued after 7 days trapped underground The search continues for three missing coal miners trapped underground in Heilongjiang Province, as 22 miners have been rescued and one body recovered.    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 Newmont hoping to give NZ's Waihi gold mine a new lease on life The Newmont-operated miner has plans to extend mining in the region with an underground operation at the Martha mine and further work at the Correnso discovery    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 Trelawney expects 4 million ounce gold deposit to grow on step-out drilling Trelawney Mining and Exploration hit some lengthy gold intercepts at Cote Lake, where it hopes to add ounces in the ground in a forthcoming resource update.    Monday , 29 Aug 2011 Hathor rejects Cameco offer, could holdout for more, analysts suggest Hathor told shareholders Cameco's bid was "opportunistic", while analysts suggest Cameco - or someone else - could pay more for the uranium junior.    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 Japan net gold exports hit 6.1 tonnes in July With shipments at a net 49 tonnes in the first seven months of 2011, analysts say it is increasingly likely that net exports of bullion from the country will top last year's record 78 tonne net outflow    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 Peru considering two different royalty scales - sources Sources from Peru's government and mining sector said Monday the country is considering implementing at least two different rate scales in a bid to push through a new royalty payment system.    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 De Beers expects SA unit to produce 6.4m carats in 2011 According to De Beers Consolidated Mines CEO, Phillip Barton, the group's SA operations will produce 1m fewer carats than in 2010 as a result of mine disposals but he remains bullish on exploration in the country    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 Optimum Coal says Glencore unit now has 14.1% stake The South African coal miner said Monday that a unit of the world's largest commodities trader had, as of Friday, a beneficial interest of 14.1% in Optimum    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 BHP Billiton, Colombia settle royalty dispute According to Colombia's mining minister the two parties have settled a dispute over royalties that now clears the way for the renewal of BHP's contract to operate the Cerro Matoso nickel mine    Tuesday , 30 Aug 2011 New wave of Chinese gold bugs emerge as prices surge Rather than subduing investor interest in the precious metal, record prices have seen a new wave Chinese investors getting into the gold market    Monday , 29 Aug 2011 Yesterday's Top Story: How to pick gold stocks - Holmes As the valuation gap between bullion and gold stocks grows, making miners of the yellow metal increasingly attractive, US Global's Frank Holmes suggests all miners aren't created equal    Monday , 29 Aug 2011 PODCASTS / RADIO                                                      Gold to move higher within the next 12 months but a correction won't go amiss - Embry Sprott Asset Management's John Embry wouldn't be surprised to see gold at $2,500 per ounce within the next 12 months but says he would prefer to see some kind of correction first Chinese growth, inflation and the implications for commodity prices The Beijing Axis MD ,Kobus van der Wath, talks us through the implications of the latest set of Chinese inflation numbers in light of the crises in Europe and the US and what it means for commodities Gold prices to average $1,600 in Q4 as investor demand slips - Westmore Gold is curerntly pricing in a good probability of a further global recession but, if this doesn't happen then demand by investors is likely to be pared in the second half of the year says National Australia Bank's Ben Westmore	Mineweb is the world's top mining and mining investment news website and is read in over 200 countries daily by mining company executives, financiers and investors.  According to independently published global website analysis, Mineweb is ranked far higher in terms of daily readership than any other directly competitive website. 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Mineweb's Dorothy Kosich will attend Read More FEATURED COMPANY View more featured mining companies ENGINE ROOM Editorial Europe Lawrie Williams, London Geoff Candy, Groningen Rhona O'Connell, London Americas Dorothy Kosich, Reno Kip Keen, Halifax, NS Asia and Australasia Shivom Seth, Mumbai Ross Louthean, Perth Kerry Stevenson, Sydney Sales and Marketing Jan Chadwick, International Wendy Hora, Australasia Editor in Chief Alec Hogg, Mooi River, SA
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MINEWEB.COM'S TOP STORIES: U.S. exchanges will trade Monday despite Hurricane Irene flooding, damage

TOP STORIES | Monday , 29 Aug 2011                                                      U.S. exchanges will trade Monday despite Hurricane Irene flooding, damage Twenty-three people were killed in eight states as Hurricane Irene left more than 4 million people without power Sunday and massive record flooding continues. Clean up is expected to take weeks.    Monday , 29 Aug 2011 Peru's mines ministry reports July gold output up, silver, copper, zinc yield down Cumulative production for the first seven months of 2011 rose substantially for iron ore as output of nearly every other major metal declined Peru's Ministry of Energy & Mines reports.    Monday , 29 Aug 2011 OceanaGold aspires to produce 600,000 oz annually from 2016 New Zealand's largest gold producer is hoping, through organic growth from its operations in New Zealand and its exploration holdings in the Philippines, to produce 600,000 ounces per year by 2016    Monday , 29 Aug 2011 How to pick gold stocks - Holmes As the valuation gap between bullion and gold stocks grows, making miners of the yellow metal increasingly attractive, US Global's Frank Holmes suggests all miners aren't created equal    Monday , 29 Aug 2011 Market looks strong but NZ must "showcase" its potential To make mining more relevant to the New Zealand economy, the country needs to lift national exploration for minerals to about NZ$100 million per annum, according to Tony Haworth.    Monday , 29 Aug 2011 Gold, silver stocks present great opportunities – Chen Lin For investors with long-term vision, gold and silver stocks offer significant opportunities, Chen Lin says, because a good time to buy is when everyone else is selling. A Gold Report Interview    Sunday , 28 Aug 2011 A lack of skills and resource nationalism remain the mining sector's two biggest risks The sector faces a challenging future as the baby boomer generation heads into retirement and countries look to take more and more from miners in the form of royalties and taxes.    Saturday , 27 Aug 2011 Trelawney sweetens Augen offer, gets post-resignation board support Augen Gold and Trelawney Mining and Exploration announced they signed a support agreement on a revised takeover bid from the latter just hours after Augen said its president and CEO had resigned.    Saturday , 27 Aug 2011 Gold: Is a deep correction due? If judged by the criteria of six years ago, Julian Phillips argues, then one could argue that it should be time to sell but, change has come to the gold market and things are not what they were.    Friday , 26 Aug 2011 Accept C$520M bid for Hathor to avoid 'risky venture' - Cameco's Gitzel argues Uranium major Cameco launched an unfriendly takeover bid for Hathor Exploration, a junior with a sweet uranium deposit in Saskatchewan.    Friday , 26 Aug 2011 Gold production in China set to climb over 10% While China's demand for gold is expected to surge to around 25% of global production, the world's largest producer is also ensuring a huge domestic stockpile of the precious metal.    Friday , 26 Aug 2011 Coal mines in India, China face closure While industrial growth in China and India has led to an insatiable quest for resources, companies from the two countries face increasingly tough environmental considerations and diminishing resources    Friday , 26 Aug 2011 DRDGold announces FY headline earnings more than doubled The South African gold miner said higher output and surging gold prices helped it increase headline earnings 115% to 28c per share over the year to June    Monday , 29 Aug 2011 Mexican coal mine collapse kills four According to a senior government official, four miners were killed on Friday when a coal mine in the country's northern state of Coahuila collapsed.    Monday , 29 Aug 2011 Australian gold production jumps 10% in 2011/2012 financial year A bid to extract as much value as possible from record high gold prices pushed the industry to boost gold production by 24 tonnes to 270 tonnes for the 2011/2012 financial year    Monday , 29 Aug 2011 Tiger Realm Coal slips on volatile debut The Australian coal explorer that listed on Monday had a choppy first day, rising 20% before falling as much as 13% below its issue price    Monday , 29 Aug 2011 Credit Suisse completes first coking coal swap transaction The investment bank said Monday the transaction involved 60,000 tonnes of the steel-making ingredient and was completed using a new over the counter system cleared by the CME Group    Monday , 29 Aug 2011 Weekend Top Story: Mining's 'supercycle' stalled as new project pickings get slimmer-Doug Silver International Royalty Corp. founder, Doug Silver, now a portfolio manager, worries that the central banks of countries such as Venezuela, may choose to sell their gold during this time of record prices.    Friday , 26 Aug 2011 PODCASTS / RADIO                                                      Gold to move higher within the next 12 months but a correction won't go amiss - Embry Sprott Asset Management's John Embry wouldn't be surprised to see gold at $2,500 per ounce within the next 12 months but says he would prefer to see some kind of correction first Chinese growth, inflation and the implications for commodity prices The Beijing Axis MD ,Kobus van der Wath, talks us through the implications of the latest set of Chinese inflation numbers in light of the crises in Europe and the US and what it means for commodities Gold prices to average $1,600 in Q4 as investor demand slips - Westmore Gold is curerntly pricing in a good probability of a further global recession but, if this doesn't happen then demand by investors is likely to be pared in the second half of the year says National Australia Bank's Ben Westmore	Mineweb is the world's top mining and mining investment news website and is read in over 200 countries daily by mining company executives, financiers and investors.  According to independently published global website analysis, Mineweb is ranked far higher in terms of daily readership than any other directly competitive website. Mineweb is updated around the clock, so to keep abreast of news throughout the day we suggest you do check our homepage for updates - www.mineweb.com Follow mining news updates on Twitter http://twitter.com/Mineweb Mineweb's iPad app is now available! Go to www..mineweb.com/apps or to the Apple app store to download it.   CONFERENCES Denver Gold Forum 2011 Date: 18 September 2011 - 21 September 2011 Venue: Broadmoor Hotel & Resort, Colorado Springs, USA Major event hosted by the Denver Gold Group, The Denver Gold Forum will showcase institutional-quality precious metals companies to global fund and portfolio managers, institutional investors and analysts. Mineweb's Dorothy Kosich will attend Read More FEATURED COMPANY View more featured mining companies ENGINE ROOM Editorial Europe Lawrie Williams, London Geoff Candy, Groningen Rhona O'Connell, London Americas Dorothy Kosich, Reno Kip Keen, Halifax, NS Asia and Australasia Shivom Seth, Mumbai Ross Louthean, Perth Kerry Stevenson, Sydney Sales and Marketing Jan Chadwick, International Wendy Hora, Australasia Editor in Chief Alec Hogg, Mooi River, SA
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