| 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 | Monday , 30 Jan 2012 | | Coxe Advisors' Don Coxe urges gold investors to invest in gold equities suggesting a "huge outperformance" is in the making for gold mining companies with the least endogenous risk. Monday , 30 Jan 2012 | | While current market conditions are affecting the junior mining space, they are also helping investors to identify low-risk opportunities. Gold Report interview Saturday , 28 Jan 2012 | | Flummoxed by copper recoveries and set to open a higher-strip pit in the Yukon, copper-miner Capstone Mining signalled higher production costs in 2012. Saturday , 28 Jan 2012 | | Gold fever swept China during the week-long Lunar New Year holiday with gold bullion and gold jewelry sales exploding since the Year of the Dragon began. Monday , 30 Jan 2012 | | For Commerce Resources, rare earth oxide intercepts proved hot with investors on Friday. Friday , 27 Jan 2012 | | Malyasia's opposition party has vowed to scrap the controversial $200 million rare-earths processing plant, being built by Australia's Lynas Corp, if it wins national elections expected to be called within months. Monday , 30 Jan 2012 | | Central banks are holding more gold but they're holding very much more wood-pulp and although there may ultimately be a change in structure of a global reserve currency this may still be some time away. Monday , 30 Jan 2012 | | David Msiza, chief inspector of South Africa's mines, has defended the safety-related mine closures after leading platinum miners recently reported losses in production due to these inspections. Friday , 27 Jan 2012 | | South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers reported on Saturday that two miners died at Modikwa Platinum's underground mine after a cave-in. Monday , 30 Jan 2012 | | The company said Monday it expects its nickel output to be flat or slightly higher this year, while palladium, platinum and copper could show a small decline. Monday , 30 Jan 2012 | | After reporting a 58% decline in its April-December profit as exports fell and prices sagged, the Japanese steelmaker has downgraded its full-year profit outlook by 60%. Monday , 30 Jan 2012 | | Environmentalist demonstrators have taken to the streets in Romania against the Rosia Montana gold mine, while local tonwspeople have rallied in support. Sunday , 29 Jan 2012 | | Fayyaz Alimohamed foresees a "mania" in junior mining stocks and recommends holding physical gold outside the banking system as a safety net. Gold Report interview. Thursday , 26 Jan 2012 | | Sprott Asset Management's John Embry believes that the prospect of global "Weimar situation" is very real and bullish for gold | | Standard Bank's Walter de Wet looks at the reasons behind platinum's recent price performance and the outlook for PGM basket prices | | A look at the Ernst & Young's 2012 outlook for the global steel sector and how it can weather a self-created storm of overcapacity | | |
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