| 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 , 16 Jan 2012 | | With gold expected to experience a superb 2012, PwC cautions that poor dividend payments by mining companies could motivate more investors to exit gold equities. Monday , 16 Jan 2012 | | Recent trips to Africa have bolstered Chris Welch's conviction that mining plays in Africa are being overlooked, but it's not too late for investors to get in on the ground floor. Monday , 16 Jan 2012 | | Rio Novo management go over their detailed plans for their Almas gold project, and beyond, with Mineweb. Saturday , 14 Jan 2012 | | New Zealand's Energy and Resources Minister said the government will work to streamline the Crown Mineral Act to help encourage mining exploration and extraction. Monday , 16 Jan 2012 | | AuRico met with tough ground conditions at its Ocampo mine that hurt gold production and hiked cash costs. Friday , 13 Jan 2012 | | While gold and silver investors may feel they have something to crow about, consider Japan where the zero interest scenario which is now prevalent almost everywhere, has not always proved so beneficial. Saturday , 14 Jan 2012 | | India's biggest jewellery retailer, Gitanjali Gems, estimated on Sunday the country's demand for gold jewellery will grow a further 10 to 15% this year with bullion prices falling back after recent gains. Monday , 16 Jan 2012 | | The metals lobby group is gearing up to meet with the European commission at the end of January to persuade it to grant the sector full exemption from the indirect carbon costs embedded in electricity prices. Monday , 16 Jan 2012 | | According to an Ipsos Apoyo poll, President Ollanta Humala's Cabinet shuffle following fierce protests against Newmont Mining's Conga project lifted his approval rating as it rose to 54% in January. Monday , 16 Jan 2012 | | The country hopes the new platform will help strengthen its pricing power and wrest control from Vale, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, which between them control three quarters of global seaborne ore supplies. Monday , 16 Jan 2012 | | Japan's largest copper smelter said Monday it aims to resume its Saganoseki copper smelter in about a month, after a fire damaged facilities and forced it to halt operations on Jan.7. Monday , 16 Jan 2012 | | The Supreme Court of S. Australia has overturned an approval by a state minister for the miners to explore for gold/copper at the Torrens tenement as the land is a heritage site. Monday , 16 Jan 2012 | | China may just have overtaken India as the world's largest gold consumer with imports accelerating at the end of 2011. Saturday , 14 Jan 2012 | | The Liaoning province's Geology and Minerals Exploration Bureau has announced the discovery of a million carat rough diamond deposit and claims the diamonds are purer than those found in South Africa Friday , 13 Jan 2012 | | HRA's Eric Coffin speaks about the normalisation of the gold sector, the stigma of copper and why cash burn is likely to be an issue this year. | | Nic Brown looks at how China's new 5-year plan is likely to impact base metals markets, why copper should end the year in deficit and why platinum is so much cheaper than gold. | | A look at some of the major potential talking points for 2012, from the US election to oil in the Middle East and how these could affect gold | | |
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Geoff Candy, Groningen
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Ross Louthean, Perth
Kerry Stevenson, Sydney Africa Christy Filen, Johannesburg
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Wendy Hora, Australasia
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