| 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 | Thursday , 05 Jan 2012 | | With a 74% gain over 2010, silver outperformed all other precious metals last year in terms of average annual price increases boosted largely by investment demand Thursday , 05 Jan 2012 | | TRC Capital's Lorne Albaum says he's in it for the long-run after Osisko rejects the would-be buyer's mini tender. Wednesday , 04 Jan 2012 | | Citing its assembled land package in the Kirkland Lake Gold Camp, as well as the company's attraction as an acquisition target, Scotia Capital has initiated coverage on Queenston Mining. Thursday , 05 Jan 2012 | | UK headquartered Baker Steel Capital's funds favor gold equities over the physical gold market seeing gold stocks as only discounting a gold price of around $1250 an ounce. Gold Report interview with David Baker. Thursday , 05 Jan 2012 | | The company is awaiting a Jan 30 decision by Malaysia's atomic licensing board on its application to begin commissioning a rare earths plant targeted by environmental protesters. Thursday , 05 Jan 2012 | | The court injunction reverses a local ban on open-pit mining that will allow TVI Pacific's Philippine unit to continue its Canatuan mining operations in the southern Zamboanga del Norte province. Thursday , 05 Jan 2012 | | A landslide hit the Kingking area on Mindanao island, renowned for its copper-gold deposits, killing at least 25 people and leaving dozens missing, local disaster and security officials said Thursday. Thursday , 05 Jan 2012 | | The positive advance of Indonesia as a place in which to explore after the disaster of the Busang gold project scandal may have now slipped back a cog. Wednesday , 04 Jan 2012 | | Sources said on Wednesday that China's large copper smelters and BHP Billiton have settled their 2012 term copper concentrate treatment and refining charges at the $60/t and 6 U.S. cents/ pound. Wednesday , 04 Jan 2012 | | The Indian group is considering making a bid for a 10 to 15% stake in Indonesian coal miner Bumi Resources Tbk PT, the Economic Times reported on Thursday. Thursday , 05 Jan 2012 | | Baja Mining takes a step closer to making manganese a major production stream at its Boleo copper-zinc-cobalt project project in Mexico. Wednesday , 04 Jan 2012 | | Adrian Day examines some of the trends that impacted the gold market in 2011 and looks at how the market is positioned as we head into 2012 | | 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 | | 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 | | |
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