| 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 | | | | Standard Bank's Walter de Wet looks at the reasons behind platinum's recent price performance and the outlook for PGM basket prices | | | | | TOP STORIES | Tuesday , 24 Jan 2012 | | Thomas Drolet, a nuclear expert, warns of a coming uranium deficit as Cold War-era supplies dry up. Tuesday , 24 Jan 2012 | | Pan American Silver hopes Minefinders' Delores mine will provide one of the world's top silver miners with double the production at a lower cost in a mining-friendly environment. Tuesday , 24 Jan 2012 | | Copper prices should benefit as Chinese demand is likely to grow during the year of the dragon on the back of restocking and as supply battles to catch up. Tuesday , 24 Jan 2012 | | Revett Minerals beat its 2011 production guidance with a 28% increase in silver output and a 21% increase in copper production. Tuesday , 24 Jan 2012 | | Rising gold and silver prices effectively mean currencies are being devalued and in today's economic environment such currency devaluation is, in effect, a stealth government policy Tuesday , 24 Jan 2012 | | A look at the world's top exporter of tin, Indonesia, in the wake of its self-imposed tin ingot export ban last year - an attempt to boost declining benchmark prices and profits. Tuesday , 24 Jan 2012 | | Lynas Corp has agreed to sell $225 million in convertible bonds to a new investor, giving the rare earths miner a cheaper source of funding to finish building its flagship plant in Malaysia. Tuesday , 24 Jan 2012 | | Citing the company's President Teruo Asada, the Nikkei business daily reported Tuesday Marubeni Corp could hit its target of 200 billion yen in group net profit for the year ending March 2013. Tuesday , 24 Jan 2012 | | Dented by heavy rains in Papua New Guinea and lower ore grades, the company reported a 20% fall in quarterly production Monday, in line with its recent forecast. Tuesday , 24 Jan 2012 | | The Labor Party's new leader in W. Australia has agreed to allow already-approved uranium projects in the state to proceed. Monday , 23 Jan 2012 | | The miner said Monday it expects to produce about 150,000-160,000 gold ounces this year from its two mines in Nicaragua, with about $140 million in cash from operations. Monday , 23 Jan 2012 | | In a proposed revision to its mining law, the West African country is seeking to raise the state's share in mining projects from 20% to 25%. Monday , 23 Jan 2012 | | In outlining the case for a good time to buy gold, Sprott Wealth CEO David Franklin suggests the tide on the yellow metal may have turned with Europe's new source of cash. Monday , 23 Jan 2012 | | 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 | | Thomson Reuters GFMS's Philip Newman looks at some of the standout trends from 2011 and why the consultancy thinks we could see a drop off in prices in 2013 | | Macquarie's Duncan Hobbs looks at the likely impact of China's growth outlook on base metals demand. | | |
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Champion Minerals encounters further significantly long intersections of high-grade iron formation at the Oil Can Project, adjacent to its Fire Lake North Project, Fermont, Quebec Toronto (Canada), January 23, 2012 - CHAMPION MINERALS INC. (TSX: CHM; FSE: P02) ("Champion", or the "Company") is pleased to provide assay results for ten additional diamond-drill holes completed on the Company's Oil Can Project ("Oil Can"), located immediately northeast, and contiguous with the Company's flagship Fire Lake North Project in the Fermont Iron Ore District, Quebec. Click here to view the full release. | | | | | | | | | | | | CONFERENCES | Mineral Exploration Roundup 2012 | | Date: 23 January 2012 - 26 January 2012 | | Venue: Westin Bayshore Hotel, Vancouver, Canada | | Major mineral exploration conference and exhibition held annually in Vancouver. Mineweb's Kip Keen and Jan Chadwick are planning to attend. Read More | | Mining Indaba 2012 | | Date: 06 February 2012 - 09 February 2012 | | Venue: Cape Town International Convention Centre | | Africa's biggest mining and mining investment conference and exhibition held annually in Cape Town. Mineweb will be exhibiting and covering the event. Read More | | | | | | FEATURED
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Asia and Australasia
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