| 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 | | | | Johnson Matthey's Publications manager looks at the reasons for the metal's strong run and its relationship to gold | | | | | TOP STORIES | Tuesday , 20 Mar 2012 | | It took over two years and one prime minister but, Australia's government finally has a mining resource tax. Tuesday , 20 Mar 2012 | | A look at the old heads at the top of three fairly new companies, Village Main, Petmin and Pallinghurst how they have done so far and some of their plans for the future Monday , 19 Mar 2012 | | Thomson Reuters GFMS's Philip Klapwijk presented his views on gold, silver, platinum and palladium at the Mines & Money conference in Hong Kong Tuesday , 20 Mar 2012 | | China is unlikely to bow to any WTO pressures to relax its export controls on rare earth elements - certainly according to statements at top ministerial level emanating from Beijing. Tuesday , 20 Mar 2012 | | Political opponents, state governments, a major mining company and Australian mining associations could become strange bedfellows in the battle to rescind Australia's new Minerals Resources Rent Tax. Tuesday , 20 Mar 2012 | | The United States is the worst ranked nation in terms of mining permitting delays, while South Africa mining projects may encounter more corruption and social risk factors. Tuesday , 20 Mar 2012 | | Mark Lackey sees particular promise among small-cap gold equities in West Africa and feels that now might be a good time for investors to look to Africa for upside potential. Gold Report interview Tuesday , 20 Mar 2012 | | A group of First Uranium's shareholders sent a letter to the boards of AngloGold and Gold One explaining its objections to the planned sales of its South African assets, saying the deals are being done too cheaply. Tuesday , 20 Mar 2012 | | The group announced a loss for the year of R15m, a significant improvement on last year's loos of of R383m but the steel maker said imports are squeezing its order book Monday , 19 Mar 2012 | | The Financial Times reports that the bank has plans to open a new precious metals vault in London next year, seeking to cash in on booming investor demand for physical gold and silver. Tuesday , 20 Mar 2012 | | Head of business development for iron ore and coal, James Harman, says the company is looking to buy iron ore mines in Australia and Africa to increase its footprint in the sector. Tuesday , 20 Mar 2012 | | The offer, worth A$8.65 per share, was accepted Monday by Rio Tinto and follows that made for its separately held stake in Extract's 42% shareholder, Kalahari Minerals. Tuesday , 20 Mar 2012 | | The Russian miner has withdrawn its request for government permission to relocate to London, which was seen as a step towards it eventually gaining membership of the FTSE-100 index. Tuesday , 20 Mar 2012 | | The tender will see the export of 3,000 tonnes of aluminium ingots and aluminium sows each and will be shipped in batches from April to June. Tuesday , 20 Mar 2012 | | Traders say iron ore buyers are a bit more cautious about Australian and Brazilian cargoes and are asking for low-grade fines as the outlook for steel demand remains blurry. Tuesday , 20 Mar 2012 | | With the miner's stock having fallen by nearly half since September, bankers see it a target for bigger players who are always on the hunt for deposits to replenish their reserves. Monday , 19 Mar 2012 | | The President and CEO of Hudbay Minerals comments on the Canadian mining sector M&A scene, leveraged buyouts and asset spin-offs. | | President of the Ecuadorian CoM talks about the signing of the first mining exploitation contract with Chinese-backed EcuaCorriente and efforts by government to improve the tax regimen for foreign miners. | | Fund portfolio manager Michael Cuggino sees commodities continuing to trend upwards with demand growing faster than supply, with gold, and to a lesser extent silver, providing an alternative to paper currencies. | | U.S. economic growth, China's social housing programme, Eurozone difficulties and oil prices all likely to impact metals demand in 2012. | | |
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