| 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 | | | | The President and CEO of Hudbay Minerals comments on the Canadian mining sector M&A scene, leveraged buyouts and asset spin-offs. | | | | | TOP STORIES | Wednesday , 14 Mar 2012 | | As expected, the EU and the US, along with the Japanese government, have formally filed joint challenges with the WTO to break China's ever toughening rare earths export restrictions. Wednesday , 14 Mar 2012 | | First global central banks have been increasing gold reserves after many years of reducing them, now there seems to be a move towards repatriation of those reserves which are held in foreign vaults. Wednesday , 14 Mar 2012 | | A look at the factors driving gold and silver supply and demand and why Warrren Buffett just misses the point as to why they are, and will remain, of great value as investments. Wednesday , 14 Mar 2012 | | Once the world's biggest gold producer by a huge margin, South Africa's gold production is continuing to dive with an 11.3% fall year on year in January, following an 8.2% drop in December. Tuesday , 13 Mar 2012 | | A Department of the Interior report endorses merging OSM and BLM administrative functions, as well as the enactment of an AML fee on hardrock mining. Wednesday , 14 Mar 2012 | | Tembo Gold reported its first drilling results, turning up good grades and widths, since relaunching under new management and directors last year and raising C$20 million. Tuesday , 13 Mar 2012 | | An Australian TV programme on a gold swindle brings home the fact that stealing gold and selling it at the time would have been less profitable than just holding it and letting it appreciate. Wednesday , 14 Mar 2012 | | Plans by Australian gold giant Newcrest Mining Ltd to expand its Pacific mining profile with a copper/gold development in Fiji has hit been halted after local landowners agitated against it. Tuesday , 13 Mar 2012 | | The Chilean miner disappointed market hopes for another bumper dividend payout on Tuesday, saying it wants to spend more on a new generation of growth projects. Wednesday , 14 Mar 2012 | | In an agreement which may set a precedent for other foreign owned mining companies, the Zimbabwe government has reached agreement with Impala Platinum for the transfer of 51% of platinum miner Zimplats into local hands. Tuesday , 13 Mar 2012 | | The Labour Court ruled in Northam Platinum's favour, suspending the DMR regulated safety stoppage at its Zondereinde mine and gave the department until 27 March 2012 to submit replying affidavits. Wednesday , 14 Mar 2012 | | The company plans to more than double its quarterly dividend, helped by its strong financial profile and cash flow generation that will allow it to return capital to shareholders. Wednesday , 14 Mar 2012 | | JX Nippon has paid $435 million in cash for a 25% stake in Xstrata Coal British Columbia, the companies reported Tuesday. Wednesday , 14 Mar 2012 | | Precious metals analyst "Mexico Mike" Kachanovsky, is bullish on gold and silver and Mexican mining stocks and reckons upside for silver explorers and developers is enormous. Gold Report interview. Tuesday , 13 Mar 2012 | | In what appears to be a falling out between Russian metals sector oligarchs, Oleg Deripaska says he will "discuss" buying out former chairman Viktor Vekselberg's stake in the company. Tuesday , 13 Mar 2012 | | Chile's arid Atacama desert, home to several of the world's key mines, has been experiencing heavy rains but copper miners Collahuasi and Cerro Colorado say operations have been little affected. Tuesday , 13 Mar 2012 | | The South African gold miner says it will consider a Hong Kong listing once its Wafi-Golpu copper-gold project is up and running in around 5 years time. Tuesday , 13 Mar 2012 | | A PKF/University of Portsmouth Centre for Counter Fraud Studies report suggests mining companies' haste for social acceptance in developing nations could cost them dearly. Tuesday , 13 Mar 2012 | | 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. | | Kerry Smith of Haywood Securities talks about financing in the junior mining sector and the interface between juniors and bigger companies in JV situations and gives his views on the gold price in 2012. | | |
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