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| | | | The World Gold Council's MD for Investments looks at the gold investment demand trends over the first quarter in particular the difference between Eastern and Western investment demand. | | | | | TOP STORIES | Friday , 18 May 2012 | | An additional 10,680 tonnes of light and medium to heavy rare earths will be allocated this year to 12 Chinese companies for export, China's Commerce Department has announced. Friday , 18 May 2012 | | Silver price increases have had a positive impact on primary silver producers as global silver mine production may hit 729 million ounces this year, and total supply over 1 billion ounces, says New York-based CPM Group. Thursday , 17 May 2012 | | U.S. mining and exploration companies can now officially join their Australian, Canadian, Chinese, European, French, Thai and Korean counterparts in the rush to develop Burma's mineral riches. Friday , 18 May 2012 | | Avion Gold continued to signal delays on its Tabakoto mill expansion during a conference call on Thursday. Friday , 18 May 2012 | | Gold Fields CEO, Nick Holland believes that gold's fundamentals remain intact and that patient investors will be rewarded. Thursday , 17 May 2012 | | For MAG Silver, the Bridge and Jose zones on its Cinco de Mayo project in Mexico are becoming a story of strike length and depth - long and deep. Thursday , 17 May 2012 | | While Chinese gold demand in Q1 2012 grew to a record, demand for the precious metal in Europe, especially by investors, remained weak. Thursday , 17 May 2012 | | Silver has been called the devil's metal because of its volatility. But volatility produces opportunity, according to Chris Thompson of Haywood Securities. Interview with The Gold Report. Friday , 18 May 2012 | | US Global Investors CEO, Frank Holmes, looks at the latest WGC data for the reasons behind the stubborn nature of gold demand. Friday , 18 May 2012 | | Analysts reckons the mining group is likely to delay signing off on at least two mega projects after its chairman put the brakes on an $80 billion mega spending plan. Friday , 18 May 2012 | | Supporters of both NUM and AMCU clashed at two different locations on the mine property, requiring the intervention of the South African Police Services, Implats says. Thursday , 17 May 2012 | | The tax hike came as a senior mines ministry official said Mali will miss its 2012 output target of just over 49 tonnes, adding it was too early to give a new figure. Friday , 18 May 2012 | | The company's Canadian Malartic mill in Quebec has restarted operations a week after a fire damaged some equipment at the gold-processing facility. Friday , 18 May 2012 | | A group of subcontractors blocked certain roads at Codelco's Andina, Chuquicamata, Gaby and Radomiro Tomic mines Thursday but the miner says operations are unaffected. Thursday , 17 May 2012 | | Data from Turkey's Statistics Institute showed Thursday gold exports to Iran rose over 30 times as Iranians turned to gold for savings and possibly trade as Western sanctions tighten. Thursday , 17 May 2012 | | Anyone watching the gold and silver market understands that something is not right. An objective look at the fundamentals suggests that there seems to be no substance behind the recent downwards move. Friday , 18 May 2012 | | Shareholders raised concerns at ArcelorMittal South Africa's AGM Wednesday particularly as to the remuneration paid to CEO, Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita Wednesday , 16 May 2012 | | Ocean Equities analyst, Chris Welch, looks at some of the reasons behind the recent slump in junior miners and what we might expect for the rest of the year. | | Johnson Matthey Publications Manager, Jon Butler, looks at what happened in the PGM market in 2011 and looks ahead to the anticipated trends for 2012 | | According to Mark Cutifani, AngloGold Ashanti CEO, the group's diversity helped boost the numbers for the quarter, as did the higher gold price | | "We are probably going through the correction now, the second half of the year is likely to be a little better" | | |
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