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| | | | Ocean Equities analyst, Chris Welsh, looks at some of the reasons behind the recent slump in junior miners and what we might expect for the rest of the year. | | | | | TOP STORIES | Wednesday , 16 May 2012 | | Speaking at the New York Hard Assets Investment Conference this week, respected analyst Adrian Day gave the reasons for his belief that the recent resource boom is still far from over. Wednesday , 16 May 2012 | | While British Columbia has a lot of reasons to be optimistic about mining, there is no room for complacency, says the leader of PwC's BC Regional Mining Practice. Wednesday , 16 May 2012 | | Centerra Gold's production plummeted during the first quarter, sending total cash costs soaring to $985 per ounce. Wednesday , 16 May 2012 | | While Great Basin Gold has had a tough road to walk over the last few months, CEO Ferdi Dippenaar believes worst is behind them and is looking forward to more consistency Wednesday , 16 May 2012 | | It seems some investors were expecting more from Canaco than a million ounce resource with open-pit indicated and inferred grades @ 1.48 g/t gold and 1.36 g/t Au respectively. Wednesday , 16 May 2012 | | Trevali Mining solves a milling dilemma with the acquisition of its own mill in New Brunswick. Tuesday , 15 May 2012 | | The world's biggest miner says it sees commodity markets cooling further and reckons investors have lost confidence in the longer-term health of the global economy. Wednesday , 16 May 2012 | | Hedge fund manager John Paulson held on to his ETF bullion holdings in the first quarter of this year, gaining from an early surge in gold prices before the market tanked. Wednesday , 16 May 2012 | | A spokesman for the exchange said Tuesday its US$1.28 billion bid, submitted last week as part of the second round of the takeover process, was deemed too low. Wednesday , 16 May 2012 | | For David Levenstein, even though gold's long-term trend remains intact, the short-term damage so far inflicted suggests gold may trade to between $1525/oz to $1500/oz before prices rebound. Wednesday , 16 May 2012 | | After rejecting the company's initial restructuring plan last month, creditors voted to start an operational liquidation that left room for it to avoid losing its La Oroya smelter, once one of Peru's largest. Wednesday , 16 May 2012 | | CEO Richard Adkerson says the violence around its vast Grasberg mine is concerning but is confident the firm can resolve issues with the Jakarta government over moves to limit foreign miners' operations and profits. Tuesday , 15 May 2012 | | The latest data from the European Central Bank showed Tuesday that gold reserves held by European central banks remained unchanged at 432.705 billion euros in the week ending May 11. Tuesday , 15 May 2012 | | The management board had decided to examine all strategic options including a partnership or a sale for the two mills, in which it has invested a total of 12 billion euros. Tuesday , 15 May 2012 | | The gold miner says it has started looking for a new CEO to replace James Komadina who has resigned for personal reasons. Tuesday , 15 May 2012 | | Bob Moriaty provides a contrarian's guide to volatile markets and the reasons why he is looking at junior miners now. Tuesday , 15 May 2012 | | 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" | | CHR Metals director Huw Roberts, looks at the reasons behind the emerging return of interest in zinc on the part of analysts and what we might expect in the medium term | | |
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