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| | | | | | | TOP STORIES | Tuesday , 05 Jun 2012 | | Although PGMs used to figure only slightly in Hallgarten & Company's Mining Portfolio, metals analyst Christopher Ecclestone is finally going palladium-ETF, not mining stock-for a pure play. Tuesday , 05 Jun 2012 | | Continental Gold drills deep gold on its Buritica property at a second target zone, suggesting more extensive gold mineralization than previously known. Monday , 04 Jun 2012 | | A contest aimed at proving how stunning palladium can be in jewelry design is offering $1 million in prizes, along with high-profile print and online marketing of the winning piece. Tuesday , 05 Jun 2012 | | Details are scant at this stage but, it appears as if Agnico-Eagle may have taken a haircut in selling some of its Rubicon Minerals shares. Monday , 04 Jun 2012 | | China is looking to tightly control the sale and production of rare earth minerals by instituting a new tax, even as it pursues a national rare earth reserve to stabilise prices. Monday , 04 Jun 2012 | | With the world's population growing ever more rapidly, Rick Mills looks at why uranium and potash should be on everyone's investment radar screens. Tuesday , 05 Jun 2012 | | According to Dave Kranzler, founder of Golden Returns Capital savvy investors and central banks in Asia are accumulating physical gold. An interview with The Gold Report. Tuesday , 05 Jun 2012 | | Turkey's love affair with gold goes back more than 5,000 years but it is only recently that investment flows into the yellow metal have begun to dominate and its central bank is thinking ahead. Tuesday , 05 Jun 2012 | | The Australian miner has launched an expansion of its Bonikro gold mine that will allow it to triple production by 2017, says the country's ministry of mines. Tuesday , 05 Jun 2012 | | Quebec-based Semafo, which operates three gold mines in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Niger, sees more opportunities in Africa than elsewhere and is betting it can double output in the next five years. Tuesday , 05 Jun 2012 | | Vale remains confident it can overcome the problems faced by its $3 billion potash project in Argentina, which was suspended in mid 2011. Tuesday , 05 Jun 2012 | | The miner's shares jumped 16% on Monday on news it had received the mining license for its Quebec mine currently under construction near Val D'or, northwest of Montreal. Tuesday , 05 Jun 2012 | | The country's Human Rights Commission is investigating the action by armed police between April 16-18 in Bumbuna, 15km from African Minerals' Tonkolili mine, which left one woman dead and at least six injured. Tuesday , 05 Jun 2012 | | The company is targeting Sundance for its Mbalam iron ore project on the border of Congo and Cameroon, a resource vital to helping China ease its dependence on Australia and Brazil for iron ore. Tuesday , 05 Jun 2012 | | While both American Eagle gold and silver bullion coins May sales were up substantially from April, they still lag far below 2011 bullion sales. Monday , 04 Jun 2012 | | Sprott Asset Management's John Embry believes at current levels gold is offering the finest buying opportunity of the whole 12 year bull market. | | Ian McAvity looks at some of the major events taking place at the moment and what they might mean for gold, silver and the rest of the commodities complex. | | The author of Things That Make You Go Hmmmm..., looks at whether or not an orderly exit is possible and what it all might mean for gold. | | Hecla CEO, Phil Baker, says the silver market is currently in a similar place to where it was 100 years ago, when photographic uses were just beginning to gather steam. | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | CONFERENCES | Earth's Resources Conference 2012 | | Date: 20 June 2012 - 21 June 2012 | | Venue: JW Marriott Hotel, Hong Kong | | A high-powered invitation-only conference bringing together institutional investors and mining companies interested in particular in generating investment in the Asian marketplace. Read More | | | | | | ENGINE ROOM Editorial Europe Lawrie Williams, London
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