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| | | | | | | TOP STORIES | Thursday , 14 Jun 2012 | | Medical experts say diesel engine exhaust causes lung cancer, basing their findings on a National Cancer Institute study of U.S. miners working in non-metal mines. Thursday , 14 Jun 2012 | | Junior platinum mining and metallurgical operator, Jubilee Platinum, has been awarded rights to treat old and current tailings from the Dikolong chrome mine on South Africa's Bushveld complex. Wednesday , 13 Jun 2012 | | Resources are rising for Belo Sun, with a few maiden deposits adding to ounces and catching some analyst attention. Wednesday , 13 Jun 2012 | | Charles Oliver* is keeping the faith that gold and silver stocks will eventually benefit this year as Europe and the U.S. continue to print money. Gold Report interview. Thursday , 14 Jun 2012 | | According to Barclays Capital, the short term outlook remains positive for commodities as the recent decline has been overdone. Wednesday , 13 Jun 2012 | | Yet another purchase of exploration licenses close to its big Olympic Dam copper/gold/uranium mine suggests that BHP is increasingly confident of its huge expansion plans for the operation. Wednesday , 13 Jun 2012 | | West African and Central African States have recently come together, through international organisations, to initiate regional processes to reconcile and integrate their mining legislation with mixed results. Thursday , 14 Jun 2012 | | Torex reports a series of drilling results that show gold-copper-silver hits over a 900 metre strike length. Wednesday , 13 Jun 2012 | | Who-oh-who is to blame for the gold price moving against you, up or down...? It's the machines of course and those damned algorithms! Thursday , 14 Jun 2012 | | Gemfields, a small firm trying to position itself as a leader in emerald mining, is hoping to create a stable market for emeralds and thus enhance the gem's image. Thursday , 14 Jun 2012 | | Alcoa's Randall Scheps says carmakers are beginning to move away from heavier steel body frames to lighter-weight material in what should be the "next frontier" for the aluminium sector. Thursday , 14 Jun 2012 | | The country's' environmental licensing authority has denied requests by some coal miners to modify permits for coal expansion projects over pollution worries. Thursday , 14 Jun 2012 | | The company's shareholders voted at a meeting held in Toronto in favour of asset sales to AngloGold and Gold One International Ltd. Thursday , 14 Jun 2012 | | Analysts expect Chinese demand to lift only in August when downstream industries begin to see stronger order books as the effect of Beijing's infrastructure spending starts to kick in. Thursday , 14 Jun 2012 | | Asset manager at JPMorgan, Neil Gregson, says mining companies should pursue more takeovers as escalating costs prompt them to slow spending on expansions. Wednesday , 13 Jun 2012 | | The lack of notable increases in Asian central bank gold holdings is startling given that over the past decade the rise in foreign reserve assets has been growing at unprecedented levels. Wednesday , 13 Jun 2012 | | According to Kazakhstan's deputy central bank chairman, the central bank plans to boost the share of gold in its gold and foreign currency reserves to 20% from 14-15%. Wednesday , 13 Jun 2012 | | What are the implications of Aaron Regent's sudden departure from top gold miner Barrick for the CEOs of the other gold majors? Will it mean a rethinking of new mine investment policies? Wednesday , 13 Jun 2012 | | "All these things have been pushing gold up and down, and up and down but I think ultimately the markets are becoming more pro-gold." | | Co-chair of Osler Hoskin & Harcourt's Mining Group, David Hanick, looks at some of the emerging trends in the mining M&A space. | | Investec Asset Management, investment strategist, Michael Power believes that the balance of economic power is shifting from the west to the rest and taking commodities with it. | | The Gartman Letter author, Dennis Gartman, looks at why he doesn't see gold as a safe harbour and how he sees the global political mess unfolding over the next few months. | | |
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