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| | | | | | | TOP STORIES | Thursday , 12 Jul 2012 | | Investors should focus on producing mines, low risk country locations, and preferred commodities, BMO Research recommends in its latest Mining Quarterly Strategy. Thursday , 12 Jul 2012 | | Thousands marched through Madrid's main avenue to join hundreds of miners who marched to the capital to protest government subsidies cuts, which miners say will destroy their industry. Thursday , 12 Jul 2012 | | Barkerville Gold surprised the markets with the announcement of very large preliminary indicated gold resource assessments last week, but sceptics are awaiting official confirmation before climbing in. Wednesday , 11 Jul 2012 | | Jindal Steel's Bolivia plans, the single largest foreign investment in the Latin American country, have come asunder with the company terminating the $2.1 billion investment contract. Thursday , 12 Jul 2012 | | Anti-foreigner campaigners have emerged as the big winners in Mongolia's June election, a bloc whose increasing power could be bad news for the international mining corporations. Thursday , 12 Jul 2012 | | Though assets held under management at India's gold ETFs nearly doubled year on year to $1.85 billion as of May 31, outflows in June touched historic highs. Wednesday , 11 Jul 2012 | | Frontier Rare Earths to get C$23.8 million from Kores for 10 percent stake in South Africa rare earth project. Wednesday , 11 Jul 2012 | | *George Topping and **Michael Scoon discuss gold company dividends, how supply shortages are shaping the landscape for platinum group metals and their views on iron ore and zinc. Gold Report interview. Thursday , 12 Jul 2012 | | According to advisers to President Otto Perez, the government has decided to wait until next month before sending the proposal to Congress in order to give officials time to assess feedback from the affected sectors. Thursday , 12 Jul 2012 | | Shares in the silver miner fell as much as 17.4% the day after Bolivia's leftist president said he would revoke the company's mining concession for the Malku Khota project due to violent protests. Wednesday , 11 Jul 2012 | | Adrian Ash looks at some very logical arguments from the World Gold Council as to why exactly gold is a very useful diversification tool for big-time money managers. Thursday , 12 Jul 2012 | | Protesters have blocked access to Excellon's La Platosa mine in the northern state of Durango since Monday, following a contested vote on union representation last week. Thursday , 12 Jul 2012 | | According to reports by the Financial Times, the company has appointed advisers to explore the sale of its stakes in aluminium assets in Brazil. Thursday , 12 Jul 2012 | | According to Reuters sources, the mining giant has decided not to participate in a planned iron ore project in northern Portugal, choosing instead to focus on a narrower range of mine developments. Thursday , 12 Jul 2012 | | Shares in the company fell as much as 30% to a low of 30 Canadian cents in early trade on the TSX on Wednesday after reporting it is halting operations at its Colorado coal mine and laying off workers. Thursday , 12 Jul 2012 | | Guy Elliott, a 32-year veteran of the company, will retire at the end of next year, Rio Tinto declined to comment on whether it will make an internal or external search for his successor. Thursday , 12 Jul 2012 | | A vote initially scheduled for July was postponed after shareholder protests forced Xstrata last month to overhaul retention packages to tie in its top managers. Wednesday , 11 Jul 2012 | | Roger Agnelli, who helped turn Vale into the world's largest iron ore miner, was forced out of the company last year under government pressure and formed the investment company AGN Participaçoes. Wednesday , 11 Jul 2012 | | According to Alcoa, its aluminium products will be used across virtually all Airbus commercial programs and includes new lower wing skins on the A320 airliner. Wednesday , 11 Jul 2012 | | Xstrata South Africa director, Andile Sangqu, says companies need to demonstrate their socio-economic contributions and take the lead in pulling business and society together. Tuesday , 10 Jul 2012 | | Adrian Day looks at the major factors affecting gold over the last few months and what the prospects are for gold stocks. | | For Oreninc's Benjamin Cox, in the current environment, especially this summer, miners shouldn't be financing a nickel more than they have to. | | Ernst & Young's Global Mining and Metals leader, Mike Elliot, discusses some of the key points found in the group's Business Risks Facing Metals and Mining for 2012 Report. | | Credit Suisse's Tom Kendall looks at the likely impact of QE3, what we can expect from Asian demand in the rest of the year and, what we can expect over summer. | | |
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