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| | | | | | | TOP STORIES | Friday , 03 Aug 2012 | | The possibility Molycorp may again seek financing after already offering up to $650 million in debt this year stunned analysts and the market. Friday , 03 Aug 2012 | | BHP CEO, Marius Kloppers, will give up a bonus potentially worth millions after the group took a hit from its recent investment in shale gas and sharply falling commodity prices. Friday , 03 Aug 2012 | | Primero reports record results in its second quarter and bolsters its 2012 production outlook; meanwhile gold and silver grades improve. Thursday , 02 Aug 2012 | | While China's Guangdong Province is allowed to mine only 2,000 metric tons of rare earth oxides annually, illegal mining production surpassed 40,000 metric tons last year. Friday , 03 Aug 2012 | | Sources say it was time for the Mount Kellett directors to leave because the private equity firm does not intend to participate in a rights offering to help solve Baja's funding crisis. Friday , 03 Aug 2012 | | Gold's trading range appears to have narrowed after yet another non-committal statement from the FOMC but price hit again when Draghi statement also makes no definitive promises. Thursday , 02 Aug 2012 | | In a remarkable speech to the Melbourne Mining Club, Gold Fields CEO, Nick Holland, questions the manner in which the industry reports costs. Thursday , 02 Aug 2012 | | The country does not have a large-scale mining industry, but it has huge copper, gold and silver deposits, and President Rafael Correa wants to attract investment to reduce the economy's dependence on oil exports. Friday , 03 Aug 2012 | | Allied Gold has increased its counterclaim against GR Engineering over work done on its Gold Ridge mine in the Solomon Islands and gold output losses. Friday , 03 Aug 2012 | | The company has been awarded a contract by Pennsylvania General Energy to supply a drill pipe made of an aluminum alloy to its natural gas wells in the Marcellus Shale formation. Friday , 03 Aug 2012 | | China-focused Silvercorp Metals reported a net income of $9.5 million, or 4 cents per share, compared with $34.2 million, or 15 cents per share, a year earlier. Friday , 03 Aug 2012 | | Building an outer harbour at Port Hedland, one of Australia's biggest ports, is one of the top three projects the miner outlined in its $80 billion mega spending plan. Friday , 03 Aug 2012 | | The "worst-case scenario" would see the dismissal of 2,384 underground workers at the South Deep mine in South Africa, CEO Nick Holland said on a conference call. Thursday , 02 Aug 2012 | | The Porto Alegre-based steelmaker earned 549 million reais in the second quarter, compared with 503 million reais a year earlier, according to a securities filing on Thursday. Thursday , 02 Aug 2012 | | Activities at Sukari, Centamin's only producing asset, were suspended after workers downed tools over a dispute with the company over wage increases. Thursday , 02 Aug 2012 | | The company's head of tax, Adam Little, told Reuters more than $2 billion will be invested in upgrading the Kansanshi mine while its new Trident mine will absorb about $1.7 billion. Thursday , 02 Aug 2012 | | The Vietnamese people have a huge affinity with gold, but the country's government is taking major steps to restrict the gold market and the practice of replacing the dong with gold in transactions. Thursday , 02 Aug 2012 | | The firm will extend the time for it to make a proportional takeover bid for up to 60% of the common shares of SouthGobi Resources by 30 days. Thursday , 02 Aug 2012 | | A company spokesperson reported Thursday that the miner has reopened the Kwezi shaft at its Kroondal mine where 3 people were left dead and 20 more injured in a deadly attack Wednesday evening. Thursday , 02 Aug 2012 | | With the firing of Tye Burt, a second North American gold company head has rolled in less than two months. Is a 3rd cranium in the offing? Thursday , 02 Aug 2012 | | Julian Phillips says he has noticed a change of mood in the gold market with prices moving on news that will send the metal higher rather than negative news. | | "We're in a long-term industry, this is not about the next couple of days, this is about the next ten years, the next 20 years, the next 30 years". | | Morgan Report author, David Morgan says, at the moment, investment demand is the driving factor of both gold and silver. | | ETF Securities, Head of Research and Investment Strategy, Nick Brooks looks at the trends seen in the gold ETF market over the second quarter and what to expect going forward. | | |
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