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| | | | | | | TOP STORIES | Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | Beginning in 2014, public companies listed on U.S. exchanges will have to disclose their reliance on minerals from the DRC and surrounding nations. Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | After a hugely successful decade, bar some occasional ill-timed acquisitions, the major diversified miners are beginning to see earnings dive as China draws in its industrial horns. Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | Amidst alleged rampant REE smuggling, falling foreign demand and a WTO confrontation with major trading partners, China's Ministry of Commerce upped rare earths exports by 2.7% this year. Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | With the incumbent US President likely to try to play down economic problems ahead of November's election gold prices could continue to languish - but there could be a post-election re-awakening. Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | Chamber Vice President, Mark Cutifani said Wednesday, talks should have taken place earlier between the various role players in the platinum sector and AMCU. Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | Hecla makes strategic investment in Dolly Varden Silver, a junior that owns a past producing silver mine in BC. Wednesday , 22 Aug 2012 | | A new pay demand from Anglo American Platinum workers, bypassing the NUM union, is yet another disturbing development in the South African platinum sector. Wednesday , 22 Aug 2012 | | The Selwyn zinc-lead project gets more conservative numbers as reality comes to bear on the difficulty of building a larger zinc-lead project in the Yukon. Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | "The long term picture for me hasn't changed," CEO Tom Albanese said Thursday, shortly after Australia's resources minister called the end of the country's resources boom. Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | Finance Minister Penny Wong has played down fears of a collapse in the mining boom, a day after Resources and Energy minister Martin Ferguson said the days of record commodity prices are gone. Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | A fire in the shaft timbers at Medusa Mining's Co-O gold mine in the Philippines caused no injuries but aces some 3 months of disruption as shaft is refurbed and re-engineered. Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | The stable outlook reflects Moody's expectation that prices for BHP Billiton's products, particularly iron ore, coking coal and copper, will remain at levels sufficient to generate strong cash flows. Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | According to estimates from traders and officials, as much as 90% of small-scale Philippine gold production is being smuggled out of the country, much of it to China. Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | Sources close to Codelco say the miner will pay under $1.8 billion for a stake in Anglo American's south-central Chilean assets adding, the mining titans are set to end their bitter brawl on Thursday. Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | Australia's no.3 iron ore miner has put on a brave face, saying it remains confident China's demand for the material will improve later this year as steel output rises. Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | The bill presented last week as the first part of a proposed overhaul of Brazil's 1967 mining code, is aimed at increasing government control over one of the country's main export industries. Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | Australia's Department of Immigration wants to fill some Australian mining jobs with U.S. immigrants and it has been said the industry would welcome US war veterans into these positions. Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | According to bankers, retail gold prices have climbed nearly 5% in recent days due to rising domestic demand as investors switched savings in dong to the safe-haven metal. Thursday , 23 Aug 2012 | | In his first television interview since the Lonmin tragedy, South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma said the decisive actions taken by the government show it is in control of the situation. Wednesday , 22 Aug 2012 | | The exchange launched a similar service with clearing, settlement and delivery for over-the-counter London gold forwards in February. Wednesday , 22 Aug 2012 | | Trade union NUM says workers at the Rasimone mine were stopped by their colleagues from reporting for duty on Wednesday, in a further sign of labour troubles in the platinum sector. Wednesday , 22 Aug 2012 | | The temporary closure of Hecla's Lucky Friday Mine, complicated by ground support rehabilitation work at the company's Greens Creek Mine, negatively impacted U.S. silver production earlier this year. Wednesday , 22 Aug 2012 | | Royal Bafokeng Platinum CEO Steve Phiri talks about the issues South African platinum producers face, which he would like to think there is potential for it to spread to the mine industry as a whole. | | Simon Hunt believes that copper is no more than part of the money game at the moment. | | "I think the big question is whether the US investor joins the party in the second half of the year" | | A look at the tensions behind another bloody day at the Marikana platinum mine in Rustenburg, South Africa. | | |
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