| These selected stories represent only a fraction of the news and analysis featured and updated all day on Mineweb.com - check out our home page www.mineweb.com for the rest of the news and expert analysis currently available. | | | | | | | TOP STORIES | Friday , 21 Sep 2012 | | All signs point to a slow second half for global mining M&A, and another Glencore/Xstrata mega deal is unlikely given market fears, says PwC's latest Mining Deals report. Friday , 21 Sep 2012 | | Standard & Poor's forecasts the world's largest iron ore miner, Vale, will cut its capital spending in the face of lower iron ore prices, but will maintain strong cash flow. Friday , 21 Sep 2012 | | While short term prices for iron ore remain under pressure, Standard Chartered believes Chinese demand for the metal will only peak in 2025. Thursday , 20 Sep 2012 | | Faust Part 2 by Goethe includes a cautionary tale on money printing replacing gold with ultimately dire consequences - alluded to recently by Jens Weidmann. Could this be a warning to all Central Bankers? Friday , 21 Sep 2012 | | As thousands of striking miners reported for duty at Lonmin's Marikana mine, workers at Amplats barricaded a street with burning tyres on Thursday and the firm said it had been badly hit by a walkout over pay. Friday , 21 Sep 2012 | | The platinum miner announced Thursday, its wage bill would rise 14% from Oct 1 as a result of the wage settlement agreed with striking workers. Friday , 21 Sep 2012 | | The boards of Glencore and Xstrata met separately on Thursday as a deadline looms for the proposed $35.5 billion merger, people familiar with the matter say. Friday , 21 Sep 2012 | | On Thursday, gold's 50-day moving average traded above its 200 DMA, which marked a golden cross in technical analysis, indicating bullion's intermediate and longer-term momentum is getting increasingly bullish. Friday , 21 Sep 2012 | | The Human Rights Watch has urged Peruvian President Ollanta Humala to rein in the police and army forces to prevent them from shooting and killing anti-mining protesters. Friday , 21 Sep 2012 | | Newcrest's Lihir gold mine, one of the world's biggest gold mines by output, has had to temporarily reduce output by a quarter but million ounce upgrade project remains on track. Friday , 21 Sep 2012 | | State officials in east-central Idaho will take precautionary air samples in North Fork to assess whether or not there are any radioactive hazards posed by fire damage. Friday , 21 Sep 2012 | | In contrast to recent trends, the outcome for Lonmin workers has been far more positive than any other recent mining strike. Thursday , 20 Sep 2012 | | Protesters were demanding that Barrick provides water infrastructure to towns near the Pierina mine, which sits 13,400 feet high in the Andes, when the clash occurred late on Wednesday. Thursday , 20 Sep 2012 | | The U.S. government estimates the country's untapped natural resources at over $1 trillion, but decades of war and political instability have kept the country off the radar. Thursday , 20 Sep 2012 | | The rand-denominated gold price broke through its all time high during intra day trade but, and could provide some welcome good news to the sector. Thursday , 20 Sep 2012 | | China's gold market has grown at a blistering pace in recent years, helping fuel a rally in prices to a record $1,920.30 an ounce in 2011 and prompting domestic producers to ramp up overseas mine acquisitions. Thursday , 20 Sep 2012 | | The country has granted a unit of China Nonferrous Mining Corp. approval to build its proposed mine that will add 60,000 tonnes to the country's annual copper output. Thursday , 20 Sep 2012 | | Precious metals analysts say investor demand is driving today's price of silver, which is up more than 20%. Thursday , 20 Sep 2012 | | Simon Scott talks about the historic wage agreement at Marikana, and its longer term implications for the platinum miner. | | CD Fund Principal, Willem Middelkoop, explains why he is positive on gold equities and why he expects fortunes to be made in the next few years in the sector. | | Investec Securities looks at the fundamentals underlying the platinum digger at the heart of the mining unrest currently underway in South Africa. | | Views on the DGG Gold Forum 2012 and an outlook on the deteriorating labour situation on South Africa's mines. | | |
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