| 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 | Monday , 17 Sep 2012 | | "Mining jurisdictions must consider their competitiveness to mining investment or risk that investment being deployed elsewhere, said David Ryan of Baker & McKenzie, Australia. Monday , 17 Sep 2012 | | Hammered by halving iron ore prices in the past year and saddled with $10 billion in debt, his Fortescue Metals Group faces a critical week. Monday , 17 Sep 2012 | | 'Going to see the elephant' is alive and well in Nevada, as the U.S. Geological Survey data revealed the state's gold mines produced 2,761,750 ounces of gold in 1H12. Monday , 17 Sep 2012 | | The platinum miner insisted it could not meet worker demands but promised a new approach to labour relations Monday , 17 Sep 2012 | | South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) wants to exit its existing wage agreements with the SA Chamber of Mines and for 2013 wage negotiations to be brought forward Friday , 14 Sep 2012 | | The platinum miner says this will provide time for govt to implement further security measures Monday , 17 Sep 2012 | | This week's Denver Gold Forum was a great success with the keynote speakers predicting great things for gold in the years ahead, although they were largely preaching to the converted. Friday , 14 Sep 2012 | | With the Ganesh Chaturthi celebration next week, where the elephant-headed God will be welcomed to most homes, Indian consumers are buying up large quantities of gold, to please the Gods and ready for the festivities ahead. Friday , 14 Sep 2012 | | With the announcement of the long awaited third round of QE, Ben Traynor quotes Keynes that "in the long run we'll all be dead" but in the medium term he reckons we'll all be broke! Friday , 14 Sep 2012 | | Cosatu accused of being too close to govt and companies to represent members' interests. Monday , 17 Sep 2012 | | After suspending them as a precautionary measure on Friday as a result of increasing tension in the country's platinum belt, the miner said Monday it had resumed work at its chrome operations Monday , 17 Sep 2012 | | Environmental groups fear that the Queensland Government may be considering backflipping on its ban on uranium mining in the State. Monday , 17 Sep 2012 | | Global mineral processing equipment specialist, FL Smidth has been awarded a contract for engineering, design and equipment for a major copper mine expansion project Monday , 17 Sep 2012 | | Beleaguered Fortescue Mining Group has won its appeal in Australia's High Court over access to Rio Tinto and BHP's iron ore hauling rail networks in the Pilbara. Monday , 17 Sep 2012 | | According to the Australian miner, Japan's Mitsui Matsushima Co Ltd has agreed to help fund a coal project in the Hunter Valley coal region in New South Wales Monday , 17 Sep 2012 | | In one striking example, a platinum miner repaid R11 690 on R1 000 loan and still came up short Monday , 17 Sep 2012 | | QE3 for as long as it takes undermines the value of the dollar so will look good for gold and silver in dollar terms in the medium term. Saturday , 15 Sep 2012 | | The incident took place shortly after Lonmin had agreed to more than double its pay offer to the striking workers. Saturday , 15 Sep 2012 | | Rising gold price and juniors facing funding crunches are among the factors fueling a spate of M&A activity. Aleksandra (Sasha) Bukacheva*, shares her criteria for targets in the sector with The Gold Report. Saturday , 15 Sep 2012 | | In a bid to curb a burgeoning fiscal deficit, the Indian government has finally approved the sale of stakes in Nalco, MMTC, Hindustan Copper and Oil India. Friday , 14 Sep 2012 | | Uranium prices may be down, but so are supplies. Demand for the heavy metal is rising fast, says Independent Researcher Alka Singh*. Interview with The Energy Report Friday , 14 Sep 2012 | | Analysts concur that gold will hit at least $1,800 by November and silver and PGMs will be among the biggest winners of the Federal Reserve's new third quantitative easing program. Friday , 14 Sep 2012 | | Views on the DGG Gold Forum 2012 and an outlook on the deteriorating labour situation on South Africa's mines. | | Control Risks SA MD, David Butler looks at the various elements at work in the current labour environment and their longer term impacts. | | "Gold has definitely made a bottom and we've seen in a sense, a break out from the range to which gold was confined," GFMS's Philip Klapwijk says. | | David Hargreaves believes the dynamics are changing amongst the major miners, and the importance of choosing the right mineral is becoming ever greater. | | |
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