| 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. | | | | "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. | | | | | TOP STORIES | Wednesday , 05 Sep 2012 | | U.S. copper mine production was up 5% for the first five months of this year, the U.S. Geological Survey reports. Wednesday , 05 Sep 2012 | | Tensions calmed after an address by the national president of the National Union of Mineworkers but the Illegal strike at KDC East gold mine is set to continue Wednesday amidst on-going talks Wednesday , 05 Sep 2012 | | As Torex enters the next phase for the Morelos project - project funding - its president and CEO hammers out path to production. Tuesday , 04 Sep 2012 | | Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard ventured into politically hostile territory at the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies to drum up support for her education program Wednesday , 05 Sep 2012 | | Tumbling coal prices and a tough financing climate are threatening to derail billions of dollars of planned investments in the Galilee Basin, investments that would make Australia the world's top thermal coal exporter Wednesday , 05 Sep 2012 | | The newly approved US$183 million La India gold and silver mine may commence commercial production in the second half of 2014. Wednesday , 05 Sep 2012 | | According to the metals consultancy, while gold production was roughly flat during the period average total cash costs rose to $727 per ounce. Tuesday , 04 Sep 2012 | | The Brazilian miner said Tuesday it will put the money aside to cover potential losses related to a tax and royalty dispute with the government. Wednesday , 05 Sep 2012 | | Drilling a blind target, JV partners Freeport McMoran and Reservoir Minerals rack up a second long copper-gold intercept in Serbia. Tuesday , 04 Sep 2012 | | Fortescue Metals said Wednesday it has agreed to sell a power station for $300m while shares in the group fell as much as 10% the day after the miner announced it had put the breaks on its capex plans Wednesday , 05 Sep 2012 | | According to the Australian miner a dispute between it and its JV partner on the West Pilbara Iron Ore project, AMCI, remains unresolved and has now entered arbitration. Wednesday , 05 Sep 2012 | | South Africa's MDM Engineering Group has announced that it has been awarded the Definitive Feasibility Study work for Wits Gold's DBM gold mining project in the Free State gold field. Tuesday , 04 Sep 2012 | | Wage demands and labour unrest fuelled by inter-union rivalries and maverick politicians like Julius Malema are putting South Africa's gold and platinum mines in jeopardy. Tuesday , 04 Sep 2012 | | David Hargreaves believes the dynamics are changing amongst the major miners, and the importance of choosing the right mineral is becoming ever greater. | | "The Chinese will buy a lot more gold over the next decade" | | The CPM Group's Erica Rannestad looks at the supply demand balance for platinum in light of the supply issues in SA and the continuing slowdown in Europe. | | The days of South Africa producing 5m ounces of platinum are over for the short to medium term, the new CEO at Impala Platinum says. | | |
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