GOLD MARKETS

As Confidence Returns, Gold Will Rise - John Embry

Tuesday , 09 Mar 2010
Sprott Asset Management's Chief Investment Strategist believes gold could gain another 30% this year this year as a greater proportion of the public realizes the degree of difficulty that sovereign debt is in. Interview with the Gold Report
REKO DIQ

Tethyan still hopeful Reqo Diq will go ahead

Tuesday , 09 Mar 2010
The operator of the $3bn copper and gold joint venture between Barrick and Antofagasta still hopes it will go forward despite a government threat to scrap it
TENNANT CREEK GOLD PROJECT

AngloGold Ashanti and Australian partner differ on interpretation

Tuesday , 09 Mar 2010
An Australian gold explorer in the Tennant Creek field of Australia's Northern Territory clearly has a difference of opinion with the mighty AngloGold Ashanti Ltd on terms for a claw-back arrangement.
PDAC CONVETION

Chinese off-shore mining investment must be accompanied by domestic reform

Tuesday , 09 Mar 2010
As Chinese foreign mining investment has yet to truly gather momentum, it needs to be simultaneously accompanied by domestic business reforms for the nation to truly become a major player in the sector.
NEW OUNCES

Size isn't everything - Goldcorp CEO

Tuesday , 09 Mar 2010
Annual gold production could double by 2018 but the group believes there is a size, beyond which one doesn't want to grow
GOLD PRICES TO STILL OUTPERFORM EQUITIES

E&Y says 2009 ‘extraordinary' for mining with changes to resonate for years

Tuesday , 09 Mar 2010
Ernest & Young's Tom Whelan suggests Canadian mining's openness to foreign investment has put Canadian miners in a unique position on the international stage this year.
EYING THE AMERICAS

AngloGold Ashanti could split ops - CEO

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
Mark Cutifani said the group is considering such a move in order to boost returns to shareholders and increase its valuation
SECURITY OF SUPPLY

Indian hunt for South Africa's junior coal miners heats up

Tuesday , 09 Mar 2010
Indian steam coal end-users are looking to secure supply but are finding attractive assets scarce
POLITICAL RISK

Newmont considering expanding net to include more politically risky countries

Tuesday , 09 Mar 2010
CEO, Richard O'Brien says, while not an overriding factor, it is something the group has to consider
A GLANCE AT 36 STOCKS THAT BENEFIT

Coking coal: back on proverbial fire

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
Lucky stocks with exposures on the rip as contract negotiations said to see prices up 55% to USD 200 a tonne.
ASIA TO SHINE

European steel demand to bounce 20% in 2010 - WSA

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
but, the World Steel Association cautions much of the West's business has been irrevocably lost to the East
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOLD SCENE

Silver Lake opens up new gold hopes in Murchison

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
The successful mid-tier, high-grade gold producer near Kalgoorlie, Silver Lake Resources, has found a new lead in an old mining camp in the Murchison goldfield in the mid north of Western Australia.
PDAC CONVENTION

MEG study finds '09 exploration budgets suffered steepest decline

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
A Metals Economic Group study has determined gold has regained its standing as the top exploration target.
MOVING GOALPOSTS

Why don't you get a proper job?

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
Mining as a profession has its moments, but governments can often make life difficult for the mining entrepreneur.
WILL HELP TO FUND SIERRA GORDA

Shares in Quadra Mining jump on JV with Chinese utility

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
The group has formed the joint venture with China's largest utility company to help expand its Chilean operations
LOUNGE LIZARD PROJECT

Kagara says new drill assays provide big hits outside resource boundary

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
The Queensland polymetallic miner Kagara Ltd which broadened its base to mining nickel in Western Australia late last year has produced some major new assays from the Lounge Lizard project in the Forrestania belt of Western Australia.
PDAC CONVENTION

HPAL process crucial to future nickel market development

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
With a plethora of new nickel projects scheduled to come on line in the next three years, T.D. Newcrest's Greg Barnes said the HPAL process will be critical to the future mining of nickel laterite deposits.
PDAC CONVENTION

As farming returns to health, long-term potash demand looking good

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
T.D. Newcrest's Paul D'Amico suggests investors seeking to gauge the future of potash markets should focus on global corn supplies.
GLOBAL METAL PRICES

Economic growth to boost metal prices - Bart Melek

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
But, the BMO Capital Markets global commodity strategist says that the advance may be slow
WEALTH PRESERVATION

Gold is the standard!

Saturday , 06 Mar 2010
Midas Letter publisher James West believes gold is the store of value everybody resorts to when times are rough. Interview with The Gold Report.
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PROMISING PROJECTS

Canadian gold and copper juniors to outpace the pack in 2010

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
And, according to Canaccord Adams analyst Wendell Zerb, more M&A is likely as equity markets return to normal
COKING COAL PRICING

BHP strikes coking coal deals in China, Japan, India, Europe

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
The group has reached terms for a significant portion of its 2010 hard coking coal volumes

         

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Mongolian miners looking to list

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
DUBAI GOLD

Dubai gold imports down 15% in 2009

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
99% OF CONSOLIDATION DEALS COMPLETED

China Shanxi province to grow coal output 30% in 2010

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
PEÑASQUITO, PASCUA-LAMA SILVER CORNERSTONE ASSETS

Silver Wheaton anticipates 35% increase in attributable 2010 silver production

Friday , 05 Mar 2010
EXPLORATION TAX CREDIT TO BE EXTENDED

Canadian mining associations praise federal budget mining initiatives

Friday , 05 Mar 2010
SILVER SALES

Record demand pushes US Mint silver coin sales up over 40% so far this year

Friday , 05 Mar 2010
$100M IN VALUE KNOCKED OFF

Kenmare shares slump to 10-month low on discounted share placement

Friday , 05 Mar 2010
COAL SECTOR

Glencore to rebuy Prodeco coal operations from Xstrata

Friday , 05 Mar 2010
IRON ORE PRICING

Angang steel president not holding out hope for low iron ore price increases

Friday , 05 Mar 2010
LISTINGS

African Barrick Gold starts bookbuild for IPO - Source

Friday , 05 Mar 2010
WORLD'S HOTTEST 100 MINING STOCKS

The fortunes of iron ore and its many good bedmates

Thursday , 04 Mar 2010
17.6MN GOLD OZS IN RESERVES

Yamana exceeds 1M gold equiv ounces in 2009

Thursday , 04 Mar 2010
COAL PRODUCTION

Low Chinese coal production target could mean a boost to imports

Friday , 05 Mar 2010
   Kagara announces Lounge Lizard update - Monday , 08 Mar 2010
   Bellzone Mining Plc to seek AIM admission - Monday , 08 Mar 2010


   PDAC 2010  -Toronto, Canada  -
   Mines & Money Hong Kong  -Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong  -
   Denver Gold Group European Gold Forum 2010  -Park Hyatt, Zurich, Switzerland  -
   IIC 2010 New York Hard Assets Conference  -Marriott Marquis Hotel, New York  -
   World Mining Investment Conference  -Royal Garden Hotel, London  -
   World Resource Investment Conference  -Vancouver Convention Centre  -
   Toronto Resource Investment Conference  -Toronto, Canada  -
   Electra Mining Africa 2010  -MTN Expo Centre, NASREC, Gauteng (Johannesburg), South Africa  -
   China Mining 2010  -Tianjin Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre  -
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