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According to Charles Stanley Securities analyst, Kieron Hodgson, while the diamond market still has solid fundamentals, 2012 looks likely to be a year of consolidation
A look at the Ernst & Young's 2012 outlook for the global steel sector and how it can weather a self-created storm of overcapacity
A look at some of the major potential talking points for 2012, from the US election to oil in the Middle East and how these could affect gold
Adrian Day examines some of the trends that impacted the gold market in 2011 and looks at how the market is positioned as we head into 2012
ASA's David Christensen provides a view on how to invest in commodities over the very long term and gives gold's recent moves a longer term context
Raw Materials Group CEO, Magnus Ericsson, says the iron ore market remains a long term one and too much focus is placed on the short term effects on the current financial crisis
According to Standard Bank's Vaughn Wickens, there is financing available for mines but, companies have to have the basics covered.
A look at the announcement of the start of the tender process for four new gold and copper deposits in the country and a focus on infrastructure
Metals Economics Group CEO, Michael Chender looks at the long term need for new copper ounces and the hurdles companies face in finding new ounces.
On the release of Metals Economics Group's Corporate Exploration Strategies, Jason Goulden looks at why green fields exploration is falling and where companies are looking for new ounces
Investment demand for the yellow metal surged during the third quarter, especially in Europe, but, greater changes are afoot in the greater global gold market.
Nicky Oppenheimer speaks on what the family is planning to do with the $5.1bn it will receive from Anglo American for its stake in De Beers
Randgold CEO, Mark Bristow, talks about the direction of the gold price, cash costs and the group's latest set of quarterly numbers
Nedbank Capital's head of Resource finance, Mark Tyler, looks at the similarities and differences between the current climate and 2008 and what miners can do to secure funding
In the second year of the third Central Bank Gold Agreement, central banks sold just 1.1 tonnes of gold, while emerging markets continue to buy the yellow metal
The Author of the Gartman Letter, Dennis Gartman looks at why markets fell so hard toward the end of last week and what it could mean for commodities prices
While increased mine supply is likely to cause problems for the gold sector longer term, Thompson Reuters GFMS MD Paul Walker does not believe the metal is in bubble territory
"If you look at the sum of the parts, we think it's significantly undervalued ... we've been putting our money where our mouth is..."
A look at some of the trends seen in the gold market recently, with a focus on central bank purchases and a view of where the gold market is heading
Pan African Resources hopes for a rich strike in a gold-laden area not explored for a century.
Gold has been pretty volatile of late and it has risen six fold since from its lows but, for Sharps Pixley CEO, Ross Norman, the yellow metal is still within the realms of fair value
Dr. Doom believes that while gold prices could go higher, they are reaching excessive levels
A look at the gold miner's results for the full year to end June
Speaking after the launch of the Q2 Gold Demand Trends report, the World Gold Council's Marcus Grubb looks at the current macroeconomic environment and the role of gold ETFs
"If gold prices hold investors can expect higher earnings."
The views of Harmony Gold CEO, on his career, the prospects for Harmony Gold and the outlook for the gold sector
A look at the recent performance of gold in relation to platinum and the trends in precious metal ETFs
Concerns around resource nationalism top the international mining community's worry list, with skills shortages coming a close second, according to a new report by Ernst & Young
With the removal of the group's hedge book and the successful implementation of a number of business improvement projects, Cutifani says the group is beginning to see real benefits
A look at some of the underlying reasons for the mining strikes seen over the last few weeks in South Africa and Chile and some of the longer term implications
Michael Power, Investec Investment strategist takes a look at the implications of the latest kick of the US debt can, the growing role of china and the likely impacts on commodities
A better second half in prospect. But what if the threatened strike goes ahead?
"if you deconstruct the last ten years in the gold market, the one underlying common denominator has been the search for yield in a world of negative real interest rates"
Forbes Coal CEO, Stephan Theron, talks about the decision to take out a secondary listing in Johannesburg, the coal market and the future for Forbes Coal
Metmar CEO, David Ellwood discusses the similarities between his business and that of Glencore, and the refocusing of the company
Three days into the job, Cameco's new CEO, Tim Gitzel, sat down with Mineweb to discuss the current state of the uranium sector and Cameco's plans for the future.
With the arrival of Jinchuan's a new all cash offer of R8.90 per share which values Metorex at R9.1bn and leaves Vale's offer far behind, Metorex has clearly played its cards right
A look at some of the findings in the latest addition of CPM's Platinum Group Metals Year book and a view on what we can expect going forward this year.
A look at the valuations being placed on the South African miner as a competing bid to Vale's surfaces
The head of South Africa's department of Mineral Resources says its billion rand budget intends to address challenges like mine health and safety.
A look at some of the findings from MEG's pipeline activity index as well as some of the trends visible within the exploration sector
The WGC has just released its Gold Demand Trends report for Q1 2011 and it shows a continuation of the strong growth in investment demand seen in 2010 as well as a clear move from West to East
GFMS CEO, Paul Walker says the current state of U.S. finances is another reason to be bullish on gold at the moment.
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According to GFMS's Platinum and palladium survey, platinum prices are expected to continue to firm in 2011 as investment demand picks up the slack, despite an expected surplus
Gold continued its upward trajectory in the first quarter of 2011 and did so with remarkably low volatility.
Gold Fields to buy IAMGOLD’s nearly 19% stake in two mines in Ghana
"This is totally unsolicited. We had no mandate to sell the company."
A look at the implications of such a listing for the mining sector as a whole and for the players involved more directly
A developing African gold mining business, Taung Gold, is being bought by the Chinese firm Wing Hing
Village Main Reef CEO, Bernard Swanepoel talks about assuming control of Consolidated Murchison and where it leaves Village Main
A look at how the recent unrest in the Middle East and North Africa has affected commodities markets and what could happen going forward
A look at some of the trends seen in this year's survey with Fred McMahon, Vice President, International Research at the Institute.
A very strong year for jewellery demand despite gold prices up almost 30% and some interesting moves on the gold investment front
Nedbank Capital's co-head of mining and resources says with valuations rather high at the moment, companies are increasingly looking to new exploration opportunities for new ounces
A look at the likelihood of gold trading below $1,000 again for any length of time, notional cash expenditure and exploration
South Africa's Dept. of Mineral Resources admits there is a problem with the prospecting rights application process that needs to be fixed.
The president of Millenium Wave Investments and author of the Thoughts from the Frontline newsletter gives his views on the current state of the global economy and commodities
What the Constitutional Court decision on land claims by Genorah, which holds 64% of Nkwe Platinum, means for prospecting rights
"Shareholder problems are a thing of the past"
"The fundamental strength of the gold market is unchanged despite the pullback in the price that you've seen in the last few days"
A look at the facts behind the headlines at what's actually going on in the rare earths mining space
A look at the facts behind the headlines at what's actually going on in the rare earths mining space
"Markets tend to go undervalued, fairly valued and overvalued. Silver is not overvalued - by some analysis it's fair valued here - by my analysis, it's still undervalued here"
With gold hitting record highs in five consecutive sessions, Jeff Christian explains what is behind the move and where to from here
Killing the hedge book: "it's a final leg in a set of transactions that we've been working on over three years to go from where we started at about 12 million ounces down to zero"
‘Exceptional numbers, with cash operating profit up 49%.’
"We certainly exceeded guidance on all fronts and I think, based on the numbers I've seen, our earnings were about 20% above consensus numbers as well.
Inside the Lonmin debacle
Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland discusses safety, electricity costs, true empowerment and the gold price.
‘I'll be around…for at least another six months.’
Debt, the dividend policy and the outlook.
Eaernings may have jumped six-fold in the first half but there is stillsome catch up to do. And, if the second half goes the way of the first a resumption of dividends may be on the cards
Barry Sergeant digs deep into De Beers numbers with Stephen Lussier.
Chris Griffith clarifies the deal with ArcelorMittal and gives an outlook for the second half of the year.
In this Newsmaker podcast Dennis Gartman tells Mineweb, why the trade in euro-denominated gold looks broken, where he is placing his odds and, why Chinese officials worry him
As history repeats itself the yellow metal is likely not only to hit $1,500 by the end of this year, but also to go subtantially higher in the next few years
The group's ability to reach its elusive target of 1m ounces per quarter depends on further momentum on South Deep but, it expects to get there within the next 18 to 24 months
Simmer & Jack is required to find C$40m
A look at the department of mineral resources is unduly punishing mining companies by the complete closer of mines where accidents occur
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A new gold listing on the JSE.
'The beauty of this deal is that effectively we are fully diluted.’
China is likely to invest well in excess of $100bn over the next 12 months and Africa is a focal point
Live from the World Mining Investment Congress, we hear Per Storm's views on where commodity markets find themselves currently and the outlook for base and precious metals
The turnaround at Bokoni since it bought 51% from AngloPlat. And quarterly update.
The operations are doing quite nicely for the moment.’
The miner is expecting a stronger second half
the group reports an 83% rise in bottom line net profit
On the eve of the Comaplex transaction and after a strong set of quarterly results, Sean Boyd talks about where we are in the gold cycle, why gold stocks are likely to start outperforming bullion and the growth plans for the company
Graham Briggs talks about Harmony's new Golpu strike in Papua New Guinea
'Really there's no option other than this.’
The options ahead for Wesizwe Platinum
Development of Anooraq's projects, serious restructuring and managing debt.
Full year results for 2009, The big target areas for the group at the moment are to increase production and to keep cash costs on target
South Africa remains a major educator of mining engineers in the English speaking world
Continuous dividend payments remain a key highlight
A good year for the iron ore producer
AngloGold Ashanti CEO MArk Cutifani speaks to Mineweb's Barry Sergeant about the group's results
In this edition of the Top 100 podcast Barry Sergeant takes us through the big moves seen over the last month in the global mining sector and delves into why there has been a major move downwards over the last month.