Oil, metals, and a mixed world economy - Hale Mineweb | David Hale looks at how commodities are likely to fare in 2012 given the very mixed global economy and the wild card that is oil. | GEOFF CANDY: Welcome to this week's edition of Mineweb.com's Metals Weekly podcast. Joining me on the line is the founding chairman of David Hale Global Economi...
Oceana's gold production down but within guidance Otago Daily Times | East-Otago based Oceana Gold's production for calendar year 2011 was down almost 6%, but was in line with guidance and also the crucial cash cost of production per ounce. | In a report yesterday outlining its fourth-quarter result, Oceana included some unaudited figures for the full year 2011, whi...
PanTerra Gold: Drilling Program Commenced - Vittoria Prospect, Ecuador Mineweb PanTerra Gold | PanTerra Gold Limited (ASX: PGI) (PanTerra Gold or the "Company"), advises that the initial drilling program has commenced on the Vittoria prospect within the San Gerardo concession in Ecuador. | The 140ha anomaly, which is highly pro...
Xstrata, Glencore agree $90bn 'merger of equals' Mining Weekly | Commodities trader Glencore and miner Xstrata on Tuesday formally agreed to an all-share “merger of equals”, to create the world’s fourth-largest diversified group with a combined value of $90-billion. | The companies announced a ...
Global copper demand to grow 1.2% this year Mining Weekly | CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – China remains the key global growth driver for copper, but demand growth from the Asian giant is expected to slow this year, Standard Bank head of commodities research Walter de Wet said this week. | China&rsquo...
Kentor gives Murchison project the green light Mining Weekly | PERTH (miningweekly.com) - The board of ASX-listed gold developer Kentor Gold has given the green light to develop phase one of its Murchison gold project, in Western Australia. | The newly named Murchison project encompasses the Burnakura and Gaba...
Thiess lands A$1bn Prominent Hill contract Mining Weekly | PERTH (miningweekly.com) - ASX-listed Oz Minerals has awarded project house Thiess a A$1-billion contract to extend the mining operations at the Prominent Hill copper-gold mine, in South Australia. | Under the contract, Thiess would undertake the m...
Tigray keeps hitting high-grade copper in Ethiopia Mineweb | Tigray Resources adds more pieces to the picture at the Terakimti prospect in Ethiopia as it drills more thick high-grade copper. RELATED STORIES | | ...
Yukon-Nevada restarts gold production at Jerritt Canyon Mining Weekly | Canada's Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp said it restarted gold production at its Jerritt Canyon mill in Nevada, United States. | Yukon-Nevada, which also owns gold, silver, zinc and copper assets in Canada's Yukon territory and British Columbia, sa...
New gold and copper deposits found in India Mineweb | Hint of significant gold and copper deposits have been found in Rajasthan, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, with the gold reserves believed to be world class. RELATED STORIES | | | | | &nbs...
Sports court strips Contador of 2010 Tour de France title Pittsburgh Tribune Review | GENEVA — Three days after U.S. prosecutors dropped their investigation of doping claims against Lance Armstrong, fellow Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 title when sports' highest court rejected the Spanish cyclist's story that contaminated meat caused him to fail a drug test. | The 29-year-old Contador, who...
Imran Khan's dinner date with Mauritius's PM The Times Of India SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetImran KhanMore Pics This is surely Imran Khan's lucky year. While the actor was still busy celebrating the early arrival of his dream car - a custom made red Ferrari, he has a new occasion to celebrate. | A source close to Imran informed Mumbai Mirror that he received an invitation from the Prime Minister's office a couple...
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