Thursday
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18 Mar 2010
BMO Global Commodity Strategist Bark Melek says global growth is reigniting industrial metals, as silver and PGMs are expected to outperform firm and stable gold.
Wednesday
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17 Mar 2010
Metallurgical specialist Outotec has been awarded a contract for copper smelter design and delivery by Tongling Non-Ferrous Metals Group in China
Wednesday
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17 Mar 2010
Moderately bullish on commodities as a whole for the year, Société Générale asserts that prices are likely to vary considerably from metal to metal with a strong emphasis on developing economies still a major theme.
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
In a sad war of attrition, touching on insanity, the USD 787m Kolwezi tailings project is despoiled further, this time by a Congolese jungle court.
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
Record copper and gold production, as the group continues to expand, also outside Africa, and into serious nickel production from 2012.
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
Toho Zinc Co Ltd of Japan, a major shareholder in miner CBH Resources has come up with a new offer for the Australian company to counter a takeover bid from Belgium metal refiner Nyrstar NV.
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
London tycoon Anil Agarwal's Vedanta Resources may be spinning off its aluminum division, the first of several spin-offs under consideration.
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
The big Oyu Tolgoi base metals and gold project in Mongolia could see investment from Chinalco as Rio Tinto continues to rebuild bridges with China.
Monday
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15 Mar 2010
Two weeks after an 8.8 -magnitude earthquake most of the country was left without power when a transformer failed in the central electricity grid
Friday
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12 Mar 2010
Seven tremors, one 6.9 in magnitude, rocked the quake-ravished country but both Codelco and Anglo American say their mines were unharmed
Thursday
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11 Mar 2010
The Chilean miner's CEO says the group has already had informal discussions with banks about debt financing for Reko Diq and will also look at possible takeover targets
Thursday
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11 Mar 2010
As Sebastian Pinera assumes Chile's presidency today, an economically powerful and healthy domestic mining sector could prove a powerful tool in the rebuilding of the earthquake damaged nation.
Wednesday
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10 Mar 2010
Aaron Regent said Tuesday the company is continuing to have discussions with the Baluchistan government but added a resolution could take months
Tuesday
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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
Monday
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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.
Monday
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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.
Saturday
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20 Mar 2010
Lithium is not just a flavor of the year. It is in high demand for hybrid and electric vehicles, laptops, cell phones and will remain even more so as technology is perfected and consumer demand increases globally. The Gold Report interviews Jon Hykawy.