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Franco Nevada Corporation: a gold play for the long term

"This is a company with a business model that is extremely difficult to argue with. Franco Nevada has a diversified portfolio of high margin, cash flow producing assets principally in North America."

Bob Kirtley - Gold-Prices.biz | July 11, 2012 | 5:17 pm

Xstrata-Glencore merger to be decided Sep 7

Giant miner Xstrata has set Sep. 7 as the day for its shareholders to vote on the $26 billion takeover by Glencore, giving the commodities trader six weeks to reach an agreement on the conditions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2012 | 11:00 am

Goldcorp lowers guidance due to drought and production delays

Goldcorp, the world's second-largest gold miner, said expected gold production would drop 8% due to problems at Peñasquito and Red Lake.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 11, 2012 | 5:08 am

China data upsets markets, gold

Worries about China and the possibility of a hard landing weighed on markets and commodities.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 10, 2012 | 10:27 pm

The real fiscal cliff

The media is now fixated on an apparently new feature dominating the economic landscape: a "fiscal cliff" from which the United States will fall in January 2013.

Peter Schiff - Euro Pacific Precious Metals | July 10, 2012 | 8:54 pm

Anglo American optimistic on its $3 billion Peru copper project

Despite the recent deadly and divisive disputes over mining projects in Peru, London- based mining giant Anglo American says it hopes to begin construction of its $3 billion Quellaveco copper project in the country as soon as possible.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 10, 2012 | 12:00 pm

Augustine Ventures identifies additional gold resource potential at the Wawa Gold project

A previous report inferred the mineral resource estimate of the Ontario-based project to be 32,169,000 tonnes at a grade of 1.14 g Au/t, and 1.18 million ounces of contained gold.

Marketwire - Mining and Metals | July 10, 2012 | 4:20 am