Mine nationalization not a government policy – SA President

Jacob Zuma, said Tuesday that the nationalization of South Africa's mines and other economic sectors is not a government policy in an effort to reassure investors worried by calls by the ANC Youth League for such a policy to be adopted

mineweb - daily news headlines | February 16, 2010 | 9:28 am

Higher prices bring old and new iron ore miners into focus

As negotiations continue over this year's iron ore benchmark prices, the miners hold the whip hand with spot prices nearly double last year's benchmark levels.

mineweb - daily news headlines | February 16, 2010 | 3:01 am

China leads the pack in global mining’s new-look financing model

A new report on M&A in the mining industry released by Ernst & Young shows that mining finance has changed dramatically over the last year and Asia is sitting pretty

mineweb - daily news headlines | February 16, 2010 | 1:12 am

China and India – the Asian gold-buying phenomenon

The ever growing purchasing power of the Chinese and Indian general populations throws bearish fundamental analyses of the gold market into disarray.

mineweb - daily news headlines | February 15, 2010 | 6:03 am

Will Baluchistan Province expropriate Antofagasta/Barrick Reko Diq project?

Critics say the highly prospective Reko Diq copper-gold project should revert to full state-ownership to help Pakistan repay its $51 billion foreign debt, and put Pakistan's largest province on a sound financial footing.

mineweb - daily news headlines | February 15, 2010 | 4:24 am

Deep drill gold project underway in Victorian goldfields

Victoria has not had a gold mining heyday since it helped populate Australia and dominated national gold production from the mid 1800s until the early 1900s. But now, with the help of a GBM Resources and the Victorian government, that could all be changing.

mineweb - daily news headlines | February 15, 2010 | 3:43 am

Striking miners vow to not give up Cananea without a fight

In spite of a court decision favoring Grupo Mexico, which even the union's attorney has deemed to be final, striking miners say they won't give up the Cananea copper mine after a 2.5 year battle.

mineweb - daily news headlines | February 15, 2010 | 3:33 am

Global iron ore price negotiations – news and analysis

Analysts from Platts in New York sort through the developments affecting this year's iron ore price negotiations, iron ore being one of mining's most profitable sectors for the moment.

mineweb - daily news headlines | February 12, 2010 | 10:33 am

Kenyan police arrest prime suspect in Campbell Bridges murder

The world-renowned geologist and gemmologist was attacked and killed by a mob in an apparent mining rights dispute last August

mineweb - daily news headlines | February 12, 2010 | 7:38 am

Now India moving to tie up strategic global minerals supplies

India is reportedly to follow China's lead in using government entities to tie up strategic mineral supplies from around the world to help enable it to maintain economic growth.

mineweb - daily news headlines | February 12, 2010 | 3:28 am

Cigar Lake uranium mine now pumped out, Cameco says

The uranium miner says it should have the project, the world's largest undeveloped uranium resource, fully secure by October

mineweb - daily news headlines | February 12, 2010 | 1:22 am

A purple year for Australia’s top gold miner

Proof of the pudding for Newcrest in the second half of 2009 was the strong underlying profit of A$266.6 million (US$237.2 M) […]

mineweb - daily news headlines | February 12, 2010 | 1:14 am

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