FIX PREV FIX PLATINUM 1521.00 (1495.00) dlrs PALLADIUM 598.00 ( 588.00) dlrs per troy ounce

Mongolia's quest to renegotiate a 2009 deal to develop the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold deposit might create a crisis of trust for foreign investors, but analysts said the decision could help it

BAKU, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Anglo Asian Mining (LSE: AAZ.L - news) plans to start work at the Gosha gold mine in Azerbaijan in the second half of 2012 after the successful launch of production at the neighbouring Gedabek mine, the company said in a

The Mongolian government is discussing possible changes to a 2009 investment agreement for the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold deposit, media reports quoted Mongolia's finance minister, S. Bayartsogt, as saying Tuesday. The 2009 deal gave a 66 percent stake in the multibillion-dollar Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia's South Gobi region to the Canadian miner Ivanhoe Mines (Toronto: IVN.TO - news) , in which mining giant Rio Tinto now owns a 48.5 percent stake. The government has the remaining 34 percent stake.

WINDHOEK, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Management at Rio Tinto (Berlin: CRA1.BE - news) 's Rossing Uranium mine in Namibia will meet with unions on Tuesday in a bid to avoid a strike over production incentives that could hurt output at one of the world's largest

Peru's leftist government presented a bill to Congress on Wednesday that aims to increase mining taxes to fund anti-poverty projects.

LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Glencore subsidiary Kazzinc has commissioned a new copper smelter at its New Metallurgy project in Kazakhstan and will complete a lead smelter at the same project in the first half of next year, bringing its investment to $875

Guinea's parliament adopted a new mining code that more than doubles the share the West African state can take in mining projects to 35 percent and toughens procedures for acquiring development permits, the government said on Saturday.

FIX PREV FIX PLATINUM 1866.00 (1877.00) dlrs PALLADIUM 761.00 ( 766.00) dlrs per troy ounce

Is platinum now a better bet for investors than gold? Many seem to think so. Gold prices have soared by 32pc this year, as investors sought a safe haven from the global debt crisis. However, some argue that gold is in a bubble fuelled more by speculation.

Firestone Diamonds plc ("Firestone" or "the Company"), the AIM-quoted diamond mining and exploration company (ticker: AIM:FDI), announces that at the general meeting of the Company (the "GM (NYSE: GM - news) ") held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed.

Romanian Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely said Tuesday that a Canadian gold mine project would be given the green light only if it drops the proposed cyanide level in its tailings pond.