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Northern Iron surges as Indians fatten offer

Shares in Australia's Northern Iron (ASX:NFE) surged by around 38% in Tuesday trading, on news that India's Aditya Birla Group had increased its takeover offer by 4%, bringing the bid to USD$532 Million.

Marc Howe | July 25, 2012 | 12:42 am

Australia sees mass exodus of drillers to Africa

Australia's drilling industry is in the doldrums following a large-scale exodus of companies to Africa in pursuit of surveying projects.

Marc Howe | July 24, 2012 | 11:48 pm

Zimbabwe strike cripples diamond operations of military-backed Chinese firm

A strike by over a thousand employees of Anjin Investments has crippled the Chinese company's Zimbabwe-based diamond mine.

Marc Howe | July 24, 2012 | 3:49 pm

WTO probe ratchets up rare earth tensions with China

The World Trade Organization will investigate China's quotas and tariffs on rare earth minerals following prompting from the US, EU and Japan, who allege the export restrictions are in contravention of international trade regulations.

Marc Howe | July 24, 2012 | 10:06 am

CFTC probe into silver manipulation could be over by September

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) four-year probe into manipulation of prices on the silver market could be over as soon as September, according to CFTC member Bart Chilton.

Marc Howe | July 24, 2012 | 9:42 am

Canadian mid-tier gold miners present an investment bright spot

Mid-tier gold miners are outperforming industry giants by pursuing smaller project for lower costs. According to Julie Gordon writing for Reuters, modest-sized […]

Marc Howe | July 24, 2012 | 2:31 am

Intrepid Mining plunges 55% on shadowy Indonesian ouster

Australia's Intrepid Mining (ASX:IAU) has seen its share price plunge after being summarily booted from a key copper project in Indonesia by powerful local business interests.

Marc Howe | July 24, 2012 | 12:08 am

Chinese investors fleeced of billions by gold futures ring

A gold-futures trading ring in China's central province of Henan has fleeced more than 5,000 investors of over RMB380 billion ($58.62).

Marc Howe | July 23, 2012 | 3:20 pm

South African platinum sector’s pains to persist with H1 reports

The release of financial statements by South Africa's key mining groups for the first half of 2012 is expected to reveal the full extent of difficulties in the platinum sector following heavy declines in share prices over the past year.

Marc Howe | July 23, 2012 | 4:46 am

Iron mines imperil the Tasmanian devil

Iron ore mines slated for development in Tasmania's Tarkine region could imperil the survival of the only robust Tasmanian devil population still left in the wild.

Marc Howe | July 23, 2012 | 2:37 am

Zimbabwe announces complete nationalization of country’s diamonds

The Zimbabwe government has announced plans to implement total nationalization of the country's diamond industry.

Marc Howe | July 23, 2012 | 2:10 am

Australia’s Caspian Oil & Gas to acquire Chilean copper project

Perth-based Caspian Oil & Gas (ASX:CIG) is set to enter the mineral exploitation sector with the acquisition of a Chilean copper project.

Marc Howe | July 23, 2012 | 1:14 am

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