Sinosteel Midwest Corporation's decision to suspend development of its $2B Weld Range project is understandable given the uncertainty around the Oakajee Port and Rail Development, Padbury Mining Ltd (ASX:PDY, The Company') Managing Director Gary Stokes

GGG Resources plc (GGG) has today announced that it has extended its off-market takeover offer for all of the ordinary shares in Auzex Resources Limited (Auzex) so that it will now close at 5.00pm (Perth time) on 4 August 2011.

Aurora Minerals Limited (ASX:ARM) is pleased to announce preliminary assay results from its Glenburgh Project. The Glenburgh Project consists of twelve granted exploration licences and one application and is located in the Gascoyne Metamorphic Complex of central Western Australia

Another retrenchment shock has hit Buffelsfontein, trade union Solidarity said today. This follows after the gold company Simmer & Jack (Simmers) handed another section 189 notice to trade unions on Wednesday 15 June 2011 for the retrenchment of

Redbank Copper Limited (ASX: RCP) is pleased to advise that it has secured the participation of Australia's CSIRO in a new joint exploration and research initiative at its flagship 100%-owned Redbank Copper Project in the Northern Territory.

A statement by Mr Tim Netscher, the Managing Director of Gindalbie Metals Limited (ASX: GBG - "Gindalbie") regarding Oakajee Port. "The Karara Iron Ore Project is investing more than $200 million on infrastructure at Geraldton Port.

Any industry would be proud of an average annual growth rate of 34% over ten years and of a global reach from Austria to Taiwan.

Zimbabwe has been given the green light to sell diamonds from its Marange diamond fields by the industry's leading certification system, but the decision did not have the backing of all members. Participants of the Kimberley Process, which aims to stop "conflict diamonds" entering the market, met this week in Democratic Republic of Congo to discuss the Marange diamond fields but remained divided over a final statement.

The world needs copper, and lots of it. Output of the red metal has already doubled in the last 16 years, however, according to Jack Lifton, founder of Technology Metals Research, this output needs to double again; a feat that is going to be a very big challenging.

As Nyrstar Resources Canada formally commenced its bid for Breakwater Resources, Breakwater's board declared a special dividend of C$0.50 for its shareholders.

In its latest Quarterly Commodities Review, Société Générale takes the view that , at a "time of significant doubt for the outlook for the global economy" the recovery is sustainable and the bank is looking for a stronger second half-year. Headwinds persist, however, and the recovery in the advanced economies is likely to remain relatively sluggish.

Teck Resources has been informed that the Toronto Stock Exchange has accepted Teck's notice of intention to make a normal course issuer bid in respect of up to 40 million Class B