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Precious but precarious: High gold prices driving interest in Celtic fringe

Old gold-mining shafts are being reopened around the world, as economic uncertainty and scepticism about other assets has sent the gold price […]

MINING.com Editor | January 7, 2011 | 3:50 pm

A meagre upside, admittedly, but Queensland rebuild will boost GDP

IT IS little comfort for those who have lost everything but Queensland’s floods could provide some economic growth as communities rebuild, households […]

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 6, 2011 | 12:19 pm

Prodigy Gold reports new core assays from Magino: 169m grading 1.02 gpt gold

Prodigy Gold Incorporated is pleased to announce additional assay results from its core sampling program at its 100% owned Magino Mine project located in Ontario.

Mineweb | January 6, 2011 | 1:46 am

Technical analysis suggests gold may have further to fall

Analyst for La Salle Futures Group in Chicago says recent decline in gold price could continue down to 200 day moving average in the $1260s Gold, which capped the biggest two- day drop in 11 months yesterday, may extend declines to the lowest price since

Mineweb | January 6, 2011 | 1:17 am

Taseko says production at Gibraltar mine to rise in 2011

The group says the mine in British Columbia produced more than 90m pounds of copper in 2010 and that this number will increase once a bottleneck in the ore feed system is cleared Taseko Mines (TKO.TO: Quote) said on Wednesday that its Gibraltar mine in

Mineweb | January 6, 2011 | 12:11 am

Canadian regulators to hear arguments over Baffinland takeover battle

The hearings by the Ontario Securities regulators will address whether Nunavut is capable of carrying out its C$1.45 per share offer for 60% of the iron ore miner TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian security regulators will hear arguments on Thursday for

Mineweb | January 5, 2011 | 11:39 pm

Rotterdam coal and iron ore terminal orders Sandvik shiploader

Europe's largest dry bulk port terminal in Rotterdam has commissioned Sandvik's bulk materials handling division to supply a 6,000 t/h shiploader.

Mineweb | January 5, 2011 | 5:58 am

Japan budgets $650m to secure supplies of rare earths

The Japanese government has set aside $650m in its budget for the financial year starting in April to secure supplies of the metals both from abroad and at home. (Reuters) - Japan's government has set aside 53.3 billion yen ($650 million) in its budget

Mineweb | January 5, 2011 | 4:55 am

Japan’s trade minister wants to talk rare earths with China

Akihiro Ohata, the country's minister for trade said Wednesday he would like to visit China as soon as possible to discuss the secure supply of rare earths into Japan Japan's trade minister, Akihiro Ohata, said on Wednesday he would like to visit China

Mineweb | January 4, 2011 | 11:36 pm

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