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Home-made rockets and balaclavas: 8,000 striking Spanish coal miners attack police as country’s debt crisis continues

Spanish coal miners armed with homemade rockets and slingshots have clashed with police over the country's austerity measures.

Mail Online UK | June 16, 2012 | 8:15 pm

Ekati is just not cutting it. Harry Winston sitting pretty as De Beers also drops bid

De Beers considered a bid for BHP Billiton's 80% stake in Canadian diamond mine Ekati, but has now become the latest interested party not to submit an offer, perhaps leaving the door open for jewellery retailer Harry Winston to pick up the massive producer for a bargain price.

Frik Els | June 16, 2012 | 8:03 pm

Mozambique, Ncondezi Coal sign framework agreement for 4.7 billion ton coal project

Exploration and development company Ncondezi Coal has signed a framework agreement with Mozambique’s Ministry of Mineral Resources for its 4.7-billion-ton Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant Ncondezi coal project, in the Tete province.

Mining Weekly | June 16, 2012 | 8:37 am

Investing opportunities in overlooked Argentina

Mike Niehuser, founder of Beacon Rock Research, discusses the cloud of uncertainty hanging over Argentina in an interview with The Gold Report.

The Gold Report | June 16, 2012 | 12:01 am

DeepGreen’s Clipperton project would make Nautilus’ Solwara 1 project look like ‘child’s play’

Peter Koven at the National Post looks at the Vancouver-based DeepGreen Resources, a private company that just signed 50% off-take agreement with mining giant Glencore International.

Michael Allan McCrae | June 15, 2012 | 10:53 pm

Mining minister sides with Australian gold company in Moose River land dispute

Nova Scotia's Natural Resources Minister, Charlie Parker, is supporting DDV Gold Ltd., an Australian gold company, over a family run Christmas tree farm that doesn't want its land expropriated and turned into an open pit mine.

Michael Allan McCrae | June 15, 2012 | 10:29 pm

Violence erupts at Glencore’s Bolivian mine

It is believed that the violence resulted from Glencore workers trying to forcefully take back control from a rival Bolivian state-based company.

MINING.com Editor | June 15, 2012 | 6:00 pm

GFMS says gold hedging is a peripheral issue. Others not so sure

Moderate net hedging by gold producers is expected for the full year, but GFMS-SocGen stressed that it did not mean a shift in management attitude towards hedging.

Frik Els | June 15, 2012 | 5:38 pm

Kumtor’s freezing Kyrgyzstan’s ceasing

Kyrgyzstan's economy will grow by barely a quarter of the 7.5 percent originally forecast because of the collapse in output from the nation's flagship venture with Canada's Centerra Gold.

Joshua Zapf | June 15, 2012 | 5:21 pm

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