Platinum

Gold will average $1,853/oz

Mining legend and Ivanplats (TSX:IVP) CEO, Robert Friedland, said he aims to have his African-focused mining company landing in the London stock exchange during the first half of 2013.

Mining billionaire Roman Abramovich, the Russian tycoon who owns the Chelsea soccer club, has stepped into Norilsk Nickel’s long-running management dispute between its two main shareholders by buying a 7.3% stake in the company.

You named me what?

The name of the miner was not released.

Study suggests companies to invest now and so ensure they can fulfill future global demand for commodities.

The rise of mining costs will have a more dramatic impact on the 2013 industry results than in the last couple of years, revealed Thursday global ranking agency Fitch Ratings.

While the world concerns itself with the Syrian civil war and the dangers it poses for the already disturbed Middle East, little notice is taken of the conflicts affecting Africa, probably the single most complex region of the world and arguably its most troubled, warned Tuesday the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).

South Africa’s economy continues to struggle as a consequence of the widespread strikes that have hit its mining sector since August, weighing more heavily on the economy in the third quarter than what economists had predicted.