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Newcrest Mining reduces gold production guidance by 150,000 oz

Newcrest Mining (ASX:NCM) said it will produce about 150,000 oz less gold in its 2011/12 financial year due to production disruptions at Cadia Valley and Lihir, and lower feed grades and recoveries at Telfer.

Michael Allan McCrae | December 19, 2011 | 6:01 pm

South American Silver’s stock is up 17% after announcing four billion pound copper resource

South American Silver (TSE:SAC) stock shot up 17% in morning trading today on the Toronto Stock Exchange to $1.62 a share after the company announced the findings from its NI 43-101-qualified resource estimate of the company's Escalones copper-gold-silver project in central Chile.

Michael Allan McCrae | December 19, 2011 | 4:29 pm

Gold sees losses as Fitch downgrade warning hurts euro

Gold prices eased on Monday as a warning from Fitch Ratings that it may downgrade France and six other euro zone countries hurt stocks and the euro.

Mineweb | December 19, 2011 | 12:01 pm

London Mining delays first Marampa shipment

The miner has delayed the first shipment from its Marampa iron ore mine in Sierra Leone to January to allow it to use larger supramax sized vessels instead of handymax sized vessels.

Mineweb | December 19, 2011 | 8:11 am

China unlikely to hit nuclear power target

If the uranium industry was hoping that China would be the tide that floats all boats, it will have to wait longer than expected.

Andrew Topf | December 18, 2011 | 10:37 pm

Mining industry warned of fire ant infestation in S. Australia

It sounds like something out of a B movie trailer or if you're old enough to remember, an episode of Swiss Family Robinson.

Andrew Topf | December 18, 2011 | 9:49 pm

Company wants to reroute U.S. 95 to mine near Goldfield

The main road connecting Las Vegas and Reno could be rerouted near the central Nevada town of Goldfield to make way for something older than the Silver State itself: a mining boom.

Las Vegas Review Journal | December 18, 2011 | 9:26 pm

New Queensland coal mine likely to kill more jobs than it creates

A proposed new coal mine in Queensland is so massive it is likely to do more harm to the local economy than good.

Andrew Topf | December 18, 2011 | 9:00 pm

Russian billionaire to build USD 1 billion railroad to coal field

Bloomberg reported that Billionaire Mr Ziyavudin Magomedov Summa Group won the right to build a RUB 44.3 billion section of a railroad to coal fields in East Siberia near deposits to be developed by Evraz Plc and OAO Severstal.

Steel Guru | December 18, 2011 | 7:47 am

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