South Africa’s mining industry continues to face tough times — PwC report

The precious metal dropped below $1,575 an ounce and Goldman Sachs cut its 2013 gold price forecast for the second time in six weeks, to $1,545 an ounce from $1,610.

The $10bn mega project was shelved last year.

Agreement focuses on companies with profits of at least 40 million euros ($52.5 million), total assets worth 20 million euros or 250 employees.

The measured and indicated resources of Mkuju River Project amounted to 35,888 tonnes of uranium.

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Viewing gold nanocrystals in high resolution.

Southern Iran sits atop the active Arabian and Eurasian tectonic plates.

After more than two years of delay, the Guatemalan Minister of Energy and Mines (MEM) announced it had approved the exploitation license for Tahoe Resources’ Escobal mine in San Rafael Las Flores, Guatemala.

Opposition parties claim companies lobbied for a last minute change to a bill introducing a harder line on anti-mining protests at sea.