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Silvercorp hires consultants to clear up any doubts on assessments of its mineral properties

Canadian Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM-News)(NYSE: SVM-News), China’s biggest silver miner that was accused this year of accounting and production fraud in anonymous letters to authorities, has retained independent consultants to confirm resource estimates at four of its properties.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 30, 2011 | 4:44 pm

Oyu Tolgoi looks forward to 2012 and first copper-gold-silver production

The year of peak construction activity at Oyu Tolgoi mine in the Gobi desert of Mongolia (IM April and May issues this year) is nearing its end, with the project approximately three-quarters complete.

International Mining | December 30, 2011 | 4:43 pm

Except for gold and oil, commodities finish down in 2011

Most commodities, except for the heavyweights gold and oil, are poised for a down year in 2011, the first fall for this sector since the financial crisis hit in 2008.

Michael Allan McCrae | December 30, 2011 | 4:42 pm

Australian company submits EIS for US$300 million gold-silver project in Chile

Australian Laguna Resources (ASX: LRC) has submitted an environmental impact study (EIS) to Chile’s Environment Ministry's evaluation service for its US$300 million Arqueros gold-silver project in the north of the country.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 30, 2011 | 3:56 pm

Should you sell gold now or will it outperform again in 2012?

Mineweb | December 30, 2011 | 1:40 pm

Hindustan Copper awards contract to 3 Chinese companies to develop copper mines in India

Three Chinese companies are part of consortiums that have bagged Rs 1,800-crore worth of five contracts awarded by state-owned Hindustan Copper to raise its production four-fold to 12 million tonnes over the next five years.

The Economic Times | December 30, 2011 | 6:48 am

Can coal ever come clean? Movement tripped up by lack of hard science and environmental opposition

What happened to the clean coal movement? Benjamin Gotlieb, blogging for the web news portal of the Los Angeles-based Annenberg School for Journalism and Communication, addresses the question of whether carbon dioxide can safely be stored in the earth's crust.

Andrew Topf | December 30, 2011 | 6:38 am

UK coal industry plans for cheaper, reliable and sustainable power

Britain’s coal producers have tabled a five-point plan that they say “will give the nation’s electricity users cheaper, reliable and sustainable power supplies whilst safeguarding jobs, stimulating investment and reducing energy imports.”

International Mining | December 30, 2011 | 5:17 am

Professional Numismatists Guild members predict gold, silver up in 2012, but estimates vary

(Temecula, California) -- How will gold, silver and other precious metals perform in 2012?

Professional Numismatists Guild | December 29, 2011 | 11:05 pm

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