QUARTERLY COMMODITIES REVIEW
Wednesday
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17 Mar 2010
Moderately bullish on commodities as a whole for the year, Société Générale asserts that prices are likely to vary considerably from metal to metal with a strong emphasis on developing economies still a major theme.
9.36% STAKE VALUE US$1BN
Wednesday
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17 Mar 2010
A Papua provincial government official says increasing Papua's percentage of Grasberg royalties would help finance the government proposed 9.36% stake in PT Freeport Indonesia without partnerships.
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT STAKE
Wednesday
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17 Mar 2010
One of the world's craziest, and most lucrative, contracts, may go gratis to a "black economic empowerment" entity.
ALLEGED LABOR, HUMAN RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS
Wednesday
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17 Mar 2010
Fed-up Mexican mining unions are aiming to hit Grupo Mexico where it hurts the most, convincing institutional investors to divest Grupo shares.
REMOTE AUSTRALIAN GOLD PROJECT
Wednesday
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17 Mar 2010
The Boston Shaker may be an important new name for Australia's biggest new gold mining blueprint out in the remote east of Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields.
SOVEREIGN DEBT AN ISSUE
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
Record highs in euro and sterling terms are indicative of the yellow metal's broadening appeal as insurance
MINE ACCIDENT
Wednesday
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17 Mar 2010
The group is working to rescue miners trapped by a fall of ground at its Bulyanhulu mine
GEM DIAMONDS
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
Just 700 big sparklers from Lesotho's Letšeng accounted for 78% of Gem Diamond's USD 244m revenues in 2009.
CYCLONE WARNING
Wednesday
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17 Mar 2010
The hay point coal terminal was first closed last Thursday and it has now been decided to keep it shut after news Tropical Cyclone Ului is expected to make land sometime this weekend
GOLD DIGGERS FIGHT FOR COPPER
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
Barrick and Goldcorp slug it out over a copper-gold mine, or is it a gold-copper mine?
EARNINGS NUMBERS
Wednesday
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17 Mar 2010
The US-based coal miner spun off by Rio Tinto said the results were helped by stronger prices from forward sales contracts
POLITICAL RISK AVERSION
Monday
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15 Mar 2010
In an interview at last week's PDAC, Rob McEwen restated his forecast that gold will hit $2,000 this year and $5,000 longer term.
COPPER, GOLD, GOING FOR NICKEL
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
Record copper and gold production, as the group continues to expand, also outside Africa, and into serious nickel production from 2012.
ANALYSIS
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
An already over-taxed power supply, exacerbated by a fragile power system damaged by a powerful earthquake and aftershocks, could eventually prove problematic for the Chilean mining sector.
NET MINE SUPPLY REDUCED BY 9%
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
At just under five weeks' world mine production the global hedge book is far cry from its peak of 3,064 tonnes at its peak in 2000
AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR SECTOR
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
The managing director of aspiring Western Australian gold producer Integra Mining said that Australia has failed to back exploration for greenfields mineral exploration and the scenario may see many junior companies "going to the wall."
KOLWEZI TAILINGS
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
In a sad war of attrition, touching on insanity, the USD 787m Kolwezi tailings project is despoiled further, this time by a Congolese jungle court.
PRODUCTION UP 53% IN TEN YEARS
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
In a few years the region could well be challenging for second place in the producer stakes
BIDDING WAR HEATS UP
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
Toho Zinc Co Ltd of Japan, a major shareholder in miner CBH Resources has come up with a new offer for the Australian company to counter a takeover bid from Belgium metal refiner Nyrstar NV.
4TH LARGEST ALUMINUM COMPANY
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
London tycoon Anil Agarwal's Vedanta Resources may be spinning off its aluminum division, the first of several spin-offs under consideration.
GOLD UPDATE
Tuesday
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16 Mar 2010
The yellow metal is relooking at all time highs in euros but, continues to track largely sideways in dollar terms
