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Institutional Commitments

Expanding major gold miner Agnico Eagle to raise $600 million in private placement

Saturday , 20 Mar 2010
Canadian headquartered gold mining major, Agnico Eagle, is to raise $600 million in long term unsecured notes.
IRON ORE PRICING

Indian iron ore trde at $150 a tonne this week

Friday , 19 Mar 2010
The jump of more than $10 was helped by a rail freight hike and short supplies
STRIKE ACTION

New wage deal brings Finnish port strike to a halt

Friday , 19 Mar 2010
The strike which has affected exporters for more than two weeks is said to have cost the industry as much as 1.5bn euros.
ARCH COAL, $85.8M BID

Arch Coal announces boost to Powder River reserves

Friday , 19 Mar 2010
The group says it was the successful bidder for a Montana coal lease
COPPER MARKET UPDATE

Copper up on supply worries, underpinned by a softer dollar

Friday , 19 Mar 2010
The red metal rose in Shanghai and London on Friday as concerns about a tightening monetary environment were overwhelmed.
GOLD MARKET UPDATE

Gold down as bargain hunting subsides

Friday , 19 Mar 2010
But, continued concerns about Greece's debt problems could still boost safe-haven buying
MERGER ACTION

Athabasca shareholders approve BHP Billiton's $338m cash takeover offer

Thursday , 18 Mar 2010
The potash company's shareholders voted in favour of the deal which the two companies expect to close by March 23
FULL YEAR NUMBERS

European Goldfields announces smaller pretax losses for 2009

Thursday , 18 Mar 2010
The miner says the numbers were helped by record high gold concentrate sales from its Olympias project
CASE APPEAL

JP Morgan considering appeal in Consolidated Minerals case

Thursday , 18 Mar 2010
An Australian court earlier dismissed the bank's A$50.8m claim against the company
EXPLOSIVES RESTRICTIONS LIFTED

Full operations to resume at Cerro San Pedro gold mine - New Gold

Thursday , 18 Mar 2010
Operations at the mine were suspended in November last year after Mexico's environment ministry, revoked the mine's 2006 environmental permit.
HYROGEN SHORTAGE

Nickel refinery outage could last two weeks – BHP Billiton

Thursday , 18 Mar 2010
A shortage of hydrogen brought the Kwinana refinery to a halt on Monday
GOLD MARKET UPDATE

Gold slips on dollar strength

Thursday , 18 Mar 2010
Some commentators remain concerned that a failure to sustain recent highs could see some money shifting back to stocks and bonds
NO DETAIL ON HOW LONG IT WILL BE SHUT

Nickel production at Kwinana refinery interrupted - BHP

Wednesday , 17 Mar 2010
The ongoing problem at the nickel refinery in Western Australia is the result of a hydrogen shortage
SECURITY OF SUPPLY

Indonesia to show flexibility in new mining sales

Wednesday , 17 Mar 2010
The country said it would allow miners with long-term overseas supply contracts to increase production to meet new mining law requirements
COPPER FORECASTS

Kazakhstan says copper output to grow 24% within 5 years

Wednesday , 17 Mar 2010
Kazakhmys and the Glencore controlled Kazzinc operation would account for the majority of the increase.
COPPER MARKET UPDATE

US Fed statement boosts copper prices

Wednesday , 17 Mar 2010
Prices helped by the continued slide of the dollar
GOLD MARKET UPDATE

Gold continues to rise after Fed announcement

Wednesday , 17 Mar 2010
The yellow metal is up as much as 2.6% so far this week, largely on the back of safe haven buying
GOLD MARKET UPDATE

All eyes on the Fed as gold climbs toward $1,115

Tuesday , 16 Mar 2010
Persistent concerns over sovereign and currency risk are helping to support the price
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The future's hot for lithium - and getting hotter

Saturday , 20 Mar 2010
Lithium is not just a flavor of the year. It is in high demand for hybrid and electric vehicles, laptops, cell phones and will remain even more so as technology is perfected and consumer demand increases globally. The Gold Report interviews Jon Hykawy.
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