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MONSTER SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DEPOSIT
Wednesday
,
10 Mar 2010
The Carrapateena polymetallic project raised eyebrows earlier this decade with what must be the best mineral intersection ever in Australia but it has been relatively dormant since the global financial crisis. Now development options are being explored - an euphemism for a joint venture or sale.
PACIFIC ISLANDS GOLD
Wednesday
,
10 Mar 2010
Allied Gold Ltd is building up to a major gold producer in the Pacific region with an annual target output by 2011 of 200,000 ounces.
TENNANT CREEK GOLD PROJECT
Tuesday
,
09 Mar 2010
An Australian gold explorer in the Tennant Creek field of Australia's Northern Territory clearly has a difference of opinion with the mighty AngloGold Ashanti Ltd on terms for a claw-back arrangement.
POLITICAL RISK
Tuesday
,
09 Mar 2010
CEO, Richard O'Brien says, while not an overriding factor, it is something the group has to consider
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOLD SCENE
Monday
,
08 Mar 2010
The successful mid-tier, high-grade gold producer near Kalgoorlie, Silver Lake Resources, has found a new lead in an old mining camp in the Murchison goldfield in the mid north of Western Australia.
LOUNGE LIZARD PROJECT
Monday
,
08 Mar 2010
The Queensland polymetallic miner Kagara Ltd which broadened its base to mining nickel in Western Australia late last year has produced some major new assays from the Lounge Lizard project in the Forrestania belt of Western Australia.
COKING COAL PRICING
Monday
,
08 Mar 2010
The group has reached terms for a significant portion of its 2010 hard coking coal volumes
TRADING ACTION
Monday
,
08 Mar 2010
Shares in the Australian miner were placed in a trading halt by the stock exchange pending a potentially material announcement
VENEZUELA GOLD PURCHASE
Friday
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05 Mar 2010
Venezuela is the latest gold producing country to confirm it is planning to boost its Central bank gold reserves through buying gold from its domestic mine production.
POSITIVES OUTWEIGH NEGATIVES
Thursday
,
04 Mar 2010
Despite some apparently poor fundamentals, gold could well be set for a further rise this year as investor sentiment remains strong.
PAYDIRT URANIUM CONFERENCE
Monday
,
01 Mar 2010
Author and leading academic Professor Ian Plimer said the lack of a cohesive long-term energy policy in Australia at both Federal and State levels will hold back development of one of the world's most energy rich nations.
GUNNEDAH BASIN
Monday
,
01 Mar 2010
Farmers say planned mines could damage water aquifiers that sustain the Gunnedah Basin
BLUEPRINT FOR WORLD'S BIGGEST URANIUM MINE
Monday
,
01 Mar 2010
The South Australian Government has allocated funds for a task force looking into the massive and protracted study on expanding the big Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold mine in the State's far north.
VETERAN LEAD-ZINC-SILVER MINING CAMP
Friday
,
26 Feb 2010
A year ago miner Perilya and the famous Broken Hill mining centre in the far west of New South Wales were looking down the barrel, reeling from the impact of the global financial crisis. The rescue at that time came from Chinese company Zhongjin Lingnan Mining (HK) Co Ltd.
END OF YEAR CASH BALANCE OF US$180M
Thursday
,
25 Feb 2010
OZ Minerals which emerged from the ashes of what had been one of the world's biggest lead-zinc and copper miners has given a strong financial performance despite the overhang of residual losses from the dismantling of the originally troubled company.
RIU EXPLORERS CONFERENCE
Wednesday
,
24 Feb 2010
A magnetite project on the central Eyre Peninsula of South Australia may tiptoe into production by sending its maiden consignment of direct shipping ore to China through the State's major port.
BOND ISSUES
Wednesday
,
24 Feb 2010
Speculation around such a possibility was sparked by announcements the diversified miner has scheduled meetings with bond investors next month
CHINA - AUSTRALIA RELATIONS
Wednesday
,
24 Feb 2010
Australia and China resumed free trade talks Wednesday, which Australia says were not hurt by the arrest of four Rio Tinto employees on charges of espionage
BRAZILIAN MINING
Tuesday
,
23 Feb 2010
The Australian gold miner has had its second encounter with gold thieves in Brazil.
INFLATION RISKS
Tuesday
,
23 Feb 2010
Reserve Bank of Australia's deputy governor says the current boom enjoyed within Australia's mining circles could last beyond 2020 but policymakers need to be disciplined to make sure inflation is contained
FIRST POUR IN MAY
Tuesday
,
23 Feb 2010
One of Australia's newest gold mining operations is on track to make its first gold pour a month ahead of schedule in May.
COAL PRICES
Tuesday
,
23 Feb 2010
BHP offered $200 per tonne for the quarter but, Japanese steelmakers say it is too hard to evaluate without an annual price
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COPPER-GOLD PROJECT
Monday
,
22 Feb 2010
The Doolgunna high grade copper project had a lot of hype to live up to and today this project in Western Australia's north Murchison mineral field would have placated doubters with a phase one resource of 372,000 tonnes of contained copper, 439,000 ounces gold and 3.4 million oz silver.
ESTIMATED $10BN IN COST SAVINGS
Friday
,
19 Feb 2010
Australia's competition regulator has asked for additional information before it makes a decision on whether or not the proposed $116bn iron ore joint venture may go ahead
IRON ORE PRICE FORECAST
Friday
,
19 Feb 2010
The group says it is running its mines at higher production rates
EARNINGS NUMBERS
Thursday
,
18 Feb 2010
Tier 1 Australian gold miner Lihir Gold broke several impressive records in calendar 2009 but still had to wear a statutory net loss because of its disastrous investment in the revival programme for the Ballarat goldfield in Victoria. (CORRECTION to US$ figures)
WASM IN PERIL
Wednesday
,
17 Feb 2010
The latest mining school to face closure, something which has happened to many others around the world, is Western Australia's School of Mines in Kalgoorlie.
