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Minews Story: September 03, 2010

Goldplat Is On The Threshold Of A New Era, With Gold Production Increasing And An Acquisition In Ghana On The Cards

It can be very frustrating to get proper recognition in the market for a junior mining company, as Demetri Manolis, the chief executive of Aim-traded Goldplat admits, but for his particular company that moment cannot be far off.

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Minews Story: September 02, 2010

It's Only A Matter Of Time Before The Market Recognises The Value Of The Stake Red Rock Resources Holds In Jupiter Mines

Eventually the Red Rock stake in Australian-listed Jupiter Mines will be diluted to the point where the influence of Red Rock chairman Andrew Bell will be marginalised. But by that time neither Andrew Bell, nor the Red Rock

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Minews Story: September 02, 2010

All About The Business Of Mining: The Africa Down Under Conference Gets Into Its Stride

“Bizarre”. “Astonishing”. “Jaw-dropping”. All are valid ways of describing the mining conference currently being held this week in the Australian city of Perth. That it’s about mining is not the reason for the excitement in the

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Minews Story: September 01, 2010

Kenmare Steadies The Ship At Moma, And Is Now Within Sight Of A 10 Per Cent Market Share In The Production Of Titanium Feedstock

“This year’s a happier year than last year, that’s for sure.” So says Michael Carvill, managing director of Kenmare Resources, and given the bumps and scrapes that Kenmare incurred last year, it’s hard to disagree. Back in 2009,

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Minews Story: September 01, 2010

The Straws In The Wind Seem To Be Blowing Against Oleg Deripaska And Rusal, As Vladimir Putin Cosies Up To Norilsk

Oleg Deripaska, chief executive of Russian aluminium monopoly Rusal, is preparing for a series of presentations to institutional investors in Boston and New York next week, chaperoned by one of his largest creditor banks, BNP

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Minews Story: September 01, 2010

BHP Billiton Embarks On A Great Fertiliser Adventure, And Shareholders Hold Their Breath

If Marius Kloppers, the young chief executive of BHP Billiton, was expecting a rousing cheer from shareholders over his US$40 billion takeover bid for Canada’s Potash Corporation he will have been rather disappointed. Since the

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Minews Story: August 31, 2010

Ovoca Gold Plans To Add To The Resource At Olcha At A Rapid Rate This Autumn

Shares in Ovoca Gold have tacked on a handy 6p since they hit a year low of slightly less than 15p back in March. Since then, the recovery has been steady, and swift. The shares are now trading just shy of 22p, having tacked on

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Commodities: August 31, 2010

The US Economy Will Be In No Position To Support Metals Prices Any Time Soon

Jim Rogers has been saying it for a long time, but the evidence that he is right has slowly been increasing. Last week the dollar-yen exchange rate hit a 15 year high/low of Y84. That’s only a few cents away from the record Y79.7

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Minews Story: August 29, 2010

That Was The Week That Was ... In London

The run up to the long weekend at the end of August is normally one of the quietest weeks of the year on London's stock markets. However, this week continued the recent theme by being reasonably lively. Overall, the market ended

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Features: August 27, 2010

If Deflation Wins, What Will Gold Stocks Do?

The talk of a possible double dip is now common banter on TV investment programs. And indeed, deflationary forces seem to have a stronger grip right now than inflationary ones. So if deflation is the next reality we have to face,

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Minews Story: August 26, 2010

Baobab Drills On Towards An Updated Resource Estimate For Tete, Due Out In November

“Things are really humming along at Tete”, says Ben James, managing director of Baobab Resources. Tete, for those not in the know, is Baobab’s flagship development project, one that already boasts a 47.7 million tonne resource

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Commodities: August 23, 2010

Resources Companies Jostle For Position As China Moves To The Number Two Spot In The Global Economic Rankings

Chinese Walls were, and maybe still are, the mythical barriers established in investment banks to prevent the flow of price sensitive information from those departments that know something to those that can make money from

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Minews Story: August 23, 2010

Ormonde Mining Dusts Off The Gold Portfolio, Although The Barruecopardo Tungsten Project Remains The Main Focus

If anyone spots a red-faced Scotsman wandering around the Saudi desert doing geophys and wearing Citadel Resources field gear, well, that’ll be our old friend Fraser Gardiner, late of Ormonde Mining, who’s moved on to pastures,

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Minews Story: August 22, 2010

That Was The Week That Was … In London

August continues to be quiet in terms of trading activity, though it was an unusually busy week in terms of announcements and corporate activity. The overall tone though was negative with the usual concerns about the

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Minews Story: August 20, 2010

Denying Planning Permission To Scotgold’s Gold Mine Could Have An Impact In The Region Akin To The Highland Clearances

It’s the Highland Clearances again ... albeit on a rather lesser scale. In both cases no good for Scotland and even less for the people involved. Remember the Highland Clearances which took place back in the late 1700s and early

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