International Business News - Mining http://www.ibtimes.com/subsection/industries/mining.htm All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The South African power situation and its likely effect over the next few years on new and existing platinum developments was the common issue noted by the speakers at RBCCM's first annual platinum conference in London. 118037 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/power-issues-predominate-at-platinum-presentations.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 04:50:00 EDT With the dollar falling, renewed strength is being seen in the gold market, while platinum strong in anticipation of bullish research report from Johnson Matthey 118036 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/gold-ends-the-week-over-900-again.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 04:24:00 EDT Copper prices climbed on Friday on worries that a new strike in Chile's Codelco, the largest copper producer of copper in the world, may diminish supplies of the metal. 117755 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/copper-coldeco-chile-mexico-commodities.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 17:27:39 EDT Aluminium and zinc prices are being driven upwards by concerns over supply from, and infrastructure in, China's devastated Sichuan province. 117614 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/aluminium-prices-driven-higher-by-sichuan-earthquake.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 08:45:00 EDT A decision to invest in a mine in Africa should be made only after assessing your own investment profile. The news is always full of African mining stories. But that is because African mining is a continuous tale of skulduggery and mayhem, not because 117548 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/africa-fascinating-but-profitable.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 08:44:58 EDT Global zinc giant Zinifex today showed the value of its decision last year to step up exploration near its mining and mineral processing facilities in Australia. A new name in the company's resource inventory is Tasmania. 117606 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/global-zinc-giant-zinifex-details-new-tasmanian.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 08:23:00 EDT A handful of larger listed platinum stocks have attracted strong buying interest in recent days. 117570 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/a-platinum-basket.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 07:48:00 EDT Eritrea is considering five more applications for exploration licences, and will make its decision within the year. 117457 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/eritrea-considers-5-more-foreign-mining-licences.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 06:01:00 EDT De Beers report heightens geotechnical and political challenges in Archangel diamond mining project. 117456 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/archangel-diamond-mine-hinges-on-girls-and.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 05:43:00 EDT The quarterly Fortis Hedging and Financial Gold report says the first quarter of 2008 saw a "huge" drop in gold hedging, but the market support from producer buybacks is coming to a close. 117446 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/big-q1-drop-in-gold-hedge-book.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 04:22:00 EDT Gold hedging has fallen 18% in the first quarter to 22 million ounces as gold price rises. 117440 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/global-q1-gold-hedging-falls-18.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 03:33:00 EDT The Brazilian steel industry has raised its sales forecast to over 13%, lowering export expectations. 117439 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/brazilian-steel-industry-raises-sales-forecast.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 03:27:00 EDT BHP Billiton, the world's largest miner, rose to a record on Friday after a report that Chinese interests would like to make a joint bid with another investor to buy 9 percent of the mining company. 117416 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/bhp-billiton-rises-record-report-chinese-investors.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 02:30:17 EDT As Silver Standard anticipates the start-up of its first major mine late this year in Argentina, the company is confident of its liquidity and negotiations concerning mining export taxes. 117431 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/silver-standard-expresses-confidence-in-argentinean-export.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 02:30:00 EDT Venezuela stops open-pits and gold mines. 117430 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/more-bad-news-for-crystallex-and-gold.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 02:28:00 EDT Rio Tinto has already spent US$300 million on its Simandou iron ore project but the company still eyes investors from China to partner it as it moves to develop the 170 million tonne per annum mine. 117429 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/rio-tinto-eyes-chinese-investors-to-partner.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 02:25:00 EDT Commodity analysts for French bank Natixis reckon that recent experience of markets in some base metals highlights that it only takes a minor change in sentiment/fundamentals to generate a very different price environment. 117428 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/base-metals-a-selective-bull-market.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 02:23:00 EDT Despite silver bugs, who insist the price of silver has been artificially depressed, the second study by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in four years finds no evidence supporting the allegations. 117427 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/cftc-still-finds-no-evidence-of-silver.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 02:22:00 EDT Much to the chagrin of silver enthusiasts who believe the price has been artificially held back, a second study in four years by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) revealed no evidence of manipulation in the silver futures market. Silver bugs 117385 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/cftc-sees-no-evidence-of-manipulation-in-silver-markets.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 20:59:55 EDT Uranium One interim CEO Jean Nortier says the company has upside at its uranium mines in Kazakhstan and pledges higher production and grades at Dominion mine in SA, but suspends the Australian Honeymoon project pending a strategic review.. 117145 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/uranium-one-upbeat-about-kazakhstan-but-spends.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 13:57:00 EDT