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Who’d be in diamonds right now? Martin Rappaport’s weekly diamond industry newswire continues to report weakening consumer demand from across the board in the US retail market, and there’s no doubt whatsoever that that weakened
Full story...Mining deals come in all shapes and sizes. And when negotiations have been completed it is often hard to know who has got the better end of the trade. One cliché holds that the best deals are ones in which both parties feel
Full story...One swallow doesn’t make a summer, but it is very encouraging to see a new mining fund appear which is expressly intended to unclog markets for junior mining companies. Grafton Resource Investments will follow the business model
Full story...“We’ve got a good asset, and we intend to preserve it.” Fighting words from Paul Chapman, one of the new men in charge at Albidon, the Australian-based nickel miner doing it tough in Zambia. Chapman took a share of the reins
Full story...By late afternoon on the second day of the Mines and Money conference the crowds had worn a little thin. Paradoxically many of the conference’s more pessimistic delegates stuck around till the end, just so they could watch the
Full story...In Chicago, the board of trade has its VIX index to measure volatility - or fear - in the market. In Australia, they’ve invented the “washing machine index” to measure stock market instability. Well, no, actually they haven’t.
Full story...They came, they saw, and they had mixed opinions. Day one of this year’s Mines and Money conference met with a mixed reception from delegates. Some, having arrived in the expectation of a fairer hearing here than they were
Full story...It takes a brave man to fly in the face of all the whimpering and pessimism that’s doing the rounds in the junior mining sector. But one way of doing it is to spend up to C$3.5 million on buying back your own company’s shares on
Full story...Explorers with only one project to their name are always vulnerable to bad news about the one or two commodities that the specific deposit contains. When the market turns sour it doesn’t matter how good the drill results are, all
Full story...In the midst of all this gloom there are some bright spots to be found. One such is Lappland Goldminers, a company listed in Norway but based in the northernmost provinces of Sweden and Finland, whence Father Christmas travels
Full story...Last week Rusina Mining broke a fairly lengthy silence by releasing an announcement on progress at its Acoje nickel project in the Philippines. Rusina, to be fair, has had plenty of reason to keep quiet, given that the
Full story...Somebody somewhere will like as not be keeping a detailed record of all the production cutbacks that have been announced. In fact there will probably be lots of analysts tracking that data. But whether all the announcements will
Full story...This week Dominc Frisby talks to Irwin Olian of Sacre Coeur Minerals (CA:SCM). Irwin discusses his company, its prospects, and also takes a wider look at the economic outlook.
Full story...It was announced on December 1st that Rivington Street Holdings (RSH) is buying Oilbarrel.com. RSH is a media group chaired by Malcolm Burne, the fund manager and director of a number of resources companies in Canada, Australia
Full story...The week saw a massive, and positive, change in London’s enthusiasm for the mining sector, at least at the eyes of the major investing institutions, which contributed to an overall rise of nearly 22 per cent in the UK-quoted
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Etruscan's Youga Gold Mine production exceeds 21,000 ounces in Q4
Drilling Defines Priority Gold Target at Kambele in Cameroon
Additional Uranium Mineralisation Intersected in Drilling at the Mkuju River Project
INITIAL JORC RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR THE IPILAN NICKEL PROJECT, PHILIPPINES
Letter Of Intent Signed To Joint Venture Turkish Properties
Orsu Metals Corporation Announces Completion of Joint Venture Agreement With Gold Fields
Mine Continues to be Unaffected by Thai Political Changes
