October 10, 2011 Kyrgyz horsemen petrol bomb Gold Fields mine, severely beat manager International Business Times reports that a mob of horsemen armed with sticks and petrol bombs attacked an exploration camp run by South African miner Gold Fields' joint venture in Kyrgyzstan,…
October 10, 2011 More violence likely after striker shot dead at Grasberg, Indonesian police send reinforcements Reports on Monday say Indonesian security forces fired on striking workers at Freeport McMoRan's Grasberg mine in the country's poorest province West Papua after a protest turned violent, killing one…
October 10, 2011 Ariana Resources has ‘key opportunity’ to increase potential for multi-million ounce finds Turkey-focused gold miner Ariana Resources ( LON:AAU ) said today that it has a “key opportunity” to substantially increase its mineral exploration footprint in western Turkey now that licence auctions…
October 10, 2011 Ovoca Gold gets key certificate for Olcha deposit in Russia Russia-focused Ovoca Gold (LON:OVG) has received a key permit which allows the group to apply for a mining licence on the presently drilled reserves of the Olcha deposit - part…
October 10, 2011 Physical buying from China drives gold rally, safe haven demand absent Gold for December delivery traded up $37.30, or 2.3%, at $1,673.10 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange in early afternoon trade Monday, after climbing more than $40 earlier…
October 9, 2011 Sudan to produce 7 tonnes of gold in 2011 to make up for lost oil from south Reuters reports Sudan said on Sunday it expects its mining industry to produce around 7 tonnes of gold in 2011 and it plans to launch a gold refinery next year…
October 9, 2011 Venezuela faces fresh $3.8 billion claim over nationalized gold mine The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes has advised Crystallex International Corp. that proceedings in its $3.8 billion case against Venezuela for nationalizing gold-mining assets has begun. The Toronto-listed…
October 9, 2011 Iamgold’s Suriname mine breaks output record Rosebel Goldmines (RGM) has achieved a record production in Brokopondo of nearly 400,000 troy ounces (12,440 kilos) of gold. RGM’s parent company IamGold announces this in its annual report for…
October 9, 2011 South Africa’s gold miners await technology breakthrough to save them Fin24 reports South Africa's gold mining industry is under such cost pressure, owing to gold reserves that are too deep to be mined profitably, that within a decade or two…
October 9, 2011 Qataris are eyeing Greek gold reserves Qatar is joining the field of gold mining in this country after a recent agreement by the Qatar Investment Authority to fund the Hellenic Gold investment in Halkidiki, northern Greece.
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