May 14, 2012 Monday metal meltdown: Gold drops to 10-month low "What is more disconcerting is that while investors have over the past few weeks appeared cautious of running too short on gold, this fear looks to have evaporated."
May 6, 2012 South Africa mine casualty figures at record low Miningmx.com reports April has seen the lowest number of mining fatalities ever in South Africa, according to figures released by mines minister Susan Shabangu.
May 3, 2012 Platinum to rack up eighth year of surplus Meanwhile, palladium remained in a gross deficit last year, with this being likely to increase in 2012.
May 2, 2012 US metal and industrial metal mine salaries for 2011 There is no such thing as an average miner. There is no such thing as an average salary. Yet we can get some idea of how well mining people are…
May 1, 2012 Scientific rationality aside, metals prices are about to turn for the better-Ecclestone It may not be a first order recovery for mining project financing, but there are more than a few reasons to be cheerful in the mining space, Hallgarten's Christopher Ecclestone…
April 30, 2012 Zimplats sees quarterly profits jump 170 pct A 32% increase in revenue from higher average platinum prices saw Impala Platinum's Zimbabwe unit's profits climb 170% quarter on quarter despite some labour and power shortage problems.
April 30, 2012 Aquarius Platinum posts Q3 net loss The miner posted a net loss of $9.4 million for the quarter to the end of March, owing to weaker platinum prices and a drop in production on the back…
April 26, 2012 Surprised it lasted this long. Soviet-era palladium stockpiles said to be depleted Apart from Russian reserves no longer distorting the market, South Africa's dwindling supply is bound to boost prices further.
April 24, 2012 Asteroid miners explain just how they are going to do it Planetary Resources took the wrapper off the new company that plans to mine asteroids, and the company has half a road map on how to get precious metals out of…
April 22, 2012 Wesizwe Platinum’s new mine smell The construction of Wesizwe's Bakubung mine is in sharp contrast to the the general gloominess that currently envelops South Africa's platinum sector
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