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More pain for SouthGobi shareholders

Embattled SouthGobi Resources (TSX:SGQ) shed over 4% on Wednesday bring its losses since April to 40%, after announcing its Mongolian subsidiary SGS has filed a notice of investment dispute with the government of the Asian country.

Frik Els | July 11, 2012 | 10:00 pm

INFOGRAPHIC: A step-by-step on what is the Libor scandal

Accounting.net put together a handy graphic to explain what Libor is, what the scandal was about and how the rest of the economy felt the impact.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 11, 2012 | 9:03 pm

Stans Energy up 10% after producing heavy REEs in Kyrgyzstan ahead of schedule

The company said 50kg of dysprosium with 99.9% purity was separated from resins remaining from past production runs at the former Soviet Union's number one rare earth plant.

Frik Els | July 11, 2012 | 8:35 pm

China blocks WTO rare earths arbitration as US critical minerals bill goes to a vote

"Passage of this legislation is an important step toward recovering the 22,000 rare earth-related jobs the U.S. has lost since the 1980s.”

Frik Els | July 11, 2012 | 7:17 pm

Is gold stuck in Bizzaro Land?

In the Seinfeld episode “The Bizarro Jerry,” Elaine meets a group of people who are complete opposites of Jerry, George, Kramer. The show provides a rather striking similarity to today’s Bizarro financial market.

Eric McWhinnie - Wall Street Cheat Sheet | July 11, 2012 | 5:36 pm

Franco Nevada Corporation: a gold play for the long term

"This is a company with a business model that is extremely difficult to argue with. Franco Nevada has a diversified portfolio of high margin, cash flow producing assets principally in North America."

Bob Kirtley - Gold-Prices.biz | July 11, 2012 | 5:17 pm

Bolivia seizes South American Silver’s assets

Bolivian President Evo Morales has nationalized the assets of Vancouver-based South American Silver, accusing the miner of causing a conflict that saw violence erupt among communities around the mining project it was developing there.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2012 | 1:59 pm

Rio and BHP near the top of most transparent companies list

Mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton came up tops in the 2012 report by an anti-corruption group which analyzed the 105 largest publicly listed companies across the world.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2012 | 1:53 pm

Pocket of strength: employment in the mining industry

Did you know that one of the industries that has seen the best job growth in the U.S. is mining?

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | July 11, 2012 | 1:30 pm

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