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The Board of Directors of Sandvik proposes a long-term incentive program 2014

The Board of Directors of Sandvik AB proposes that the Annual General Meeting resolve on a long-term incentive program for 2014 (“LTI 2014”) in the form of a performance share program.

Sandvik | March 24, 2014 | 4:27 pm

SouthGobi hit badly by coal prices slump, seeks funding to avert default

The Vancouver-based miner said it expected coal prices to remain weak.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 24, 2014 | 3:05 pm

Diamond prices spike whet De Beers appetite for new markets

The diamond giant expects to secure exploration rights in Angola before the end of the year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 24, 2014 | 2:14 pm

Gas sector to replace mining as Australia’s main growth driver

Together with other four key industries, gas could add $250 billion to the economy over the next two decades, shows a new study.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 24, 2014 | 10:40 am

Hedge funds bullish gold bets surge to 13.8m ounces

Net long positions in gold amassed by large investors jump 12.5% to a more than one-year high.

Frik Els | March 23, 2014 | 9:10 pm

Tibetans protest land seizure linked to gold mining

Hundreds of Tibetans last week protested land seizures for the construction of highways linked to gold mining in the Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

MINING.com Editor | March 23, 2014 | 6:33 pm

TIL: Alan Greenspan’s first job was a metals analyst

Former US Fed chairman shares his thoughts on Dr Copper.

Frik Els | March 23, 2014 | 5:06 pm

Birth of new Ukrainian nation? Interview with Robert Bensh

With Crimea, Ukraine loses some prospective offshore oil and gas territory in the Black Sea, but it doesn't lose any shale. All the shale is in Ukraine's east and west.

Oilprice.com | March 23, 2014 | 4:52 pm