Minews Story: September 02, 2010

Maudore Minerals Plans To Develop A High Grade Open Pit Gold Mine In Quebec, Once Next Year’s Extensive Drill Programme Is Complete

It is always useful to take a quick look at the share price of a company before starting to write on it, as it gives a useful snapshot of market sentiment. In the case of Canadian-listed Maudore Minerals the shares have shot up

Minews Story: September 02, 2010

It's Only A Matter Of Time Before The Market Recognises The Value Of The Stake Red Rock Resources Holds In Jupiter Mines

Eventually the Red Rock stake in Australian-listed Jupiter Mines will be diluted to the point where the influence of Red Rock chairman Andrew Bell will be marginalised. But by that time neither Andrew Bell, nor the Red Rock

Minews Story: September 02, 2010

All About The Business Of Mining: The Africa Down Under Conference Gets Into Its Stride

“Bizarre”. “Astonishing”. “Jaw-dropping”. All are valid ways of describing the mining conference currently being held this week in the Australian city of Perth. That it’s about mining is not the reason for the excitement in the

Minews Story: September 01, 2010

Geologix Explorations Is Just A Month Away From A Preliminary Economic Assessment On The Tepal Copper-Gold Project In Mexico

“Aggressive” is a word that Geologix Explorations uses a lot when describing its strategy, and right now that certainly seems to be its style. The company has drill programmes ongoing at two projects in Mexico.

Minews Story: September 01, 2010

Kenmare Steadies The Ship At Moma, And Is Now Within Sight Of A 10 Per Cent Market Share In The Production Of Titanium Feedstock

“This year’s a happier year than last year, that’s for sure.” So says Michael Carvill, managing director of Kenmare Resources, and given the bumps and scrapes that Kenmare incurred last year, it’s hard to disagree. Back in 2009,

Minews Story: September 01, 2010

The Straws In The Wind Seem To Be Blowing Against Oleg Deripaska And Rusal, As Vladimir Putin Cosies Up To Norilsk

Oleg Deripaska, chief executive of Russian aluminium monopoly Rusal, is preparing for a series of presentations to institutional investors in Boston and New York next week, chaperoned by one of his largest creditor banks, BNP

Minews Story: September 01, 2010

BHP Billiton Embarks On A Great Fertiliser Adventure, And Shareholders Hold Their Breath

If Marius Kloppers, the young chief executive of BHP Billiton, was expecting a rousing cheer from shareholders over his US$40 billion takeover bid for Canada’s Potash Corporation he will have been rather disappointed. Since the

Minews Story: August 31, 2010

The Battle For Boardroom Control Of Euromax Resources Intensifies

Canadian-listed Euromax Resources has been going through a very strange time this year, and the signs are that things are going to get even stranger. You cannot fly in the face of a clear vote at an AGM, when 69 million votes out

Minews Story: August 31, 2010

Ovoca Gold Plans To Add To The Resource At Olcha At A Rapid Rate This Autumn

Shares in Ovoca Gold have tacked on a handy 6p since they hit a year low of slightly less than 15p back in March. Since then, the recovery has been steady, and swift. The shares are now trading just shy of 22p, having tacked on

Commodities: August 31, 2010

The US Economy Will Be In No Position To Support Metals Prices Any Time Soon

Jim Rogers has been saying it for a long time, but the evidence that he is right has slowly been increasing. Last week the dollar-yen exchange rate hit a 15 year high/low of Y84. That’s only a few cents away from the record Y79.7

Minews Story: August 29, 2010

That Was The Week That Was ... In London

The run up to the long weekend at the end of August is normally one of the quietest weeks of the year on London's stock markets. However, this week continued the recent theme by being reasonably lively. Overall, the market ended

Minews Story: August 28, 2010

That Was The Week That Was ... In Australia

Minews. Good morning Australia. How did your market perform in a week when there was no clear indication of who is governing the country?

Oz. Not badly. All the indices were down marginally, but that was largely because of the

Minews Story: August 27, 2010

That Was The Week That Was … In Canada

Minews. Now, over to our Canadian Correspondent for the latest on Potash Corp of Saskatchewan and for a look at how the Canadian markets performed over the past week.

CC. Potash Corp of Saskatchewan continued to fight the

Features: August 27, 2010

If Deflation Wins, What Will Gold Stocks Do?

The talk of a possible double dip is now common banter on TV investment programs. And indeed, deflationary forces seem to have a stronger grip right now than inflationary ones. So if deflation is the next reality we have to face,

Minews Story: August 26, 2010

Baobab Drills On Towards An Updated Resource Estimate For Tete, Due Out In November

“Things are really humming along at Tete”, says Ben James, managing director of Baobab Resources. Tete, for those not in the know, is Baobab’s flagship development project, one that already boasts a 47.7 million tonne resource