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Harmony pays first dividend in five years

Harmony Gold Mining Ltd has declared its first dividend in five years, deciding to reward longstanding

Africa

21 AUG 2009

Tianshan departs China

Australia-based Tianshan Goldfields Ltd plans to offload all its Chinese assets, following a US$22.5

Capital markets

21 AUG 2009

Brinkley to offload remaining assets

Brinkley Mining plc is to sell its remaining assets under plans to make the company a cash shell aiming

Africa

21 AUG 2009

Patience please

Last Monday, the South African President, Jacob Zuma, marked his first 100 days in office. I am not the

Africa

21 AUG 2009

Why gold bugs love silver

SILVER was the shooting star, the brilliant white light which soared in a parabolic move to $US50 on

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21 AUG 2009

Paper, scissors, rock

THE game is simple. One, two, three – paper beats rock. Paper always beats rock. The veracity of the

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21 AUG 2009

Lots of shouting at the fork in the road

THIS WEEK’S Excellence in Mining and Exploration conference in Sydney highlighted the salient fact that

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21 AUG 2009

Aussie takes charge of African lion

ANGLOGOLD Ashanti (AGA) has been seen as a pretender to the throne in the world gold mining industry.

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21 AUG 2009

Critic wary of Perth Mint swindle

WIDESPREAD reports of physical bullion shortages have shone a bright light upon the veracity of pool,

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21 AUG 2009

Beyond the Gold Standard: a whimsical look at Middle America

THERE is nothing new under the sun. Political acts of folly recur through the ages, none more so than

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21 AUG 2009

Barking dogs really bug me

IVANHOE Mines boss Robert Friedland barking like a dog must have created amusement at the recent World

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21 AUG 2009

Barrick cheers for change

ONE company taking a close look at Rio Tinto’s centralised remote operations control model is Barrick

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21 AUG 2009

AngloGold Ashanti CEO Mark Cutifani's views on ...

NO SIGNIFICANT new gold discoveries in the past five years: I did hear someone say earlier this week

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21 AUG 2009

Will there be another Goldcorp Challenge?

ONE THING many people who remember the Goldcorp Challenge can agree on is that the concept’s author,

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21 AUG 2009

Meeting of mines must wait

ROHAN Williams might feel content. The Avoca Resources chief can afford to be patient and perhaps channel

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20 AUG 2009

Tianshan departs China

Australian-based Tianshan Goldfields Ltd plans to offload all its Chinese assets, following a US$22.5

Capital markets

19 AUG 2009