Ego, economics seen hampering mining consolidation
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In a mining market awash with cash and parched for discoveries, there are rock-solid reasons why the junior mining sector should consolidate, but ego and economics could get in the way of such deals.
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GOLD Fields management may have only themselves to blame for yesterday&#39;s bid by Harmony to take over their company, a move which, if successful, is likely to cost them their jobs.
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Keeping emotion out of your investing is easier said than done.
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GIA grading of artificial diamonds alongside natural stones strikes a blow to the mining monopoly. By Joshua Davis from Wired magazine.
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Company has another tough quarter despite a good market for drillers.
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The South African mining company Lonmin is one of many whose results are suffering from what one broker charming calls &quot;dollar mange&quot;.
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Earnings are evidence that rising commodities aren't always simple.
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The move underscored the strategic significance of mining in a resource-stretched age as well as Chinaâs formidable and still largely untapped economic might.
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By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Dec. 10--Mining activities generally make a mess of the landscape. It doesn't matter whether the target of the mining is copper, limestone or calcium carbonate. The end result is like a wound that won't heal and continues to affect everything around it.
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SINGAPORE: The mainland&#39;s plan to buy Canadian mining giant Noranda for some US$5 billion is just the beginning of an overseas acquisition march fuelled by swollen foreign exchange reserves and a need to secure natural resources.
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BHP Billiton shareholders are about to be rewarded directly from the torrents of cash coursing through the giant resources group. Perversely, that may make some of them quite unhappy.
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There may be other things afoot in investors' minds than less-than-stellar quarterly results
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Mixed signals from the markets and divided opinions from the experts may be unsettling, but they are consistent with the prospect of a long stretch of prosperity ahead.
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BOR, Serbia  - Once a socialist success story, Serbia's bankrupt copper mine is now hoping surging copper prices can attract a new owner with cash to reverse the fortunes of the sprawling complex and dusty town beyond.
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The Latin American gold miner looks to consolidate the sector in a big way.
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With the company's reserves running dry, investors might want to dip into a different well.
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Up-and-coming mining firms are still flocking to list on the sector&#39;s main stock markets more than a year after metal prices started to surge, increasing