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VANADIUM

American Vanadium clinches master accord to sell German clean technology

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US project developer American vanadium on Wednesday announced it has sealed a master agreement that would allow it to market and sell German energy solutions provider Gildemeister’s CellCube vanadium-redox flow batteries in North America. The...
22nd May 2013
 
 
LABOUR

Chamber of Mines expects wage deals after tough talks

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Wage hike demands of up to 60% put to South African coal and gold producers by the National Union of Mineworkers are "extremely high" but agreements will be hammered out, the head of the country's chamber of mines said on Wednesday. "For us, the...
22nd May 2013
 
 
MINING INVESTMENT

Resource investments to fall back to 2007 levels – BREE

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Committed investment in Australia’s resources and energy sector has reached a peak, with investments projected to decline over the next five years, the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE) said on Wednesday. In its latest report, the...
22nd May 2013
 
 
DIVERSIFIED MINERS

ACR to apply for stay of proceedings in Marange licence indictment case

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Aim-listed African Consolidated Resources (ACR) would apply to the Attorney General in Zimbabwe for a stay of proceedings while an appeal against a judgment that an indictment against the company could not be quashed, was under way. ACR on Monday...
21st May 2013
 
 
CORPORATE ACTIVITY

Waratah splits Africa, Aus assets into new divisions

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Iron-ore junior Waratah Resources on Tuesday told shareholders that it would refocus its priorities and create two new divisions within the company. Waratah, which recently completed a A$1.7-million capital raising, said it would now have an...
21st May 2013
 
 
LABOUR INACTION

Workers strike at Bolivia's top tin mine, seek better pensions

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Workers on strike at Bolivia's biggest tin mine, state-run Huanuni, have cost the mine $5-million in lost output since they walked off the job on May 6, the government said on Friday. Miners at Huanuni have joined a general strike to demand...
17th May 2013
 
 
COMMODITIES

Focus on cost reduction as volatile prices place strain on projects

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Advisory firm Deloitte on Friday warned that the continued economic uncertainty, and consequent volatility in equity and commodity markets, were increasing pressures on major capital projects, prompting a focus on cost reduction and timely...
17th May 2013
 
 
RARE EARTHS

Critical alternative rare earths sources remain elusive well after 2010 curbs

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Following the global economic downturn of 2008/09 and a series of events and press reports in 2010 that coined what some referred to as the “rare-earth crisis,” there has been a glut of new rare earths projects starting out, yet few have...
17th May 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
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