Organizing officials decided to drop proposals for venues in the diamond town of Kimberley and the mining centre of Orkney following a series of inspections by Fifa.
Very much Africa's superpower, South Africa has the continent's biggest economy, though this went into recession in May 2009 following a sharp slowdown in the mining and manufacturing sectors.
We have advised readers of our Canada Report newsletter to sell Inmet Mining (TSX: IMN, OTC: IEMMF) after the price of the stock rose sharply following the Jan. 13 announcement of a merger with Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN).
But in its end of the year presentation, Gold Fields provided the following chart depicting how poorly the large gold mining company shares have done since 2006 compared to owning the physical metal.
Mining analyst John Meyer, from Fairfax Investment Bank, has been following Glencore's and Xstrata's activities for more than a decade.
Shares of Brazil mining company Vale (VALE) could have a tough opening on Monday following news that its CEO, Roger Agnelli, is stepping down.
Most Canadian Inuit, following a landmark reform in 1986, live in semi-autonomous provinces, with pipeline and mining revenues.
Joel Smolen, hedge fund manager at Axion Capital in San Rafael, says hard assets like gold, silver and equities of mining and metals companies in countries like Australia and Brazil are the places to be following the U.S. credit downgrade.
FORBES: Hard Assets The Place To Be Following U.S. Credit Downgrade
Mining stocks made strong gains, responding favorably to an increase in commodity prices on Friday following the U.S. jobs report.
Following economic liberalization in 1991, these same elites were best placed to secure privileged access to lucrative contracts in mining, property development and infrastructure the sectors that have driven India's recent economic growth.
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