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President Obama has signed into law the biggest overhaul of American financial regulations in decades.

Africa

23 JUL 2010

Ball tampering

An American speaking at the Lord's cricket ground in London, at the invitation of an Australia-based

Australia

16 JUL 2010

Fuelling growth

Poland is one of Europe's leading coal producers, providing crucial energy both domestically and for

Europe/Middle East

16 JUL 2010

Dawson appointed

This month Greg Dawson joined Copper Ridge Explorations Inc as the company's president. Mr Dawson has

North America

16 JUL 2010

Kiev key

The International Monetary Fund has granted the Ukraine a ‘preliminary' 30-month stand-by arrangement

Europe/Middle East

09 JUL 2010

Oz Minerals grabs a Sandfire stake

Oz Minerals, copper, Doolgunna, DeGrussa, gold, Peak Hill, Sandfire, Posco

Capital markets

02 JUL 2010

Rio Tinto plans to increase Ivanhoe stake

Rio Tinto intends to increase its equity in Ivanhoe Mines Ltd to almost 30% for a cost of US$393 million

Australia

02 JUL 2010

Buried eggs

The mining and metals sector is by its nature a risky business. However, the sheer speed of change and

PGMs

02 JUL 2010

Rio Tinto lifts share in Ivanhoe

rio tinto, ivanhoe, copper, gold, mongolia, oyu tolgoi

Capital markets

30 JUN 2010

Codelco seeking partner on US$130m tailings project

Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), the world's largest copper producer, has said it

Citadel plans to fund Saudi Arabia mine

Citadel Resource Group has announced a A$250 million (US$220 million) entitlement issue to fund continued

Asia

25 JUN 2010

Navigating Afghanistan

His Excellency Wahidullah Shahrani is in town. This Friday, the minister of mines of the Islamic Republic

Asia

25 JUN 2010

AQM Copper adds board member

Ron Simkus has joined Canadian exploration company AQM Copper Inc as an independent director on its board.

Quadra FNX's China deal falls through

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) to form a joint venture between Quadra FNX Mining Ltd and a subsidiary

Extending the search

Japan is a both a producer and consumer of metals. Metals such as copper, lead, zinc and nickel are produced

Africa

18 JUN 2010