Vale to ditch Indonesia nickel assets, Gold vs Dollar, Goldcorp's El Morro controversy

Having trouble viewing this email?  View online Mining News Digest Saturday 18 October 2014 Home     Gold     Coal     Copper     Iron Ore     Oil Sands     Rare Earth     Silver     Uranium Vale to ditch 20% of its nickel assets in Indonesia The agreement signed with Indonesia's outgoing government also means higher royalties to be paid by the firm. read » MAYA-6060– Real Time Laser Analyzer Sponsor Digest Post It is now possible to know the chemical composition of a mineral raw material moving on a conveyor belt, in a falling stream, slurry pipeline, and open-pit mine right at the time material is running! A real opportunity to perform batch sorting of ore in beneficiation or provide a corrective addition of a chemical before it is too late for a process. MAYA analyzer involves no sampling, runs 24x7x365 under heavy industrial conditions without any environmental hazard. 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Industry-specific application details and more at www.laser-distance-spectrometry.com Oil container adrift off Haida Gwaii Carrying 400 tonnes of Bunker C fuel oil and 50 tonnes of diesel fuel read » CHART: Gold price vs dollar shows true extent of rally Based on past performance of the gold price relative to trade-weighted dollar index, gold should be touching $1,000 an ounce now. read » Gold benefits from market uncertainty After a prolonged period of low volatility as funds invested in ever-greater risk, markets have snapped and volatility has jumped. read » INFOGRAPHIC: a year's worth of resources in BC In response to popular demand from our home province of British Columbia, today we visualize the amount of natural resources extracted from BC each year. read » Chilean authorities divided over Goldcorp's $3.9bn El Morro mine The country's environmental authority criticized the Top Court decision saying the miner conducted proper consultation with local indigenous groups and shouldn't have to do it again. read » Hytera gives mining industry complete, reliable communication, safe & efficient Sponsor Digest Post Safe and efficient mine operation requires precise coordination between miners and machines. A wireless mining communication network which transports data, voice and videos is very essential. Hytera offers a completely cost effective wireless communication solution combining both technologies for data and voice communications to tackle challenges of communications on the going. Click here to view more detail Platinum, palladium price-setting technology 'optimum' for gold: LME The LME says its electronic solution for the platinum and palladium price — LMEbullion — could benefit gold bugs. read » Cliffs the newest victim of iron ore price slump: to take $6bn charge The miner said the move was driven by its revised pricing outlook and adverse market conditions. read » No time to attend courses in person? Live Webcasts are your convenient alternative! 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