Aussie takes charge of African lion
August 4 - 10, 2008
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti (AGA) has been seen as a pretender to the throne in the world gold mining industry. But that view may be changing rapidly thanks to one man.
AngloGold Ashanti CEO Mark Cutifani’s views on ...
August 4 - 10, 2008
NO SIGNIFICANT new gold discoveries in the past five years: I did hear someone say earlier this week that there hadn’t been a significant resource discovery in the industry for the past five years. I’m not sure where they’ve been ...
Why gold bugs love silver
August 4 - 10, 2008
SILVER was the shooting star, the brilliant white light which soared in a parabolic move to $US50 on January 21, 1980. Legend has it that it flamed out and fell to earth, a humble industrial metal. It appeared that the lustre of silver as an investment asset was eternally tarnished.
Barrick cheers for change
August 4 - 10, 2008
ONE company taking a close look at Rio Tinto’s centralised remote operations control model is Barrick Gold Corporation, which claims to be on track to achieve “significant cost reductions” from a test program taking in its Darlot, Lawlers and Granny Smith operations in Western Australia.