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May 28 (Reuters) - South Africa may take unspecified "interventions" in the gold and platinum sectors as part of a state plan to maintain the viability of the industries, mines minister Susan Shabangu said on Tuesday.

"I have directed my officials to urgently explore all available avenues and develop a rescue plan," she said in a speech to parliament.

There would be a "particular focus on both supply and demand-side interventions," she said.

The world's topo, início platinum producers, South Africa and Russia, agreed to attempt to cope with excess supplies of the metal through a memorandum of understanding...
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The prospect of a deep sea "gold rush" opening a controversial new frontier for mining on the ocean floor has moved a step closer.
The United Nations has published its first plan for managing the extraction of so-called "nodules" - small mineral-rich rocks - from the seabed.
A technical study was carried out por the UN's International Seabed Authority - the body overseeing deep sea mining.
It says companies could apply for licences from as soon as 2016.
The idea of exploiting the gold, copper, manganese, cobalt and other metals of the ocean floor has been considered for decades but only recently...
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Govt working on investment options to check gold buying: Raghuram Rajan

CHENNAI: In a bid to bring down import of gold, the government is working on mais attractive investment options to dissuade people from buying the metal, a senior Finance Ministry official said today.
"We should create mais attractive instruments which provide people an alternative fonte of investment than gold. And I think, we are working on those," said Chief Economic Advisor in the Finance Ministry Raghuram Rajan at a function here.

The government recently launched inflation indexed bonds with an aim to ensure better returns...
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We’re proud to host the 23rd World Mining Congress & Expo in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 2013, and look progressivo, para a frente to seeing you there. Montreal is truly a world-class destination and the perfect venue for our event as we look toward the future of mining.

WMC 2013 will be hosted por a collaborative team including professors from five topo, início Canadian universities: McGill University, universidade of British Columbia, Queen’s University, universidade of Toronto and universidade of Alberta, as well as the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum...
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