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Soaring precious metal demand fails to overwhelm Perth Mint (Friday, 31 October 2008) DESPITE a recently lagging gold price, strong demand for physical gold and silver overseas has triggered shortages but Australia’s Perth Mint remains well supplied with its full range of items, especially following a delivery last Friday. Full Story...

Expect surprises from China: economist (Thursday, 30 October 2008) THE global recession will be buffered by urbanisation and industrialisation in China, however further bad news can be expected in the near term, a senior economist has warned. Full Story...

Line up your funding ducks (Tuesday, 28 October 2008) THAT funding is harder to come by and debt is more expensive will come as no surprise to most miners. However, one Australian resources advisor said companies can still get money, but only if they have all their ducks in a row. Full Story...

Base metal massacre (Thursday, 23 October 2008) BASE metals took a hammering overnight as the global economic slowdown reduces demand for commodities, while the Australian share market plunged 4% in morning trade with major resource stocks leading the downward charge. Full Story...

Mutual fund redemptions force major share sell-off (Tuesday, 14 October 2008) AS THE world financial crisis hit commodities and resource companies hard last week, the share prices of PNG-focused companies have also been slammed by mutual fund redemptions. Full Story...

No country will avoid slowdown: IMF (Thursday, 9 October 2008) THE International Monetary Fund has warned it is too late to avoid a major downturn, but has called for strong and coordinated actions from world leaders and policymakers to prevent worst case scenarios. Full Story...

Key PNG commodities take a bashing (Thursday, 9 October 2008) MARKET mayhem is hammering commodity prices, especially copper, nickel and oil, all of critical importance to PNG’s export revenue. Full Story...