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Mining and exploration

Mining and exploration is one of the glamour sections of the stockmarket. Buoyed by demand from developing industrial economies like China and India and a rash of flotations in recent times it’s easy to forget that it is often in remote mines that speculators' dreams are dashed. Our in-depth features should help you avoid being buried in the mining and exploration markets.





Putting a price on reserves
Peter Temple

Valuing mineral resources is an imprecise affair. One way is to tot up what you think they are worth and divide by ten.

Anglo Pacific - more thrill than spill
Edmond Jackson

Few mining companies can boast Anglo Pacific's blend of financial rigour and shrewd risk/reward management.

Arb'ing the 'Big Five'
Ceri Jones

They are treated the same by the City but but there may be profit to be made on the differences between the majors.

How hot is uranium?
Ceri Jones

With 92 reactors planned in Asia, its scalding hot right now. Getting a piece of the action is tricky though.

How to value mines
Peter Temple

Mark Twain called gold mines 'a hole in the ground with a liar on top.' There are more accurate measures, luckily.

Watching ENickel
Edmond Jackson

Volatility in European Nickel's price demonstrates the risks of backing a junior miner. But this one may come good.

What really moves metal prices?
Peter Temple

Currency movements, production levels, stockpiles and industrial demand for a start. Peter Temple explains.



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