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GOLD edged higher today on bargain buying but showed little direction as demand for refuge assets remained low.

MILITANT unionist Kevin Reynolds has warned of mass resignations at Woodside’s $13 billion LNG project in Western Australia.

TODAY’S expected confirmation of Chinalco’s African iron ore alliance with Rio Tinto looms as a game-changer for global mining.

AFTER failing to clinch any of three takeover proposals before it, Macarthur Coal has struck out again.

THE Gillard government’s planned minerals tax compromise is expected to deliver an extra $7.4 billion from the nation’s coal sector.

LIHIR Gold chief executive Graeme Hunt says a white knight could still trump Newcrest Mining’s $9.7 billion scrip and cash bid.

WARWICK McKibbin says it is "stunning" that Australia’s government would change the mining tax regime while there is a sovereign risk crisis.

A SURVEY of enginees has revealed deep concerns about the increasing trend for resources projects to be designed overseas.

CHEVRON, developing the $22.9bn Wheatstone gas project in WA, has sealed a vital land-use agreement with native title holders.

STEELMAKER ArcelorMittal today forecast a weaker outlook for the second half of the year due to slowing demand-growth from China.