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

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

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

The world's 最佳, 返回页首 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 由 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...

Govt working on investment options to check 金牌 buying: Raghuram Rajan

CHENNAI: In a bid to bring down import of gold, the government is working on 更多 attractive investment options to dissuade people from buying the metal, a senior Finance Ministry official 说 today.
"We should create 更多 attractive instruments which provide people an alternative 来源 of investment than gold. And I think, we are working on those," 说 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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