BUZZ-Goldman says European mining companies are "attractive"

** Goldman Sachs raises its view on European miners to"attractive" from "neutral", says the sector is on its strongestfooting in many years

** The commodity outlook is robust, notes GS, adding thatany slowdown in China will be offset by stronger growth in therest of the world

** Miners have repaired their balance sheets and GS stillsees significant FCF available to further lift investor returns

** GS believes that higher inflation and higher capex can bea positive for commodity prices

** It expects production to drop c.2%-5% across variouscommodities vs. year ago

** "While this might sound bearish, we believe the period ofhigher commodity prices we see is likely to more than offset anyloss in earnings from cost increases/production losses", says GS

** Adds Anglo American (+2.9%) to conviction list,raising the stock to "buy" on good asset quality, robust balancesheet, attractive FCF generation and improving sentiment towardsSouth Africa

** Has buy ratings on Glencore (also on convictionlist), Vedanta, FQM, Lundin, KAZMinerals and Nyrstar

** Upgrades BHP (+1.5%) and Antofagasta(+3.3%) to "neutral" from "sell"