December 21, 2015 Caterpillar to pay $74 million after found guilty of stealing trade secrets England-based supplier Miller UK won a case filed five years ago, in which accused CAT of misusing classified information to produce its own coupler, rather than buying it from them.
December 21, 2015 Gemfields fetches $29 million in Singapore rubies auction The company managed to sell 90,642 carats of the 92,136 carats it made available under the auction.
December 21, 2015 Randgold Resources bails out of Ghana partnership with AngloGold The company said it believed that the Obuasi mine does not meet its criteria for making an investment.
December 20, 2015 BHP, Vale have assets frozen over Samarco damages Two of the largest mining companies in the world are being held to account by the Brazilian government over a massive tailings dam rupture.
December 20, 2015 Klondex picks up idled Manitoba mine for $32 million Klondex Mines (TSX:KDX) has added to its portfolio of properties by acquiring the idled Rice Lake Mine in Manitoba, Canada.
December 18, 2015 Gold price bounces back Gold market in turmoil as traders assess impact of first rate hike in nine years.
December 18, 2015 Fanya Metal Exchange founder gone missing Exchange trading in minor metals including antimony, germanium, bismuth, wolfram and indium in Kunming China owes investors more than $6 billion.
December 18, 2015 De Beers closing another diamond mine, this time in Botswana Debswana, a 50/50 joint venture between De Beers and the government of Botswana, is set to close its Damtshaa mine and scale down production at Orapa.
December 18, 2015 Barrick completes sale of non-core Nevada assets to Waterton It expects to complete the sale of the Bald Mountain mine and its 50% interest in Round Mountain to fellow Canadian miner Kinross Gold by mid-January.
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