April 29, 2016 Friday frenzy for Freeport After leaping 11% on Friday with 74m shares traded, copper giant is now worth $17.5 billion – up 274% from January lows.
April 29, 2016 More iron ore price madness as China’s mom-and-pops pile in As iron ore rallies again – up 6% on Friday – report shows just how bonkers Chinese speculation in ore futures are compared to anything on Wall Street.
April 29, 2016 RBC wants over $7 million for job they didn’t do: Crew Gold Canada's biggest bank is suing former client Crew Gold over a fee the lender claims it should have been paid by the mining company.
April 29, 2016 Top uranium producer Cameco posts surprise loss Weak prices and demand have forced the Canadian company to lower its output forecast for the year.
April 29, 2016 NASA unveils gold-covered telescope that will put the Hubble to shame The $10 billion James Webb telescope is equipped with a collapsible honeycomb-like mirror made of 18 gleaming, gold-covered pieces.
April 29, 2016 Gold prices soar to hit seven-week high Silver, in turn, is trading at prices not since Jan. 2015 and has gained 15% this month alone.
April 28, 2016 Chile’s cheerless outlook for copper price Top global producer sees surplus this year and next as mines pump out more metal and predicts decline in copper price from today's levels through 2017.
April 28, 2016 Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies search Centerra Gold’s office They are looking into a dividend paid by Kumtor to Centerra in 2013, which the miner says complied with the country's laws and 2009 agreements governing the project.
April 28, 2016 This chart shows actual China GDP growth highest since 2014 Few trust official Chinese growth numbers, but new research shows activity across a wide section of the economy accelerated sharply in the first quarter.
April 28, 2016 Vale back in the black on higher iron ore prices, currency Vale’s results for the first three months of 2016 makes it the best-performing major iron-ore miner so far this year.
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