Gold higher after disappointing US jobs report
Gold jump up a mere 1% to $1,239 an ounce, building on earlier gains.
Cecilia Jamasmie , Editor-in-Chief
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Argentina lobbies to overturn Barrick’s Pascua Lama freeze in Chile
Argentine authorities are requesting a meeting with incoming President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, who takes office in March.
Colombia wants illegal mining to be international crime
Together with the other three members of he Andean Community of Nations —Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia— the country has committed to destroy machinery and even properties that can’t be seized.
SURVEY: Nearly half of Canada’s resource companies see better 2014
Almost half (45%) of experts interviewed expect business activity to increase this year.
China and Ghana to work harder on tackling illegal mining
Last year Ghana arrested and deported almost two hundred Chinese illegally mining gold in the country.
Coal use in Germany the highest in 24 years
Coal accounted for 25% of the country's total electricity production in 2013,
Gold mining deals set to pick up in 2014
As bullion miners continue to be valued at a discount because of ongoing price volatility,
SNL Metals & Mining acquires IntierraRMG
Through this acquisition, SNL expands global footprint to Perth, Stockholm, Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto.
Moody’s jumps on the gold bearish wagon
The rating agency reduced its 2014 forecast for average gold price from $1,200 to $1,100/Oz and from $20 to $18/Oz for silver.
At least 26 killed in attack on Congo’s mining hub
The Mai Mai Kata Katanga separatist militia attacked the city of Lubumbashi, in the copper-rich southeast province of Katanga.
Zanaga Iron lines up $25M in deal with Red Arc
Binding term sheet offers staged funding, a path to majority control of the Zanaga project in DRC, and a 1% royalty.
