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Gold shares slide as futures flirt with $1,700/oz

Shares of some top gold companies are down at 1 p.m.: Barrick Gold CorpBarrick Gold Corp. fell $.99 or 2.1 percent, to $46.44. Gold Fields fell $.40 or 2.6 percent, to $14.95. GoldCorp. fell $1.30 or 2.6 percent, to $47.83. Newmont Mining CorpNewmont...

Ritchie Bros. to conduct mining equipment auction in West Virginia on April 3

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's largest industrial auctioneer, will conduct an unreserved public auction at an off-site location in Charleston, WV on April 3, 2012, starting at 9 a.m. More than 100 pieces of mining equipment are already featured in the auction, including wheel loaders, crawler tractors, hydraulic excavators, rock trucks, articulated dump trucks and more. Bidders can participate in the auction in-person, online in real time at www.rbauction.com or by proxy.

SGS launches new mobile sample preparation in Burkina Faso

SGS is pleased to announce the opening of our new Mobile Sample Preparation Unit (MSPU) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The MSPU expands our rock and drillcore sample preparation capacity in Burkina Faso, ahead of our major new laboratory complex being built in Ouagadougou. The MSPU will immediately add an additional 600 samples/day capacity. Coupled with this increase in sample preparation capacity has been a 60% increase in fire assay capacity at our Ouagadougou laboratory with a retooling of the fire assay lab.
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World’s 10 biggest copper mines 2026

Ranked: the world's 10 biggest copper mines by 2025 production — from Escondida's 1.3M tonne output to Oyu Tolgoi. Updated rankings with mine-by-mine data.