Copper $ 5.47 / lb 2.04%
Brent Crude Oil $ 63.3 / bbl 0.00%
Palladium $ 1502.5 / ozt 1.38%
Crude Oil $ 59.66 / bbl -0.07%
Natural Gas $ 5.05 / Btu -0.53%
Silver Futures $ 58.735 / ozt 2.04%
Aluminum Futures $ 2934 / ton 0.64%
Micro Gold Futures $ 4253.9 / ozt 0.38%
Micro Silver Futures $ 58.735 / ozt 2.10%
Platinum $ 1674 / ozt 0.64%
Gold Futures $ 4254 / ozt 0.34%
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CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Barrick brings artisanal miners into the fold

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 22, 2008 | 1:29 am

By: Nancy J. White At age 13, Alfaxad Chacha started digging. He never stopped. Seven days a week, 14 hours a day, he sifted through the red mud and rock of the Tanzanian landscape under an equatorial sun. With a...

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