January 27, 2014 DRC mining billionaire turns 29,900% profit on oil deal Perfecting a strategy honed with copper and gold, Dan Gertler sells back to the DRC an oil block for $150 million acquired 7 years before for $500,000.
January 27, 2014 Implats and Transition Metals strike platinum in Ontario Discovery-focused Transition Metals says it has intersected 'significant' platinum group metals mineralization at its Sunday Lake, a joint venture with the world's second biggest platinum producer, Impala Platinum.
January 26, 2014 The safety of gold A bad week for markets as Thursday and Friday saw heavy heavy selling and we have now broken a very bearish pattern.
January 24, 2014 Trade minister: All Indonesia ore and concentrate shipments halted The steep, last minute metal concentrate tax slapped on copper miners has brought exports to a standstill.
January 24, 2014 Eric Lemieux: What does 2014 hold for metals? Lemieux believes that with the wheat separated from the chaff over the past tumultuous year, the truly strong companies have emerged. But you may be surprised by the jurisdictions he…
January 24, 2014 Barrick re-calculates gold reserves based on $1,100 price level CEO calls it a 'conservative approach.'
January 23, 2014 China, US data hammer copper price Chinese manufacturing activity records surprise contraction and US slows down against expectations, pushing the copper price down 3% to below $3.30 a pound.
January 23, 2014 Chile’s official commission suggests letting Barrick keep permit for Pascua Lama But it also recommends an exhaustive review of the permit issued in 2006, as well as the miner’s glacier monitoring plan.
January 23, 2014 Gold strike in South Africa on hold pending court ruling Platinum belt already paralyzed.
January 22, 2014 Impala Platinum shuts down mine ahead of strike; gov’t tries to mediate Platinum miners to strike Thursday; combined, the affected companies produce more than half the world's platinum.
US raises Graphite One loan to $2.1B Graphite Creek is described by the US Geological Survey as the largest graphite deposit in the country. December 19, 2025 | 07:43 am
