August 10, 2015 Gold miners’ stocks just aren’t that special Beware gold bugs bearing cheap equities… Thanks to gold’s swift descent, mining stocks have been crushed in the past month. But bargain hunters should tread carefully.
August 9, 2015 South Africa’s Zuma asks mining companies to limit job cuts South Africa President Jacob Zuma asked mining and steel companies to limit job cuts as falling commodity prices put profits at risk.
August 9, 2015 Codelco says over $15 million in damages due to strike at Salvador mine Codelco, the world's No.1 copper producer, confirmed it will start legal actions against protesters this week.
August 9, 2015 BHP Billiton axing other 380 jobs at its Olympic Dam The cuts represent 14% of what was once a 4,300 workforce.
August 9, 2015 British investment fund to buy Anglo’s mines in Chile According to local newspaper El Mercurio, the unnamed fund is buying Anglo's Mantoverde and Mantos Blancos copper mines.
August 8, 2015 EPA’s blows it — causes massive mine wastewater spill at Colorado rivers While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was investigating pollutants at an old gold mine, it accidentally released an estimated one million gallons of mining waste into a creek.
August 7, 2015 Has the gold price finally got the rate monkey off its back? Jobs report supports September rate hike. Gold price jumps $17 an ounce.
August 7, 2015 South Africa’s main gold union snubs final pay offer Talks are set to resume on Wednesday, Aug. 12.
August 7, 2015 China is hiding gold… lots of it While analysts keep trying to answer the burning question of how much gold China really has, the most recent theory indicates that it's at least 9,500 tonnes.
August 7, 2015 What kind of “improvement” does the Fed want? Over the past few years observing changes in Federal Reserve interest rate policy has been a little like watching paint dry or grass grow...only not as exciting.
ERG signs long-term gallium supply deal with Mitsubishi Kazakhstan, which currently produces no gallium, is set to become the world's second-largest producer. December 20, 2025 | 08:34 am
