December 19, 2014 Codelco El Teniente mine expansion to take longer, cost $2bn more The touted expansion of the world's largest underground copper mine is two to three years behind schedule and will require $2 billion more than initially planned, said the company.
December 19, 2014 UK legislators call for an end to forced labour in Eritrea mines According to the legislators, international mining companies —mainly from Australia, Canada and the U.K— are using the forced labour of Eritreans in their operations.
December 19, 2014 INFOGRAPHIC: the many phases of silver Visual Capitalist creates and curates enriched visual content focused on emerging trends in business and investing.
December 19, 2014 Bullish reversal in miners but metals remain in question The gold and silver stocks have put in a bullish weekly reversal but Gold and Silver have not confirmed it.
December 19, 2014 Apple ‘deeply offended’ by BBC documentary on its suppliers exploiting children The investigative reporting piece exposed extremely poor working conditions in factories making Apple products in China and Indonesia.
December 19, 2014 Derivatives and mass financial destruction With oil prices having halved in the last six months, together with the attendant currency destabilisation, there have been significant transfers of value through derivative positions, so large that financial…
December 19, 2014 Gold stocks shine in 2015 Gold stocks have suffered a miserable few years, becoming a laughingstock even among contrarians. But this despised sector’s seemingly-endless downward spiral has left gold stocks vastly undervalued relative to gold,…
December 19, 2014 Relative calm for PMs in wild markets This week has been extremely volatile for oil, currencies and stock markets. Against this background gold and silver have drifted sideways to slightly lower, which given the dollar’s strong performance…
December 18, 2014 CHART: Hedge funds won’t put money on 2015 gold slide Compared to December 2013, bullish bets by large speculators in gold futures are three times higher going into 2015.
December 18, 2014 Trevali surges on polymetallic mine restart Vancouver-based junior jumps 8.5% after hitting targets for re-start of 100%-owned Caribou zinc-lead-copper-silver-gold mine in New Brunswick, Canada.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
