December 4, 2013 Barrick: Thornton takes control April, former De Beers exec becomes COO Thornton brings finance background and strong China connections, while James Gowans, former chief of the diamond giant's Canada unit brings mining experience.
December 4, 2013 SHORT SQUEEZE: Gold price spikes $40 A $40 swing in the gold price, wiping out an early morning jobs number sell-off shows short positions at four-month highs could be facing a big squeeze.
December 4, 2013 Turquoise Hill sinks 26% The owner of the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia is doubling its shares outstanding with a $2.4 billion rights offer.
December 4, 2013 Gold prices down despite upbeat US jobs numbers Gold prices hit a 5-month low, and is now within shouting distance of the psychologically important $1,200 level and the three-year low of $1,180.
December 4, 2013 What the really bad Black Friday numbers this year mean A few weeks ago, we saw many of the key retailers reporting some results and warning that sales in the retail sector could be sluggish during the holiday shopping season.
December 3, 2013 Gold mining executives come under fire Gold mining executives came in for some criticism on the first day of this year’s Mines & Money conference, for among other things a lack of foresight and reaping too…
December 3, 2013 China flexes monetary muscle China’s yuan has overtaken the euro to become the second-most used currency in trade finance.
December 3, 2013 Avoid regret: accumulate gold bullion now There are many ways to try to get a handle on where the market is currently trading and what’s likely to come.
December 3, 2013 The next black swan: a dollar crisis Does anyone seriously think that we can print trillions of dollars out of thin air for five years and not eventually have something bad happen?
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
