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 6, 2015 Barrick comments on planning for $900 gold price "In today's environment cost cutting is simply not enough."
August 6, 2015 Massive gold reserves in Greece offer unique opportunity for Eldorado Gold It's no secret that economic turmoil and extreme uncertainty in Greece pose major threats to the global economy.
August 6, 2015 INFOGRAPHIC: $60 trillion of world debt in one visualization Today's graphic shows total global public debt and the debt-to-GDP of all countries.
August 5, 2015 Barrick making plans for $900 an ounce gold price World's number one gold miner announces program to sell more mines, make deeper cost cuts after completing scenario-planning for a triple digit gold price.
August 5, 2015 Byproduct of metal price meltdown is a higher silver price 70% of silver is mined as a byproduct – gold, base metal mine closures and declining capex will push silver market into deficit this year says new report.
August 5, 2015 CRA targeting mining-sector tax havens It’s an issue that the Canadians for Tax Fairness and the Liberal Party of Canada appear to be hoping to make a federal election issue.
August 5, 2015 Work continues There are good companies doing promising work. Yes, the news flow is slower than in better markets, but that doesn’t mean it’s crickets out there.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm