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 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 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.
December 18, 2014 Barrick to halt Lumwana mine in Zambia after tax hike The Canadian giant had earlier said it would consider such a move in the event the new tax regime was approbed.
December 18, 2014 Mining stocks rally across the board Huge advances in all sectors from potash and uranium to copper and gold led by a 10% surge in diversified Canadian heavyweight Teck Resources.
December 17, 2014 John Williams: a downhill run for the dollar in 2015 Rosy GDP numbers may have cheered the masses, but John Williams of ShadowStats.com says we're a long way from prosperity.
December 16, 2014 Be bold and seek the sizzle, says VSA Capital’s Paul Renken He seeks the "sizzle," or the narrative, in mining equities because the sizzle moves the story.
December 15, 2014 Miners back to work at Peru’s Antamina copper mine This was the second time that Antamina’s workers down tools in about a month over demands for a bonus and other benefits.
December 15, 2014 Newcrest, Harmony set to build one of the world’s lowest-cost gold mines The revised plan for their jointly-owned Wafi-Golpu in PNG will require an initial capital spending cost of $2.3 billion.
GRAPHIC-Gold and silver soar in year-end rally Investors have not treated the festive break as an occasion to take profits. December 22, 2025 | 12:08 pm
