December 23, 2014 Myanmar villagers in tense standoff over China-backed copper mine Three people were injured after police used rubber bullets to quell protests in the same village where a woman was shot and killed yesterday, in the latest bout of violence…
December 23, 2014 BHP, Rio, Anglo fear effects of Chile’s new labour bill The new law could seek to limit mining companies' ability to replace workers during strikes.
December 23, 2014 GDXJ re-balancing pummels these 5 gold developers Needless to say, the ETF which mirrors the junior resource markets, hasn’t performed well.
December 22, 2014 Dollar, oil wallop gold price Gold price weakens sharply into holiday season as gold-oil ratio hits highest since February 2009.
December 22, 2014 Murenbeeld: Gold price to climb in 2015 Closely followed market commentator Martin Murenbeeld – chief economist at Dundee Capital Markets – feels gold market is "finally turning".
December 22, 2014 BMO Capital Markets’ Andrew Kaip says get ready for the consolidation wave Andrew Kaip, managing director of mining equity research at BMO Capital Markets, says the stark reality is that the precious metals sector is only part way through a down cycle…
December 22, 2014 Despite Ebola, investors betting on Africa Not so long ago, declining commodity prices and the outbreak of an epidemic such as Ebola would have triggered a firesale of interest in Africa.
December 22, 2014 Could an energy bust trigger QE4? In a normal economic times falling energy costs would be considered unadulterated good news.
December 22, 2014 One dead, 20 hurt in protests against copper mine in Myanmar The massive copper project, owned by Wanbao Mining Ltd, drew international attention in 2012 when police brutally dispersed protesters, injuring more than 100 Buddhist monks.
Silver price suffers biggest loss since 2021, gold price falls from record Earlier, spot prices had soared to as high as $83.63 per ounce. December 29, 2025 | 08:54 am