December 18, 2013 Gold price swings wildly after Fed’s surprise taper The US Federal Reserve surprised the market and announced it's throttling its quantitative easing program that has pumped $4 trillion of easy money into the US economy.
December 18, 2013 Survey: 72% of miners see the global economy improving Confidence levels in the sector have improved dramatically over the last 12 months, reaching a two-year high.
December 18, 2013 South African labour: Unions at war Numsa will openly recruit from NUM's membership, in direct violation of federation principles. Numsa tells opponents to 'go to hell.'
December 18, 2013 South Africa’s key gold industry faces moment of truth Collapsing gold prices, ageing mines, labour strikes and higher operating costs have together weighed down on the sector in the world's sixth largest producer of the metal.
December 18, 2013 Bitcoin sinks as China tightens restrictions on trade The virtual currency is down 46% from Monday, and 60% since the historic peak of late November.
December 18, 2013 Near record shorts could set up huge Fed gold price surprise Bets made by managed money that gold will fall sets up a potential short-covering rally if the Fed delivers a taper surprise on Wednesday.
December 18, 2013 Surprise resignations from Barrick board The company announced on Tuesday that long-time directors Donald Carty and Robert Franklin had resigned with immediate effect.
December 17, 2013 Steve Yuzpe and Maria Smirnova: Why Sprott Resource Corp. sold $76m in bullion In this interview with The Mining Report, new Sprott Resource Corp. President and CEO Steve Yuzpe discusses where the company will focus its capital, and Sprott Asset Management Associate Portfolio…
December 17, 2013 $78bn fall in gold assets leads record investor exit from commodities Precious metals main reason behind record decline and outflows from commodity assets under management in 2013.
December 17, 2013 INFOGRAPHIC: Becoming a mine engineer The career of a mining engineer - from education to salary information.
US rare earth buyers still see China curbs despite Trump deal The US and China still haven’t reached an agreement on key details of how Beijing will free up sales of rare earths. December 24, 2025 | 07:45 am
