December 28, 2012 Gold ad from 1973 shows the economy has long been on the verge of collapse The more things change, the more they stay the same
December 28, 2012 Precious metals sag before fiscal cliff talks US leadership scheduled for talks this afternoon
December 28, 2012 Strong performance from mining sector lends an edge to European stocks STOXX 600 European basic resources index gains1.4% on signs that growth is picking up in China
December 27, 2012 China unlikely to be ousted as world’s main gold producer The nation’s gold output between January and October was of 323 tonnes, 11% more than in the same period last year.
December 27, 2012 Fire at Randgold mine in Ivory Coast impacts production Gold miner Randgold Resources (NASDAQ:GOLD, LON:RRS)) cut its production guidance for its Tongon mine in Ivory Coast after a fire in the mill section of a plant.
December 27, 2012 To become a major minerals producer, Venezuela’s biggest challenge is itself Venezuela has its eye on becoming a major minerals producer, though its capacity to do so is in question, according to Maplecroft's principal Latin America analyst James Lockhart-Smith.
December 27, 2012 Environmental audit gives West Canada placer gold miners failing grade Nearly three-quarters of Cariboo gold miners failed a “clandestine” audit on environmental standards, according to documents released through a British Columbia freedom of information request.
December 27, 2012 Rosenberg’s reasons to go for gold Despite the recent drops in gold prices, David Rosenberg, the chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff and former Chief North American Economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, is…
December 27, 2012 Will Papua New Guinea’s safest city survive the closure of Ok Tedi mine? The mining town of Tabubil, in Papua New Guinea, is facing the closure of the nearby Ok Tedi copper mine, an operation that currently employs nearly 2,000 people, most of…
December 27, 2012 Russian gold, Forex reserves rise to $532bn Russia's central bank has no immediate plans to diversify its foreign exchange holdings, Chairman Sergei Ignatyev said on last week
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