January 2, 2012 Commodities: Gold to rule the roost in 2012 Gold was the winner in the global market of widely traded commodities this year and is likely to be stronger than other commodities in 2012.
January 1, 2012 Gold coins to be issued by North Korea North Korea said Saturday it will issue gold and silver coins to mark the 20th anniversary of late leader Kim Jong-il’s ascension to the supreme commander of the communist nation’s…
January 1, 2012 Mining companies in Tanzania yet to pay raised royalty fees Tanzanians are yet to start benefiting from the new mining law which raised royalty paid on precious minerals including gold from three to four per cent because mining companies haven’t…
January 1, 2012 Lack of transparency in mining sector killing Africa’s potential Secrecy in handling mining contracts and lack of disclosure on oil and mining revenues are crippling Africa’s mineral potential, denying the continent billions of dollars as commodity prices rise.
January 1, 2012 Natural disasters, gold price among Top Mining Stories of 2011 2011 will go down as the year when the wind fell out of the sails of economic recovery and serious storm clouds gathered on the horizon.
December 31, 2011 Mystery of the missing $2 million in gold bullion The head of an insolvent mortgage company unloaded $2.2 million in gold and silver from his car at a Rexdale parking lot at night, according to his own testimony, and…
December 30, 2011 The Year of the Deal: Top 10 mining M&A in 2011 If 2010 was the year of rising commodity prices, 2011 was the year of The Deal.
December 30, 2011 Oyu Tolgoi looks forward to 2012 and first copper-gold-silver production The year of peak construction activity at Oyu Tolgoi mine in the Gobi desert of Mongolia (IM April and May issues this year) is nearing its end, with the project…
December 30, 2011 Except for gold and oil, commodities finish down in 2011 Most commodities, except for the heavyweights gold and oil, are poised for a down year in 2011, the first fall for this sector since the financial crisis hit in 2008.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
