December 15, 2022 Eldorado Gold board okays Skouries gold-copper project restart Eldorado’s focus now shifts to project execution, with first production at the mine expected in the second half of 2025.
December 15, 2022 Fortescue ups stake in Candente Copper with $2.9m investment The Australian iron ore producer will now have 25.4% stake in the Canadian junior, which is advancing the Cañariaco copper project in Peru.
December 14, 2022 UK’s largest money laundering prosecution heads for a retrial Prosecutors said gold bars and grain were purchased using the laundered funds for ultimate export to Dubai.
December 14, 2022 Gold extracted from SIM cards can be used to make painkillers Researchers have developed processes for extracting gold from e-waste and using it in drug manufacturing.
December 13, 2022 Barrick responds to rights abuse allegations in Tanzania Miner refutes claims, says corporate watchdog RAID had a history of making unfounded allegations about purported human rights abuses at North Mara.
December 13, 2022 Probe Metals drills ‘record gold interval’ at Val-d’Or project in Quebec Probe has completed 165,000 metres in the drilling program at the gold project 25 km east of Val-d’Or and will resume drilling in January.
December 13, 2022 Centamin grows Sukari gold reserves for second straight year Sukari is currently Egypt's largest and first modern gold mine, as well as one of the world's largest producing mines.
December 13, 2022 Gold is better portfolio diversifier than bitcoin – Goldman Sachs The bank expects gold, with its real demand drivers, to outperform the highly volatile bitcoin in the long term.
December 13, 2022 Colombia signs agreement to establish a national mining company The national mining company will buy gold from small-scale miners who produce the yellow metal without using cyanide or mercury.
December 13, 2022 Global miners’ ESG strategies show ‘concerning’ lack of focus on gender A report by Stratum and Digbee shows that gender is considered the “least important” social priority for mining companies over the next two years.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
