October 29, 2014 Space miner loses first satellite in rocket explosion The affected company is Planetary Resources, the U.S.-based start-up aiming to mine asteroids.
October 21, 2014 Greenland explorer tearing it up after assays Vancouver-based junior jumps 7% after assays from prospect on 3,600km2 coastal property returns strong copper-nickel-cobalt and platinum group results.
October 17, 2014 Platinum, palladium price-setting technology ‘optimum’ for gold: LME The LME says its electronic solution for the platinum and palladium price — LMEbullion — could benefit gold bugs.
October 15, 2014 Mick Davis has now almost $5 billion to build new mining empire The former Xstrata boss' new venture, X2 Resources, is "currently reviewing a number of opportunities in the metals and mining sector."
October 14, 2014 South Africa considers declaring certain minerals as strategic Under the bill, such minerals "will be sold for production costs excluding transportation. That is the mine-gate price.
September 30, 2014 September precious metal price meltdown Fresh selling sees gold price end September down 6% vs historical average gain of 3%, silver tanks 13%, platinum drops 9% and palladium collapses 15% over the course of the…
September 25, 2014 INFOGRAPHIC: A year’s extraction of metal shown next to landmarks and cities For thousands of years of development as a species, humans never really needed to understand the real meaning behind big, unreachable numbers such as billions or trillions.
September 23, 2014 Gold up on Syria bombing, weaker dollar Experts don't expect gains to last for long.
September 14, 2014 $8bn mining private equity needs to be spent. And soon Countercyclical investors sitting on $8 billion unspent funds have been waiting for clear signs of a market bottom. The wait may well be over.
September 12, 2014 Heavy precious metal shorting is bullish The ironic thing is that futures speculators fantastic Q2 2013 gold-downside bet hasn’t worked very well since then.
Copper price heads toward $12,000 a ton as banks predict further gains With year-end approaching, copper on the London Metal Exchange is up nearly 40%, marking its biggest annual gain since 2009. December 22, 2025 | 07:00 am
