March 30, 2016 Breakthrough aircraft to transform remote mining Lockheed lands $480m customer for aircraft combining power of helicopter, airplane and hovercraft dramatically altering mining and exploration economics.
March 29, 2016 INFOGRAPHIC: Silver’s biggest winning and losing streaks Here's silver's biggest winning streaks (+10% gains) as well as its worst losing streaks (-10% losses) since 1971.
March 28, 2016 September cyanide spill at Argentina gold mine wasn’t the first Three spills between 2011–2012 were contained by control systems at Barrick Gold's Veladero mine and did not pose any environmental risks.
March 28, 2016 Ultra-bearish call on copper, oil prices Barclays says commodity gains this year not supported by fundamentals– sector vulnerable to wave of investor liquidation that could knock prices down 20–25%.
March 28, 2016 ‘Significant milestone’ for new gold mine in Scottish highlands Scotgold believes gold and silver from its Cononish project near Loch Lomond in Trossachs National Park would attract a "significant premium".
March 25, 2016 China’s Zijin Mining profit in 2015 hit by gold, base metal prices slump Net profit for 2015 dropped by almost 30% to $261 million (1.7 billion yuan) from the previous year's $353 million.
March 25, 2016 Barrick Gold chairman John Thornton takes a 76% pay cut He will receive $3.4 million for his work in 2015, including compensations and pension, a significant reduction from the almost $13 million he pocketed in 2014.
March 25, 2016 Pre-1965 silver pocket change provides investors with an economic future At the historic silver-to-gold ratio today of 79:1, silver below $16 is dirt-floor cheap compared to gold, also historically cheap at around $1,250.
March 25, 2016 Reasons why investors should place stakes on silver against gold There are signs in the global market that in the near future silver will be more lucrative asset than gold, experts said.
March 24, 2016 World’s No.1 copper miner Codelco posts historic loss of $1.4bn in 2015 For every penny copper prices drop, Codelco loses $36 million and Chile, the world's largest producing country, $50 million.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
