January 29, 2015 MMG to begin pre-extraction at Las Bambas despite copper rout The firm expects production at Ferrobamba, one of the four deposits that make up Las Bambas project, to start early next year.
January 29, 2015 Mining M&A: Private equity can’t run away fast enough The smart money is waiting for fire sale prices before jumping into metals and mining. Or worse; has simply lost interest in the sector.
January 27, 2015 Yukon Zinc temporarily closing Wolverine Mine Some crew will be assigned to care and maintenance.
January 26, 2015 Rio Tinto to drop Oyu Tolgoi $1.6bn royalty if expansion gets ok from Mongolia Documents obtained and verified by The Australian, show that Rio Tinto offered Mongolia to forsake a “net smelter return” of 2% cent of the project’s revenue.
January 26, 2015 Hedge funds raise bullish gold bets to 2-year high According to futures trading data hedge funds have amassed the largest bullish position since December 2012 when gold was trading above $1,700 an ounce.
January 26, 2015 Heiko Ihle: back to precious metals equity investing basics Investing in mining equities can get rather complicated but Heiko Ihle, managing director at H.C. Wainwright & Co., says precious metals equity investors need to focus on just three criteria:…
January 26, 2015 Kosovo miners return from underground, ending 3-day strike Hundreds of miners in Kosovo are back on shift following a three-day work stoppage to protest against the Kosovo government, which backtracked on an earlier decision to take control of…
January 25, 2015 Gold off to a good New Year start Gold started the new year on a happy note. It jumped up to a five month high…and it’s near a key moving average as some safe haven buying began.
January 24, 2015 Mining stocks fall as copper, iron ore price reach new lows Heavy selling across the board as commodities reach fresh multi-year lows, forecasts are slashed and weakness returns to precious metals.
January 23, 2015 World Bank: Commodities falling like it’s 1985 Organization predicts a rare occurrence in 2015: a decline in all nine commodity indices with industrial metals falling another 5%; precious metals down 3%.
Historic gold, silver price rally continues Gold, silver and platinum jumped to all-time highs on Friday, extending a historic end-of-year rally. December 26, 2025 | 01:15 pm
