December 4, 2013 Barrick: Thornton takes control April, former De Beers exec becomes COO Thornton brings finance background and strong China connections, while James Gowans, former chief of the diamond giant's Canada unit brings mining experience.
December 4, 2013 SHORT SQUEEZE: Gold price spikes $40 A $40 swing in the gold price, wiping out an early morning jobs number sell-off shows short positions at four-month highs could be facing a big squeeze.
December 4, 2013 Turquoise Hill sinks 26% The owner of the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia is doubling its shares outstanding with a $2.4 billion rights offer.
December 4, 2013 What the really bad Black Friday numbers this year mean A few weeks ago, we saw many of the key retailers reporting some results and warning that sales in the retail sector could be sluggish during the holiday shopping season.
December 3, 2013 Gold mining executives come under fire Gold mining executives came in for some criticism on the first day of this year’s Mines & Money conference, for among other things a lack of foresight and reaping too…
December 3, 2013 China flexes monetary muscle China’s yuan has overtaken the euro to become the second-most used currency in trade finance.
December 3, 2013 Innovate or perish—Deloitte to the mining industry In Tracking the trends 2014, Deloitte uncovers the pressing trends facing the mining industry in the year ahead and offers strategies that companies can employ to adapt to changing industry…
December 3, 2013 David H. Smith: prepare for precious metals to lift off David H. Smith, senior analyst at The Morgan Report, says that smart investors will take care to cull the weakest mining stocks from their portfolios and reinvest the proceeds in…
December 3, 2013 Yamana Gold to invest $450 million in Argentina’s Cerro Moro Construction at the gold and silver project, is expected to start early next year, with production slated to begin in late 2015.
December 3, 2013 These are the countries mining investors should stay away from While resource nationalism is still a major risk for miners, corrupted governments can be equally or more detrimental to the industry.
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
