Sibanye-Stillwater signs three-year gold wage agreement with unions
Sibanye-Stillwater currently employs over 32,000 people at its South Africa gold operations.
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Chinese copper smelters look to mine investment to secure supply
China is the world's biggest consumer of the metal but its own copper mine production has been stagnating amid a broad crackdown on pollution, exacerbating a heavy reliance on imports.
Electric vehicle revolution goes underground with mine truck
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Iran hangs gold coin ‘sultan’ in crackdown after US curbs
Iran executed a gold dealer known as the “Sultan of Coins,” in a warning to merchants not to exploit the country’s financial troubles as U.S. sanctions squeeze the economy.
Congo state miner wants meeting over Katanga cobalt-export
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Rio Tinto wants a piece of Teck’s copper project in Chile
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Ray Dalio’s faith in gold unshaken even amid investor exodus
Gold’s second straight quarterly decline was not enough to shake billionaire hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio’s confidence in gold.
