Investors, speculators leaving gold market in droves
After massive weekly drop gold-backed ETF holdings come perilously close to 4-year lows, while hedge funds slash bullish bets on gold and silver.
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Sprott’s Charles Oliver: Gold at $1,500 by Christmas?
Gold and silver prices are being repressed by central banks, but Sprott Asset Management's Charles Oliver argues that demand pressure will cause this dam to burst sooner rather than later.
Business leaders call for greater global support against Ebola outbreak
A group of 11 chief executives of firms operating in West Africa have called for more international support to combat the deadly virus.
Goldcorp: We have hit PEAK gold
CEO Chuck Jeannes says barring a major technological breakthrough global gold production probably peaked in 2013.
The ironies of shipping U.S. coal from B.C.
The latest battleground for U.S. President Barack Obama’s so-called war on coal isn’t even in the lower 48 states. It’s across the border in British Columbia.
UK’s 310-tonne gold reserves in limbo if Scotland becomes independent
A triumph of the "Yes Scotland" campaign would have to be followed by negotiations with London over a raft of assets.
First female fatality in Chile’s mining industry
A 25-year-old female truck driver died when her vehicle flipped over near Antofagasta Minerals' Los Pelambres copper mine.
About 20% of Chile’s largest copper mines closed or reconverted by 2025
From the 5.8 million tons of copper produced last year, 1.2 million tons came from operations that are facing closure or conversion in 10 years.
INFOGRAPHIC: Geosynthetics — an $18 billion market
First international conference about geosynthetics in mining begins Monday.