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Putting gold miners into proper perspective

Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger reviews a number of the key elements that have characterized 2016's advance in gold, silver and the associated mining, development and exploration stocks.

The Gold Report | August 15, 2016 | 4:20 pm

Hedge funds up bullish platinum, palladium bets near record

Large scale futures speculators and PGM investors in physically-backed exchange traded funds are taking wildly different views of the outlook for the metals.

Frik Els | August 15, 2016 | 2:35 pm

Gitxaala Nation accuses B.C. government of delaying mining site clean-up

Banks Island Gold along with its CEO and chief geologist, are facing charges for allegedly 200 kg of waste material in the streams around the Yellow Giant gold mine, near Prince Rupert, B.C.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 15, 2016 | 12:00 pm

Gold bull correction: Not an if, but when

Technical analyst Jack Chan charts indicators that confirm both the gold bull market and an impending correction.

The Gold Report | August 15, 2016 | 10:30 am

Nazi ‘gold train’ hunt in Poland is back on

About a year after two treasure hunters claimed to have found a Nazi train in Poland, laden with gold and gems, a team of 35 researchers has resumed digging for it.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 15, 2016 | 9:00 am

Metso inks key deal with world’s largest copper miner Codelco

To support the conversion of Chuquicamata, the largest open-pit copper mine in the world, to a large-scale underground mining operation.

Metso | August 15, 2016 | 7:00 am

Diamond giant Alrosa unearths 136.24-carat rock

Currently unnamed, the stone is one of the largest diamonds ever recovered at the Nyurbinskaya open-pit mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 15, 2016 | 6:26 am

Chile’s Codelco may slash copper output as it further cuts costs to the bone

The world's top copper miner admits to be facing its “worst crisis ever” since created in 1976.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 15, 2016 | 4:03 am

It’s not just oil – Canada’s potash industry is going through its own bust

A wave of overbuilding and production increases in recent years — spurred by a spike in crop prices and a perceived demand that didn't quite materialize — have left the market flooded with supply.

Canadian Press | August 15, 2016 | 12:26 am

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