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Negative rates to boost gold prices, demand to record highs – WGC

According to the industry body, negative interest-rate policies (or NIRP) for some of the world’s key central banks could change the way investors think about risk, benefitting the yellow metal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 31, 2016 | 3:14 am

Diamond miner halted after digging on ancient archaeological site

A DIAMOND mining company has until April 8 to challenge an interdict against it for mining in an archaeological site that goes back 3.2-million years.

Business Day | March 30, 2016 | 1:47 pm

Kinross is going ahead with expansion of its Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania

Project is expected to dramatically increase production and slash costs at the troubled mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 30, 2016 | 8:40 am

Australia to feed Ukraine nuclear power plants

The deal will see Canberra supplying the necessary uranium to feed the European country’s nuclear power plants.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 30, 2016 | 6:15 am

Thousands rally in Mongolia over foreign mining concessions

The more than 2,000 people who gathered in Ulaanbaatar's Freedom Square claimed foreign companies have exploited Mongolia's mineral wealth, which accounts for 94% of the nation's exports.

Associated Press | March 30, 2016 | 5:29 am

This is the 68-carat diamond Lucapa just found at its Lulo mine in Angola

The 68.1-carat gem-quality diamond is one eight 'significant' rocks found from trial mining at a new area of the Lulo concession.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 30, 2016 | 3:55 am

Breakthrough aircraft to transform remote mining

Lockheed lands $480m customer for aircraft combining power of helicopter, airplane and hovercraft dramatically altering mining and exploration economics.

Frik Els | March 30, 2016 | 1:01 am

INFOGRAPHIC: Silver’s biggest winning and losing streaks

Here's silver's biggest winning streaks (+10% gains) as well as its worst losing streaks (-10% losses) since 1971.

Visual Capitalist | March 29, 2016 | 1:50 pm

US lifted the crude oil export ban, and exports went…down

Just over three months after the authorities lifted the four-decade ban on crude oil exports, the U.S. has actually exported less this year than it did over the same period the year before, when the ban was still in place.

Oilprice.com | March 29, 2016 | 11:12 am

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