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Former American real estate brokers find gold fortune in Ghana
Two former American real estate agents headed to the gold-rich West African jungles of Ghana to find a way to pays their debts, which exceeded $1 million.
Standard and Poor’s cuts Anglo American’s outlook to negative
Global credit rating firm Standard and Poor's (S&P) downgraded Wednesday its outlook on Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) to negative from stable as a result of growing concerns about the effects of South Africa’s mining strikes on the company's mining operations and on the wider economy.
Oil and coal save BHP’s September quarter results
BHP Billiton (ASX,LON,NYSE:BHP), the world’s biggest miner by market value, posted Wednesday a weaker than expected September quarter from its West Australian iron ore mines as the company’s work on expansion plans affected production figures.
Silver and gold’s staggering ascent during German hyperinflation of the 1920’s
New charts vividly illustrate the staggering ascent of precious metals during the period of catastrophic hyperinflation which brought Weimar Germany to its knees in the early 1920's.
Jim Rogers touts Russia, shorts JPMorgan
"You know Russia has been a disaster for 95 years—since 1917—but I think that's changing."
China’s share of global mining M&A’s doubles as total deals decrease
China's percentage of international mining merger and acquisition deals nearly doubled during the first half of the year according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).
SilverCrest posts record quarterly silver production
Mexico-focused SilverCrest Mines has logged a record level of silver output for the third quarter of 2012.
Just stay away from the commodity markets and let the computers have at it
High-frequency traders are haggling over fractions of a penny
