Muppet drops gold price to 6-week low
Gold market takes 60-second 1.8 million ounce off-load on the chin.
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South Africa’s chamber of mines challenges new charter in court
South Africa's Chamber of Mines has applied to a high court for an interdict to prevent the implementation of a new charter that increases the minimum threshold for black ownership of mining companies
South Africa could play a key role in world rare earth supplies
Manufacturers of products ranging from batteries to electronic devices, and wind turbines to hybrid cars, are scouring the world to secure critical supplies of rare earths
Canada’s Mkango to start mining rare earths in Malawi in 2020
The company, which has been present in the south-eastern African country for more than a decade, says that by 2021 will be producing 3,000 tonnes of rare earths per year.
Is there still hope for higher oil prices?
Oil prices have cratered in recent weeks, dipping to their lowest levels in more than seven months and any sense of optimism has almost entirely disappeared.
Pallinghurst shareholders back acquisition of Gemfields
Gemfields has been at the centre of a bidding war between the South African private equity group and Fosun Gold, a unit of Fosun International.
Canada’s Zonte Metals sues Colombia over gold permit rejection
The junior miner claims the Department of Antioquia's mining authority did not process its exploration application in accordance with the country’s mining code.
Fiscal for two missing miners in Chile expects to learn the truth of what happened in Mandalay’s mine
One of the authorities involved in an investigation into Mandalay's mine accident earlier this month says at this point what matters is to learn the truth of what really happened.
Rio brushes off Glencore latest offer for coal mines, sticks with Yancoal
The company has chosen to sell its Hunter Valley coal mines to China-backed Yancoal, but shareholders will decide.
