A Thai gold mining company is under fire this week after lab results indicated as many as 6,000 people may have been poisoned by heavy metals.

Heavy selling drops gold price more than $30 an ounce.

That would constitute a substantial rally after Friday's 4% drubbing of the red metal in New York.

This is the first time mining engineers, geologists and other highly educated employees go on a strike at a privately owned mine in Chile.

Surprise decision come in the wake of falling oil prices.

End of strike at Peru’s biggest copper mine and weaker oil prices drove Dr. Copper goes to the ICU.

The mining giant said it was committed to giving significantly more money back to shareholders in 2015 despite a severe drop in iron ore prices.

The sum will be given on the completion of the sale of 15% of its Solwara 1 project to an entity nominated by Papua New Guinea.

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