Energy-poor Spain establishes friendly fracking rules
“Now, if a regional government prohibits fracking, that would be in conflict with this national law."
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Ghana officials nab 43 more illegal miners
At its peak, illegal mining in Ghana involved an estimated 50,000 Chinese nationals.
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Pascua Lama's troubled history from 1994.
Gold stocks slaughtered, Barrick drops 10%
The world's number one gold miner led a sell-off on Thursday after announcing a stock sale to pay down debt at a deep discount.
Bond market guru Bill Gross to super-rich: we must pay more taxes
"The era of taxing “capital” at lower rates than “labor” should now end."
Halliburton exec’s new drink of choice: Fracking fluid
Vice-President John Gorman sipped on fracking fluid this week, and he's not the only one.
Barrick Gold announces Canada’s biggest stock deal ever
In after hours trading, Barrick is down 5.42% to $18.32 per share as of 5 p.m. ET
Barrick announces plan to reduce debt launches $3.0 billion public equity offering
Funds will be used to strengthen its balance sheet and improve the long-term liquidity position of the company.
Big vote of confidence for promoter of Brazil’s largest gold project
Defying a very weak gold sector, Belo Sun Mining soared 14% in heavy volume as investors take big bets the Toronto firm's Amazon gold project is a go.
