Gold hits 8-week low over U.S. shutdown
It dropped below $1,300 per ounce.
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Canada’s Cameco scorns report alleging uranium contamination
Claims come as the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission begins hearings into Cameco's application to renew its uranium mining licences.
Teck, Lundin, First Quantum included in RBC’s top mining picks
Cameco and Labrador Iron Ore complete the shortlist.
SHUTDOWN: Gold price up slightly after US lawmakers fail to reach a deal
A big slice of Asian demand will be absent from the marketplace October 1 - 7.
New Zealand miners hit back at negative media campaign
"A dose of realism urgently needed on platinum tender."
BMT Brings Further Innovation to the Mining Industry
BMT WBM, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has announced the development of an innovative modification and repair scheme which will dramatically improve the fatigue performance of cluster joints on existing
tubular dragline boom designs. Once implemented, this modification can significantly reduce maintenance and inspection workloads for tubular boom draglines with long-term deterioration of existing clusters.
4 years late, $6bn over budget Sino Iron fires up one 4mtpa line
China's Citic Pacific's $8 billion magnetite mine in Australia has finally gone into production.
Oil sands M&A slumps to 9-year low
Canadian crude industry badly affected by increased government scrutiny of deals and a slump in the price of bitumen-derived oil.
Chinese miners face off over Glencore Xstrata’s vast copper mine in Peru
If any of the two bids is successful, Las Bambas will be China’s largest acquisition of an overseas copper asset.
