Samarco said to be in restructure talks
30 million tonnes per year iron ore mine owned by BHP and Vale idle since November.
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High grades light up Canadian lithium explorer
Eye-catching lithium discoveries don’t happen every day. When they do, little-known lithium explorers can suddenly find themselves in the investment spotlight.
Gold price: Hedge funds bullish bets highest since 2011
Last week large scale gold futures speculators pushed bullish bets to just under 750 tonnes, the highest since gold peaked at $1,900 an ounce August 2011.
Is it time to dump gold and buy platinum?
Bob Moriarty explains why precious metals investors may want to look beyond gold to a commodity with a long history and an interesting relationship to the yellow metal.
Silver sleeping on the job
The higher gold prices go the more consumers will step down to silver, more so if they think silver’s price will rise substantially.
Security in mining, how protected are resources?
Dependent on the market and the overall supply and demand of primary industries, paired with socioeconomic and geopolitical factors, some resources and minerals are far more valuable than others.
Harvard scientists find clean, new way of mining rare earths
It is estimated that processing one ton of rare earths these days can generate about 2,000 tons of toxic waste.
Rare earths prices rise as China builds reserves, tackles illegal mining
The global rare earth market is expected to grow from the $1.4 billion it was worth back in 2010 to $4.1 billion by 2017.
Kinross Gold suspends work at Tasiast mine in Mauritania, shares dive
Decision follows the West African country order to expatriates whose work permits were invalid to stop working.
