2016 metals, mining outlook darkens
World Bank revises down growth rate for commodity exporting countries to just 0.4%, predicts 15% decline in metal prices this year.
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Top miners squandered $200 billion during boom
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Diamond exports ban lifted from Central African Republic
Decision comes three years after the country’s gems were found to be funding armed groups in an inter-religious conflict and placed under embargo.
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Goldcorp and Teck plow ahead with new $3.5bn mine in Chile
The project, renamed NuevaUnion, would be one of the largest copper-gold-molybdenum mines ever-developed in Latin America.
Gold price tops $1,250 as hedge funds caught short
“There’s massive speculative position starting to roll..."
Commodities storming back into bull market
Most analysts believe the commodities market has turned a corner and that prices are unlikely to return to lows seen in the past year.
