60 dead after landslide at Congo gold mine
"Illegal miners rushed to be the first in the bottom of the pit but the sides collapsed, burying them all."
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Investors cheer Barrick’s plans to sell African Barrick to China
Barrick Gold was trading up 3.8% in heavy volumes in Toronto and African Barrick Gold shot up 8% after Barrick confirmed that it is in early talks with China National Gold Group regarding its 74% holding in ABG.
Stock falls over and CEO resigns after a ‘near-term liquidity challenge’ at Great Basin Gold
Great Basin Gold's stock was cut in half and Ferdi Dippenaar, the company's CEO, resigned after it announced liquidity problems in its second quarter.
‘Tantamount to selective reporting’: analyst on Barkerville Gold’s 43-101
The Northern Miner called Garth Kirkham, chairman of the best practices committee at the Geological Society of Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (CIM), who was not sparing in his opinion of the 43-101 that Barkerville Gold released on Monday night.
China’s expansion a risk for Western mining interests in Africa
China's rapid expansion in the African continent brings both risk and peril to Western mining companies operating in the region.
Do hedge funds still have faith in gold?
Over the past three months, gold has been in a tight trading range between $1,540 and $1,640. However, several well-known hedge funds recently made large moves regarding the safe-haven asset.
China’s ‘golden years’ over says Vale
"We are not going to see the spectacular growth rates of 10, 12 percent per year."
Has gold demand reached a Chinese summit?
That's what Cameron Alexander of GFMS set to find out.
For the mining exec who has everything: A copper keyboard
The latest copper product destined for the world's hospitals, or the boardrooms of mining companies looking for something a little bit different on the corporate gift register this Christmas.
