South American nation desperate to raise cash to repay $11bn borrowed from China "invests" 466,000 ounces of gold reserves worth $580m with investment bank.

With a further $300 billion in coal transportation infrastructure to meet global demand over the next 20 years.

Strong inverse correlation since before the global financial crisis between inflation-adjusted US bond yields and the price of gold has broken down.

RungePincockMinarco (RPM) has today announced the latest release of its Operational Mining Integration (OMI) platform, delivering enhanced reporting capabilities and allowing users to share data quickly and seamlessly between RPM scheduling products, financial modelling products and enterprise resource planning systems.

London Mining tells eight staff at Marampa mine to go home and imposes travel restrictions after deadly fever spreads from neighbouring Guinea and Liberia.

CEO Sam Walsh: "We are the lowest-cost producer in the world with costs of $20 per tonne; I think we’ll be OK."

As the Canadian government pushes a new law rendering pipeline companies liable for all damages from leaks and spills, the only friend to both sides in this polarized world of dirty oil sands is leak prevention technology.

First reports submitted to the US and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seem vague.

The miner said its concentrate storage facilities have reached full capacity and that it is still trying to delay putting its employees on paid leave at reduced compensation