Rand sinks platinum, palladium prices
Weakening currency supplies fatter margins for South African mines responsible for nearly three-quarters of global platinum production.
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Seabridge Gold is building a 2.1km adit for underground exploration at its 100%-owned KSM property, the world's largest gold-copper project by reserves.
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No love for gold
There’s no other way to say it: Gold had a bad week. Last Tuesday alone, the yellow metal fell more than 3 percent, shuffling off $43, in its biggest one-day loss in three years.
Scotiabank pushed to reveal internal emails in gold fixing case
All involved banks will also have to produce all relevant chat room instant messages and any other written communication they exchanged, whatever the media.
Anglo Platinum sells resources to Northam Platinum for $72 million
The company remains confident the sale of its Rustenburg mines in South Africa to Sibanye Gold will clear its last regulatory hurdle before the end of the year.
Coking coal, iron ore prices resume surge
Chinese traders back from week-long holiday continue to chase steelmaking raw materials.
Endeavour Silver output drops in Q3
Despite the lower figures, the miner noted it remains on track to meet full year revised guidance of 5.5-6.0 million ounces of silver this year.
