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What rout? This gold miner’s getting near record-high prices

While other gold companies have been stung by an 11 percent drop in prices in the past year, Colombia’s biggest producer is getting near-record high prices for its output thanks to its sinking local currency.

Bloomberg News | September 2, 2015 | 8:44 am

INFOGRAPHIC – The Petrostate Hex: How plunging oil prices affect currencies

In today's infographic, we look at how crashing oil prices over the last year have affected currencies of nations that are heavily reliant on exporting oil.

Visual Capitalist | September 2, 2015 | 7:06 am

Standard Chartered predicts six months of stagnation

Industrial metals face at least six months of stagnation as market conditions in China deteriorate and low prices are needed to curb supply, Standard Chartered Plc said, slashing forecasts for this year and next.

Bloomberg News | September 2, 2015 | 6:03 am

Sibanye Gold says workers end underground sit-in

More than 1 000 South African workers at a Sibanye Gold mine have ended a two-day sit-in to protest against the deaths of colleagues, a union and company officials said on Wednesday.

Mining Weekly | September 2, 2015 | 5:56 am

The world’s first clean oil sands project: An interview with Dr. Gerald Bailey

After decades of exhaustive attempts to overcome the dirty reputation of oil sands, we finally have an environmentally-friendly and low cost method to tap into these vast resources in the state of Utah—good news both for Mother Nature and all oil and gas investors.

Oilprice.com | September 2, 2015 | 5:27 am