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Unable to secure financing, Finland’s Talvivaara lays off nearly half its workforce

In October the company announced that its liquidity position had been seriously weakened to due a declining nickel price and waste water leakage issues.

Ana Komnenic | January 8, 2014 | 3:45 pm

At least 26 killed in attack on Congo’s mining hub

The Mai Mai Kata Katanga separatist militia attacked the city of Lubumbashi, in the copper-rich southeast province of Katanga.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 8, 2014 | 2:54 pm

Resource rich countries make up over 50% of the “extreme risk” jurisdictions to invest

Study also says that Myanmar is the country where the business environment improved the most last year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 8, 2014 | 9:30 am

How contrarians play bear markets in resources: Rick Rule

Your willingness to buy a stock should not be diminished by the fact that it has fallen in price. In everyday purchases, we want to buy things that are selling at discounts. In investing, people tend to prefer stocks when they are expensive and hate them when they are cheap.

Sprott Group | January 8, 2014 | 8:07 am

Canada wants 20% of global rare earth market by 2018

Private and public partnerships envisaged to break China's grip on the market.

Frik Els | January 8, 2014 | 1:14 am

As Bitcoin became more popular, these countries became more suspicious

Several countries and their central banks have officially warned people about the risks associated with Bitcoin. Some, like China, have gone a step further, introducing laws to control it.

Ana Komnenic | January 7, 2014 | 10:44 pm