China gets tougher on illegal mining, exporting of rare earths
Beijing to set up tracing system to determine and certify the origin of the materials.
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Anglo American risks eviction from FTSE 100
FTSE 100 reweighting to take place in March.
Canadian prospectors holding on to long-term resources demand forecast
However, they acknowledge that there are no signposts yet in the market that suggest mineral prices will rebound soon.
Sibanye Gold shopping for new mines, possibly including base metals
The gold miner is expanding its portfolio to platinum, coal and uranium, as it also mulls an incursion in the base metals sector.
Canada’s Royal Nickel turns producer with two acquisitions
Picks up private Australian nickel and gold mine and stake in Manitoba copper mine from VMS Ventures.
CHART: Gold price vs oil has never been this out of whack
For the first time since the height of the Seventies oil crisis and the end of the gold standard does an ounce of gold buy you more than 34 barrels of oil.
Gold price jumps to 3-month high
Hedge funds increase bullish bets on gold price more than 10-fold, positioning for further upside.
Anglo American may fully exit Brazil — report
The company is said to be wanting to offload its Barro Alto nickel mine and the vast Minas-Rio iron ore complex.
The silver fix may have its days numbered
The benchmark has settled outside the same day’s spot trading range, at least 10 times in the last six months.
