Gold prices are collapsing on surprisingly strong US jobs data
Blame Fed Chair Janet Yellen, as she said earlier this week that a rate hike in December was a “live possibility” if the economy continued to perform well.
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Even iron ore lump prices are being crushed
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Enbridge warns Line 9 pipeline holdups to hurt 2015 earnings
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