Not a Mecca for gold sales this year
Hajj pilgrims are spending 50% less on gold this year.
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5,000 march against French uranium miner in Niger
Areva's contract with the Niger government covering 4,500 tonnes per year is up for renegotiation.
China to shut down two coal mines each day
China burns almost as much coal as the rest of the world combined, but it's serious about cleaning up the industry.
Illegal miners pillage copper mine in Zambia
Destroy $1.2 million driller.
Kinross opens fourth Russian mine
The up to 300,000oz per year Dvoinoye mine, located in Russia's Chukotka region, near the company's Kupol operation started commercial production in October.
Thompson Creek CEO says goodbye, leaves behind diversified miner
Says diversification helped cushion the fall when molybdenum prices tanked.
Chilean court accepts new appeal against Barrick’s Pascua-Lama
Freshest threat after a court froze the project earlier in the year.
‘Liquidation binge’ briefly halts gold trading Friday
A "volatility safety type device' halted trading in gold for ten seconds Friday after a 2 million ounce trade was executed.
Debt deal talks sink gold price
Shortly after the opening of trade in New York on Friday the gold price plunged more than $30 an ounce to an almost three-month low of $1,259.60 an ounce.
