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Miners, commodities traders brace for La Niña

The last time the weather event was present, it wrought havoc on the mining industry in Australia, with thermal and coking coal mines in Queensland hit by flooding from cyclones and heavy rain.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 5, 2016 | 5:50 am

BC mining in 2016: New mines on track despite dire outlook

Hard decisions by some mining companies are required in 2016 if they are to avoid solvency problems, warns the Bank of Merrill Lynch.

Business In Vancouver - Nelson Bennett | January 5, 2016 | 3:35 am

Centerra Gold worker arrested in Kyrgyzstan after ‘horse penis’ remark

The incident is Centerra Gold's second brush with Kyrgyzstan authorities in recent months.

Canadian Press | January 5, 2016 | 1:05 am

Vancouver’s Oracle Mining in receivership

It is now halted from trading and its directors and chief executive officers have resigned en masse.

Business In Vancouver - Nelson Bennett | January 5, 2016 | 12:33 am

Yellen comes down the chimney

Seven years of zero interest rates have created plenty of capital misallocation, mal-investment and yield chasing.

Eric Coffin of HRA Advisories | January 5, 2016 | 12:26 am

The 20 year record for gold

Today, I present new research covering a 20-year time frame from 1996- 2015 that includes a 12-year bull market for gold from 2001-2012 bracketed by bear markets in the late 1990s and mid-2010s.

Mickey Fulp - Mercenary Geologist | January 5, 2016 | 12:25 am

New year gold price surprise for hedge funds

Large-scale gold futures speculators who placed a record number of bearish bets during the final week of 2015, wrong-footed by Monday's safe haven buying.

Frik Els | January 4, 2016 | 1:42 pm