GraniteShares Gold Trust founder, Will Rhind, is in the midst of a fee war with his former employer and other ETFs that’s helped boost his fund’s value to $458 million, from less than $12 million a year earlier.
The country's environmental agency OEFA detected a "flow of a greenish solution" into the nearby Torata River in the waste deposit area of the copper mine, located in the Moquegua region.
The country's largest gold producer reported a 20% jump in fourth-quarter adjusted net profit to $291 million compared with last year, lifted by increased production and rising sales of the metal.
China iron ore futures rose to a record on Monday, the first session after a week-long national holiday, on concerns that supply from Brazil, the country's second-largest ore supplier, may decline after a fatal dam accident at a Vale mine.
Shares in the gold miner are up more than 50% since September when Barrick said it was buying Randgold Resources and when Mark Bristow was named as chief executive, taking over as head of the merged entity from January.
The company says it has seen a significant improvement over the past year, with prices up about 20%, but believes conditions are not where they need to be to restart idled capacity.