March 19, 2014 Geopolitical events boosting these American stocks When it comes to Wall Street, oil isn’t the only commodity investors are seeking stable supplies of—you can add platinum to the list.
March 19, 2014 African Barrick seeks new name after partially splitting from Canadian parent Last week Barrick Gold sold 41 million African Barrick shares to institutional investors.
March 17, 2014 Nigerian gold mining: farmers choose death by lead poisoning over poverty Unregulated mining in rural northern Nigeria is causing blindness and paralysis among children and making adults infertile.
March 16, 2014 Rio Tinto to pay an extra $75 million in taxes on new rulings The miner is warning the multitude of new legislation could send compliance costs soaring by tens of millions of dollars for global companies.
March 14, 2014 Rio Tinto’s Sam Walsh scores $9m after pay increase in first year The figure includes salary, a cash bonus, shares and other benefits for the man who was able to take Rio Tinto from a US$3 billion loss to a US$3.7 billion…
March 13, 2014 Iron ore price stages huge comeback Price of the steelmaking raw material up 6.5% since Monday.
March 13, 2014 Global undiscovered copper resources estimated at 3.5 billion metric tons The first-ever, geologically-based global assessment of undiscovered copper resources estimates that 3.5 billion metric tons of copper may exist worldwide.
March 13, 2014 The state of global rough diamond supply 2014 50 mines are estimated to account for 90% of global rough diamond supply in 2014.
March 12, 2014 South Africa approves law that gives state a 20% of oil, mining firms The new law also lets the state to acquire an unspecified additional share at an “agreed price,” among other debated changes.
March 12, 2014 South African police shot Marikana miners as they fled: lawyer Fresh evidence contradicts South African police account of the events, which claims most died as they opened fire when striking miners charged officers.
Copper price spreads ease in sign squeeze will prove short-lived Contracts maturing tomorrow closed at a $2 premium to those expiring a day later, after the one-day spread briefly spiked to a huge premium of $100 a ton. January 21, 2026 | 07:25 am
