December 26, 2013 Shane Nagle: Making your portfolio pricing-pressure proof Forget about the gold price. Forget about the copper, zinc and nickel price. Start searching out companies that can weather another few years of recovery, because it's unlikely mining companies…
December 23, 2013 Freeport CEO cancels employment contract, gets 1 million shares Richard Adkerson was the highest paid CEO in Forbes' 'materials' category in 2012.
December 22, 2013 Chad Mabry: Where to drill for portfolio outperformance In this interview with The Energy Report, Mabry also talks about some companies with exposure to up-and-coming plays that could offer major upside.
December 19, 2013 Glencore Xstrata raises stake in Africa’s copper belt The miner and commodities trading giant acquired an additional 14.5% interest in Mutanda, a copper mine in the province of Katanga, Congo.
December 19, 2013 Mining ranks fifth – occupations projected to add the most new jobs Agriculture, manufacturing and utilities are all expected to see declines.
December 18, 2013 South African labour: Unions at war Numsa will openly recruit from NUM's membership, in direct violation of federation principles. Numsa tells opponents to 'go to hell.'
December 18, 2013 South Africa’s key gold industry faces moment of truth Collapsing gold prices, ageing mines, labour strikes and higher operating costs have together weighed down on the sector in the world's sixth largest producer of the metal.
December 17, 2013 Steve Yuzpe and Maria Smirnova: Why Sprott Resource Corp. sold $76m in bullion In this interview with The Mining Report, new Sprott Resource Corp. President and CEO Steve Yuzpe discusses where the company will focus its capital, and Sprott Asset Management Associate Portfolio…
December 17, 2013 Asanko Gold drops 10%, PMI soars 35% as companies merge The two companies will create a mid-tier producer with two Ghanian mines. Expected annual output of 400,000 ounces by 2017.
December 17, 2013 Shares of gold mine waste retreatment firm surges 28% Johannesburg-based DRD Gold is introducing new technology to extract more gold from old surface tailings.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
