October 15, 2014 Newmont’s Conga mine could remain halted until 2018 The future of the proposed $5 billion Conga copper and gold project in Peru remains in limbo as its main opponent was recently re-elected governor of the region where the…
October 15, 2014 Switzerland’s central bank calls to thwart gold vote The initiative seeks to force the SNB to keep at least 20% of its assets in the metal and repatriate gold reserves held abroad.
October 15, 2014 Mick Davis has now almost $5 billion to build new mining empire The former Xstrata boss' new venture, X2 Resources, is "currently reviewing a number of opportunities in the metals and mining sector."
October 15, 2014 INFOGRAPHIC: The value of diamonds in real world vs in Minecraft The value of diamonds seems to have transcended our physical world and taken a privileged place in the universe of Minecraft, an increasingly popular Lego style adventure game.
October 15, 2014 Australia, Brazil to control 90% of global iron ore trade by 2020 Despite iron ore prices touching rock bottom, the top three producers have no plans to slowdown production. Quite the contrary.
October 14, 2014 Chinese banks go after silver and gold fix Since it first debuted in August, only five participants have signed up to the price setting process.
October 14, 2014 Court orders Centerra to halt trade of shares owned by Kyrgyz gov’t The injunction was sought by Stans Energy.
October 14, 2014 South Africa’s gold miners look at mergers to stay afloat Harmony Gold, Sibanye Gold Ltd., and AngloGold Ashanti named among the top candidates to consider deals.
October 14, 2014 First Quantum warns Zambia tax hike will cost jobs, investment drop The miner, Zambia's largest foreign investor, operates Kansanshi mine, the eighth largest copper mine in the world, as well as the country's biggest.
October 14, 2014 $1M worth of Viking treasures unearthed in Scotland More than 100 objects, including solid gold jewellery, arm bands and silver ingots are part of the trove, one of the largest discoveries of Viking treasure in Scotland.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
