August 24, 2011 Dog eats $10,000 worth of diamonds MSNBC reports a Georgia dog dined on a meal of $10,000 worth of diamonds.
August 24, 2011 Why did gold and silver pull back? It was an ugly day for precious metals. On Tuesday, gold and silver both fell as the Dow gained the most points in two weeks. Gold dropped the most in…
August 24, 2011 Margot Kidder arrested in oil sands protest Canadian actress Margot Kidder was among the latest slate of environmentalists to be arrested outside the White House on Tuesday, handcuffed and sent to jail on the fourth day of…
August 24, 2011 BHP points to a new dilemma The unavoidable quantum of the increase in BHP Billiton's revenue and profit numbers will doubtless provide verdant pasture for the gathering community of critics of both the Global Australian and…
August 24, 2011 Village Main reports fatality at Tau Lekoa JSE-listed Village Main Reef said on Wednesday that an employee was killed in a fall of ground incident at its Tau Lekoa gold mine, in the North West province. The…
August 24, 2011 Paladin secures US uranium contracts for ‘low to mid-$60s’ Australia's Paladin Energy has signed three new uranium sale agreements with US customers for output from the stage 3 expansion of the Langer Heinrich mine in the Namib desert (pictured).
August 24, 2011 Gold heading for one of the worst trading days ever – drops $105 Spot gold dropped $105 an ounce, or 5.66%, to $1,753.20 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange in early afternoon trade on Wednesday, as investors…
August 24, 2011 Harper Arctic Visit: PM talks economic development at Meadowbank Gold Mine Stephen Harper is using the backdrop of peaking gold prices amid international economic turmoil to sell his vision of economic development in Canada's Far North.
August 24, 2011 Gold futures slide 4.5 percent on good US economic data Gold futures fell more than 4.4 percent on Wednesday as well-received U.S. economic data and a recovery in stock markets prompted investors to take profits in the metal after its…
August 24, 2011 IC Potash courts partners for New Mexico project TSX-listed IC Potash is in talks with “quite a few” companies to partner on its Ochoa project in New Mexico, and hopes to have an agreement penned within the next…
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
