January 4, 2018 Endeavour sells its mine in Ghana The London-based miner sold its 90% stake in the project to BCM International. The remaining 10% is held by the Ghanaian government.
January 4, 2018 Commodities forge record-setting rally as BP to miners surge The Bloomberg Commodity Index, which tracks returns on 22 raw materials, was poised for an unprecedented 15 days of gains on Thursday.
January 4, 2018 Union at Chile Lomas Bayas mine far from deal with Glencore Unionized workers at Glencore's Lomas Bayas copper mine rejected a final contract offer and began government-facilitated mediation Thursday to avoid strike.
January 4, 2018 The 5 largest gold nuggets that still exist From a nugget containing 1682 troy ounces of gold to one shaped like a massive pair of hands- here is a list of five of the biggest existing nuggets.
January 3, 2018 Alba wants to reopen gold mine behind three generations of royal wedding rings Gold from Clogau St David’s mine in North Wales is behind the wedding bands of the Queen Mother, the Queen, Princess Margaret, the Princess Royal and Diana, Princess of Wales.
January 3, 2018 Germans invest heavily in gold in 2017, Deutsche Boerse says Gold is seen as a safe haven for investors during times of uncertainty. Spot gold prices gained about 14 percent during 2017.
January 2, 2018 Mining in 2018: Copper price to power on Markets where technology hasn’t substantially shortened the supply cycle and where cost are rising (ie copper) have the greatest long-term upside in prices
January 2, 2018 Court orders Zambia Vedanta unit to pay state firm $139 million London court has ordered KCM to pay state mining company $139m in a claim related to copper price, raising by $36m the amount originally ordered to pay.
January 2, 2018 2018 feels ripe for ‘big unexpected crisis,’ Eurasia group says This year could see a geopolitical crisis on the scale of the financial crash a decade ago, Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer says.
January 2, 2018 Gold’s best run since 2011 exposes `global complacency’ on rates Bullion for immediate delivery advanced 0.9 percent to $1,315.08 an ounce at 2:15 p.m. in New York, according to Bloomberg generic pricing.
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