December 5, 2016 Glencore becomes sole owner of Newlands, Collinsville coal mines in Australia After buying ought out its two Japanese partners, Itochu Corp and Sumitomo Corp.
December 5, 2016 New Islamic banking rules make gold an accepted investment Transactions must be fully backed by physical metal and settled on the same day to observe Islam's distinction between real economic activity and speculation.
December 5, 2016 Gold’s slim price recovery this year boosts supply fears Situation has worsened as a result of a shortage of new discoveries, cost cutting measures and miners digging out higher-grade material for a short-term gain, say experts.
December 5, 2016 Brazil Resources is now GoldMining Inc. Board of directors has approved the change effective December 6, 2016, in order to better reflect the company's existing business.
December 5, 2016 World’s longest traffic jam points to Mongolia recovery Over 60 kilometers, they line up: truck after truck, after truck. Nearly every one of them is laden with coal.
December 2, 2016 EPA’s proposed financial responsibility rule for miners a ‘job killer’ — industry Norm aims at ensuring that hard-rock mining companies can pay the costs of cleaning up their mines, says EPA.
December 2, 2016 Cameroon involved in Central African ‘conflict diamonds’ trade — report Cameroon is allowing conflict diamonds from the Central African Republic to cross over its borders and into the legal supply chain due to poor controls, smuggling and corruption, a new…
December 2, 2016 China gold premiums soar amid import limits Just this week, bullion was sold in China at about $24 an ounce above the international price.
December 2, 2016 Gold price slump puts Barrick’s Super Pit deal with Minjar at risk The Chinese miner is also having a hard time trying to convince Western lenders of financing part of the deal.
December 2, 2016 Juniors crashed by gold slump The junior gold miners’ and explorers’ stocks have been crushed in recent months, collateral damage from enormous gold-futures selling.
Rising copper prices help Freeport-McMoRan offset Grasberg production dip Average copper prices rose in the fourth quarter and hit all-time highs late in December. January 22, 2026 | 10:08 am
