February 2, 2016 Gold hits fresh three-month high amid oil selloff The precious metal has become the best performing commodity of the year and one of the very few to post a sizable gain in 2016.
February 2, 2016 Dominion Diamond can go ahead with Ekati mine expansion — watchdog The board's recommendation still needs to be approved by Canada’s Northwest Territories authorities.
February 2, 2016 China gets tougher on illegal mining, exporting of rare earths Beijing to set up tracing system to determine and certify the origin of the materials.
February 2, 2016 New Indian rule backfires, boosts unofficial gold trade The government's latest attempt to control gold imports has boosted unofficial trading in the world's second-biggest gold consumer.
February 2, 2016 Anglo American risks eviction from FTSE 100 FTSE 100 reweighting to take place in March.
February 2, 2016 Canadian prospectors holding on to long-term resources demand forecast However, they acknowledge that there are no signposts yet in the market that suggest mineral prices will rebound soon.
February 2, 2016 Oil price crash: markets slump as Opec resists Russian calls for emergency meeting Moscow's foreign minister says Russia is ready to talk as country's oil production reaches post-Cold War high.
February 1, 2016 Sibanye Gold shopping for new mines, possibly including base metals The gold miner is expanding its portfolio to platinum, coal and uranium, as it also mulls an incursion in the base metals sector.
February 1, 2016 Anglo American may fully exit Brazil — report The company is said to be wanting to offload its Barro Alto nickel mine and the vast Minas-Rio iron ore complex.
February 1, 2016 The silver fix may have its days numbered The benchmark has settled outside the same day’s spot trading range, at least 10 times in the last six months.
CHART: Friday massacre for mining stocks but copper price pulls out of nosedive Historic down day for gold and silver prices caused double digit losses for precious metals stocks but copper miners came off relatively lightly. January 30, 2026 | 06:21 pm
