July 20, 2015 Gold plummets to five-year low overnight As heavy selling in early Asian trading hours tossed over a billion dollars’ worth of the bullion on the market in just a few minutes.
July 20, 2015 Chinese rare earth metals exchange to pay $6.4bn owed to investors The announcement came after the Fanya Metal Exchange saw hundreds of investors protesting outside the building last week.
July 17, 2015 Nexen’s oil sands pipeline leak one of Canada’s largest ever A day after reporting a significant jump in the number of pipeline failures, the Alberta Energy Regulator is now investigating one of the biggest ruptures in the province in years.
July 17, 2015 Lucara gets $69 million from first diamond sale, amid tough market conditions The star of the show was a 341.9 carat diamond —unveiled in April —, which sold for $20.55 million
July 17, 2015 China just broke silence on gold reserves — first time since 2009 China says its gold reserves increased 57%, which makes it the country with the sixth-largest hoard of the precious metal.
July 16, 2015 The world’s highest grade gold mines Canadian mine takes top honours but Russia and USA dominate the rankings.
July 16, 2015 Anglo American to write down up to $4bn on weak commodity prices This would be second multi-billion dollar impairment charge Anglo takes this year on its coal and iron ore assets.
July 16, 2015 Planetary Resources’ first spacecraft begins testing asteroid prospecting technology The Arkyd 3 Reflight (A3R) will spent its three-month orbiting mission sending back data to a group of scientists based at the firm’s headquarters in Redmond, WA.
July 16, 2015 Graham Briggs to retire as the CEO of Harmony Gold A geologist by training, the 62 year old executive has been with the company for 20 years.
July 16, 2015 Zambia mining industry says new rules to scare investors, deter local processing The Chamber of Mines wants the government to reconsider its decision to hike corporate income tax rate on mineral processing from 30% to 35%, which came in effect July 1.
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