Ghana’s crackdown on illegal mining: at least 55 new arrests
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Ecuador to vote on ground-breaking law to allow large-scale mining
Country's gold, copper and silver reserves estimated at $115 billion.
Deutsche Bank opens $9 billion gold vault in Singapore
The new vault can hold up to 200 tonnes of gold bullion.
Illegal Chinese miners caught in Ghana to be deported next week
Illegal mining by Chinese nationals has become an increasing source of contention and resentment for local Ghanaians.
‘Stop caring so much about my gold bets’: Paulson
From now on, updates on his Gold Fund performance will be issued separately and will not be included in the shares monthly updates.
Brazil’s Petrobras to exit Peru: report
Firm is the most indebted publicly traded oil company.
World Gold Council ‘concerned’ over India’s new hike of gold import duties
It fears the measure will curb supply and increase smuggling of the precious metal into the country.
Newcrest Mining free falling takes firm to a nine-year low
Australia's top gold miner writes down $6bn in assets and will cut about 100 jobs.
BHP closes $1.63bn stake sale in Aussie gas venture to PetroChina
The news comes less than two months after operator Woodside shelved the project in its current form.
Barrick Gold axes jobs in Australia
The world’s largest gold company said there might be more job losses in the coming months.
How Rio–Glencore talks fell apart
In the end it wasn't about copper, iron ore or coal, but who was paying more.
