Base Metals

December 2, 2014

Meet South Africa’s ‘gold slaves’

Illegal gold excavation and scrapping, worth about six billion rands per year (about US$550 million), is today the lifeblood of Johannesburg’s informal economy.

November 30, 2014

Low oil prices good for PGMs

A Scotiabank analyst noted Thursday that when oil prices drop heavily on ample supply and strengthening consumer demand, car demand tends to surge.

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