How Olympic Dam went from mother of all digs to debottlenecking

Fifty pounds of gold and 20,000 pounds of copper could be extracted from one million discarded cell phones, if processed properly, says academic.

Volatility and fair value.

Absolute numbers.

Codelco chairman, Oscar Landerretche, wants the government to scrap the country’s Copper Law, which forces the firm to give 10% of its annual export revenue to the Armed Forces.

New climate change regulations are believe to be the main challenge for Canadian businesses this year.

The miner has finally completed the sale of assets from its Tarmac joint venture to a subsidiary of French engineering and construction group Bouygues.

The decision comes after more than a year of confrontations with the Greek government that included permits being revoked and delayed several times.

Gold is the big exception with managed money futures investors slashing bearish bets on the gold price by 44%.

They are all located in just three countries: Norway, Russia and Canada.