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Less correlation among commodities demands more careful selection: Philip Richards

Commodities from coal to gold once traded in close correlation, but today the graph looks helter-skelter.

The Gold Report | June 17, 2014 | 12:14 am

Centamin legal fight over gold mine in Egypt set to end this year

Centamin issues in Egypt go back to 2012, when a court cancelled its mining license for Sukari, the firm’s only producing mine, and the country’s first large-scale modern gold operation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 16, 2014 | 3:05 pm

New Zealand may approve underwater mine this week

Trans Tasman Resource project will vacuum iron-rich seafloor sands, to later extract the desired titano-magnetite for export to Asian steel mills.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 16, 2014 | 11:35 am

US Midwest poised for a copper and iron ore mining rebirth

There are at least six mines proposed or already started in the area comprised by Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 15, 2014 | 2:39 pm

Chile’s Codelco appoints interim CEO

Octavio Araneda, VP of the company's central-south operations, will serve as interim CEO until a new leader is picked.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 14, 2014 | 5:56 pm

Chile gives lithium another try

Government created yesterday a national commission that will work on a new state policy for the exploitation of lithium.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 13, 2014 | 7:00 pm

The iron ore price is falling again

Shares in producers are dumped after price of iron ore falls 2% to fresh 22-month on more bad economic news from top consumer China.

Frik Els | June 12, 2014 | 7:31 pm

Peru’s President allegedly financed campaign with illegal mining funds

Former head of the National Federation of Artisanal Miners of Peru claims the union gave Humala's party 17kg of gold to help finance his campaign.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 12, 2014 | 5:50 pm

Aussie scientists develop cost-effective way to treat mining wastewater

The treated water can be either released to the environment or recycled back into the purifying plant.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 12, 2014 | 3:44 pm

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