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Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea drive gold prices up

Gold prices finished higher last Friday and followed the upward trend on Monday, with December gold GCZ7, +0.67% rising to $1,283 an ounce.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 9, 2017 | 10:30 am

Freeport pressed to give most of Grasberg copper-gold mine to Indonesia ASAP

Freeport agreed in August to divest a 51% stake in Grasberg to local interests in return for full operational control until 2041 plus fiscal and legal guarantees, but a final deal has still to be reached.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 6, 2017 | 6:01 am

Plans to restart giant Bougainville mine stall as operating rights battle rages

Plans to reopen one of the world's biggest copper mines, shut by a civil war on the Pacific Island of Bougainville in 1989, have run into trouble.

Reuters | October 5, 2017 | 4:44 pm

Chile earthquake lights fire under copper price

Up more than 3% after quake near the city of Calama in main copper producing region of the South American country.

Frik Els | October 5, 2017 | 11:45 am

Barrick to pay $20 million to settle Pascua-Lama arbitration case

Lawsuit was filed last year after the miner halted payments due to a local group.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 5, 2017 | 9:25 am

Mexico’s mining sector to reach $17.8bn by 2020 on zinc prices, strong pipeline

Competitive operating costs and supportive government policies are also expected to play a key role in Mexico's mining industry strong recovery.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 5, 2017 | 5:32 am

CHARTS: Mining’s 2017 rally forecast to fizzle out

Consensus forecasts point to double digit declines for the platinum, zinc, copper and lead price by the end of the year, while coal is set to tank.

Frik Els | October 4, 2017 | 5:56 pm

Robots under Swedish forest breathe life into ancient mines

Mining ihas been one of the last sectors to use a surge in computer processing power, cloud data storage and complex algorithms to make sense of huge amounts of scattered information - routine in today’s retail and manufacturing businesses.

Reuters | October 4, 2017 | 4:00 am

Philippines confirms environment minister who supports open pit mining ban

Roy Cimatu, who replaced ousted ecologist Regina Lopez in May, has said he would review evidence brought forward by mining companies and communities before deciding whether to keep, modify, or reverse his predecessor's measures.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 4, 2017 | 3:43 am

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