Gran Colombia to spin off Marmato gold project

The government also published a list of answers to common questions about crude exports, providing guidance in a matter plagued by confusion.

"You want to buy stocks when they are unknown, unloved and undervalued."

Gold edged down on higher shares on Wednesday, but was poised to end 2014 steady around $1,200 an ounce as the impact of a stronger dollar was offset by demand from investors worried about tensions in Russia and political uncertainty in Greece.

Game-changing disruptive technologies or sustainable end-user agreements are what companies need to succeed and he shares some likely names in the cobalt, lithium, nickel, graphite—even uranium—spaces in this interview with The Mining Report.

Move will leave up to 12,000 jobless and it is likely to sour the already fractious relationship between the government and mining companies.

Worries over tension between Russia and the West, a fresh wave of political uncertainty in Greece, and a weaker dollar helped push the precious metal through key chart levels.

The move aims to expedite the processing and sanction of pollution cases.

Whereas total returns for the S&P 500 Index and 10-Year Treasury bond stayed relatively stable throughout the year, commodities and the U.S. dollar both made an incredible about-face starting around late June, early July.

Physical gold ETF holdings drop to fresh 2008 Lehman-lows and silver investors pull out nearly 300 tonnes – the worst weekly performance in 19 months.