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Labour unrest at Anglo American Platinum’s South Africa operations spread on Tuesday to a new mine as the company and fellow miner AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) have hardened their stance on strikers.

A record number of skilled New Zealanders involved in trade are leaving their country to take up higher paying jobs in Australia.

Mining veteran and Goldcorp founder, Rob McEwen, bought 500,000 shares in the Toronto-based explorer on the open market to bring his stake to 7.8 million shares or 12.4% of the company.

The government of British Columbia has rejected plans for a combined copper-gold mine in the province's north-west due to fears it could threaten salmon populations in the Skeena River.

Renowned investor and Bloomberg regular Michael Pento says the US Federal reserve has "doubled down on QE3 this morning and unofficially announced QE4."

South Africa accounts for roughly a third of Anglogold's annual output and the company is losing 32,000 ounces – worth more than $55 million at today's prices – of production a week.

Australia's largest gold miner Newcrest will pour a total of $3.3 billion into its East Cadia copper-gold project, the subject of a lawsuit from a well-connected privately owned explorer.

Gold is now up 16% since hitting 2012 lows and on Monday made a break for $1,800.

38 Chinese nationals caught mining for gold illegally in the west African nation of Ghana have been arrested and deported.