More than 1,500 workers fired at Sibanye’s Cooke mine over strike

It’s certainly a challenging time still for gold and silver but the long-term reasons for holding physical gold remain in place.

In a joint statement with the Department of Mineral Resources and unions, the miner has agreed to postpone any decision for 60 days.

The world’s top platinum company is reportedly engaged in negotiations with union leaders and the government and it is expected to release a formal announcement on whether talks had succeeded in saving jobs later today.

Anglo's iron ore and platinum production dips in Q4

Russia and South Africa will see decreases in production

Mining capex was up 12% to $211 billion last year.

Space mining start-up Planetary Resources has put together quite the infographic to explain how asteroid mining will create a trillion-dollar industry.

Platinum gets a boost as prospects for the global economy improve

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