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INFOGRAPHIC: Silver’s biggest winning and losing streaks

Here's silver's biggest winning streaks (+10% gains) as well as its worst losing streaks (-10% losses) since 1971.

Visual Capitalist | March 29, 2016 | 1:50 pm

September cyanide spill at Argentina gold mine wasn’t the first

Three spills between 2011–2012 were contained by control systems at Barrick Gold's Veladero mine and did not pose any environmental risks.

Frik Els | March 28, 2016 | 12:10 pm

Ultra-bearish call on copper, oil prices

Barclays says commodity gains this year not supported by fundamentals– sector vulnerable to wave of investor liquidation that could knock prices down 20–25%.

Frik Els | March 28, 2016 | 11:30 am

‘Significant milestone’ for new gold mine in Scottish highlands

Scotgold believes gold and silver from its Cononish project near Loch Lomond in Trossachs National Park would attract a "significant premium".

Frik Els | March 28, 2016 | 10:33 am

China’s Zijin Mining profit in 2015 hit by gold, base metal prices slump

Net profit for 2015 dropped by almost 30% to $261 million (1.7 billion yuan) from the previous year's $353 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 25, 2016 | 8:59 am

Barrick Gold chairman John Thornton takes a 76% pay cut

He will receive $3.4 million for his work in 2015, including compensations and pension, a significant reduction from the almost $13 million he pocketed in 2014.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 25, 2016 | 4:50 am