Tahoe’s Escobal mine licence to remain suspended — Guatemalan court

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Interview with Tony Jensen, CEO Royal Gold.

There should be a significant rally in junior resource stocks in the early days of 2015.

The new law could seek to limit mining companies' ability to replace workers during strikes.

Needless to say, the ETF which mirrors the junior resource markets, hasn’t performed well.

Andrew Kaip, managing director of mining equity research at BMO Capital Markets, says the stark reality is that the precious metals sector is only part way through a down cycle and that structural issues will result in a fresh phase of consolidation

Vancouver's Turquoise Hill lowers output estimates for Mongolian mine to 600,000oz–700,000oz of gold and 175,000t–195,000t of copper in concentrates.

The touted expansion of the world's largest underground copper mine is two to three years behind schedule and will require $2 billion more than initially planned, said the company.