Mexico’s proposed higher mining royalties could block nearly $7bn in investments
The Mexican government proposed raising mining royalties under the argument that metal prices have risen in recent years.
ACCRA Ghana gold production rose 14% for the first quarter of 2011 versus a year ago to 796 797 oz, and gold revenues during the same period soared 47% to $1.15-billion, the West African nation’s chamber of mines said on Friday. Ghana is Africa’s