Australia’s Evolution Mining to buy Canadian gold mine from Newmont

Negative sentiment around Canadian oil and gas companies has led to a unique opportunity in the past several years.

Former minister becomes Finance Minister.

Currently 19% of Aussie geoscientists are unemployed, compared with fewer than 2% three years ago.

Last week Barrick Gold sold 41 million African Barrick shares to institutional investors.

2013 has been a 'very, very positive year' - CEO

The silver producer recovered its main administration building and plant facility on Thursday.

Rio's partner in the project claims there is the potential for a long-life, low-cost mine.

The miner is warning the multitude of new legislation could send compliance costs soaring by tens of millions of dollars for global companies.

The figure includes salary, a cash bonus, shares and other benefits for the man who was able to take Rio Tinto from a US$3 billion loss to a US$3.7 billion profit in a year.