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Mining deal value down over $18bn due to pandemic

GlobalData says mergers and acquisitions, despite a decent first quarter owing to deals involving gold, fell by 51.6% during the first half of 2020.

MINING.com Editor | September 8, 2020 | 10:49 pm

Zinc price to enter long term structural decline in 2021 – report

Fitch predicts prices will rise to around $2,600/tonne by the…

MINING.com Editor | September 8, 2020 | 10:14 pm

Copper price drops despite 65% surge in China imports

Copper price dips below $3.00 as Shanghai–London arbitrage window shuts.

Frik Els | September 8, 2020 | 12:39 pm

Shandong increases offer price for Cardinal Resources

Cardinal's board of directors has urged shareholders to accept a…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 8, 2020 | 9:36 am

Funds collide with fundamentals in red hot copper cauldron

Funds are riding a wave of Chinese buying that has…

Andy Home - Reuters | September 8, 2020 | 8:31 am

In 20 years what country will produce the most gold?

South Africa has pulled itself down to fifth place.

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | November 15, 2013 | 11:11 pm

Rio Tinto’s Simandou project to cost over $18 billion

Chinese giant Chalco, in the process of is selling its stake in the project to parent Chinalco, said it will get a bit over $2bn for the transaction.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 15, 2013 | 6:00 pm

Gold demand plummets to four-year low

It dropped 21% in Q3, marking what several analysts consider a solid proof of the end of gold’s decade-long bull run.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 14, 2013 | 10:50 am

Improved physical demand in 2013: Thomson Reuters Silver Market Review

The Review forecasts fabrication demand across all sectors (except photography) will grow in 2013.

MINING.com Editor | November 14, 2013 | 1:19 am

Mongolia’s wealthy politicians

The rulers of Mongolia's fewer than 3 million citizens have amassed the equivalent of 7.6% of the country's economy.

Frik Els | November 13, 2013 | 8:20 pm

Rio Tinto launches new diamond marketing initiative in China

“The Fashion of Diamonds” strategy has resulted in a number of creative collaborations with designers and manufacturers.

Rio Tinto | November 12, 2013 | 7:17 pm

Massive private gold vault opens in Shanghai Free-Trade Zone

"We expect big demand from foreign banks and we are talking to a few."

MINING.com Editor | November 11, 2013 | 5:47 am

China’s central bank may have secretly bought 300t of gold this year

Gold makes up little more than 1% of the country's $3.6 trillion in reserves compared to more than 70% for the United States.

Frik Els | November 9, 2013 | 11:46 pm

China’s radical reforms may prompt massive safe haven buying of gold

Far-reaching reforms to flow from leadership meeting could fundamentally alter investment options for Chinese who have been pumping money into a property bubble.

Frik Els | November 9, 2013 | 11:37 pm

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