October 15, 2013 Friedland wants South Africa to be the ‘Silicon Valley’ for platinum In other words, he hopes to create a “Platinum Valley.”
October 14, 2013 Prices and protests: gold miners’ war on two fronts Gold has dropped over $500/oz and protest movements against gold miners around the world, with the help of social media, have become more prominent.
October 14, 2013 Mining majors rerate as China, iron ore price defy gloom Big 4 enjoy huge market value gains as the price of their most profitable product and the prospects of their number one customer continue to recover.
October 14, 2013 Copper price jumps on Chinese import surge, warehouse drawdown Copper up 1% as Chinese imports reach 18-month high, global warehouse inventories decline for the 28th consecutive session.
October 13, 2013 Fresh protests erupt over Europe’s largest gold project Thousands of people gathered in the Romanian capital Bucharest and other cities on Sunday in a show of opposition against the Rosia Montana project in Transylvania
October 12, 2013 Not a Mecca for gold sales this year Hajj pilgrims are spending 50% less on gold this year.
October 12, 2013 5,000 march against French uranium miner in Niger Areva's contract with the Niger government covering 4,500 tonnes per year is up for renegotiation.
October 12, 2013 Kinross opens fourth Russian mine The up to 300,000oz per year Dvoinoye mine, located in Russia's Chukotka region, near the company's Kupol operation started commercial production in October.
October 12, 2013 Thompson Creek CEO says goodbye, leaves behind diversified miner Says diversification helped cushion the fall when molybdenum prices tanked.
BNP backs gold price to hit $6,000 as rally ‘makes sense’ The gold-silver ratio, while still lower than its two-year average in the 80s, has bounced back, said Wilson, BNP’s director of commodities strategy. February 10, 2026 | 03:14 pm