Democratic $2 trillion clean-energy plan aims to edge natural gas out of the power mix within 15 years.

Operating Engineers Local 3 filed an unfair labour practice complaint with the National Labour Relations Board when Nevada Gold Mines withdrew recognition of the union.

Potential exists for the dollar price of gold to rise more than 5-10 fold.

A rapidly strengthening US dollar forces gold futures speculators to aggressively dump their leveraged positions.

Gold prices hovered around the $1,900/oz range as a US stimulus deal seems unlikely before the elections.

Copper will account for up to one-fifth of the metal produced by Newmont.

Preliminary gold production from its Nevada unit jumped 51%.