South Africa now only world’s No.4 gold miner

The only step remaining to create a 400,000+ ounces of gold per year gold miner in Western Australian is Canadian court approval.

India tops the global ranking with demand nearly 50 times that of its mined supply.

Stories of reinvented coal mining regions, regenerated communities and rebuilt ecosystems are told in a new book published this month.

Hedge funds and other large speculators boosted their net-long position in gold.