Gold’s price surge drives Narcos into illegal mining in the Amazon
Federal crackdown on environmental crimes and a gold rally that’s sent prices to record highs has driven the industry into further darkness.
Speculators in gold and copper futures and options raised their net long positions in the week ended March 29, while they trimmed bullish bets in the silver market, according to the latest report by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
