Curacao police arrest 7 in $11.5 million gold bar heist

Premiums for gold traded on the US-based Comex over the London spot market halved following the news report, to around $20 an ounce.

The DRC in December filed criminal complaints accusing Apple subsidiaries of using so-called conflict minerals in their supply chain.

Barrick holds a 50% interest in Zaldívar, a joint venture with Antofagasta, which produced about 80,000 tonnes of copper last year.

Copper rose as much as 1.2% in London ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration.