When South African miners are allowed to recall all their workers as lockdown restrictions ease further on Monday, full production will remain elusive as the pandemic upends operating practices. Social distancing, screening and testing will hamper the …
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Bank of Nova Scotia has set aside C$232-million to cover the cost of winding down its historic precious-metals unit as well as a potential settlement of US investigations into the unit’s trading activities.
The charges this year, which the bank disclo…
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Gold miners in Australia — set to leapfrog China next year to become the top producer — are resuming a pandemic-disrupted exploration spree as prices surge amid a dearth of major discoveries.
“Gold does really well in volatile times, so my sense of …
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Black Cube, the private intelligence agency run by former Israeli spies, spent months setting up companies around the world. Offices, websites and employees were painstakingly put in place — all part of a sting targeting former executives at Brazilian…
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Zambia is moving to amend gold-mining rules so that they treat the metal as strategic. The cabinet agreed to amend the Mines Act to align it with a policy set last October to recognize gold as a strategic mineral. That requires production by artisanal …
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Gold-backed ETFs are on pace for a record haul in a year that’s seen some funds tracking oil futures founder. Investors have poured unprecedented amounts of cash into gold exchange-traded funds, with inflows totaling $16.8-billion in less than five mon…
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A coal market only just rebounding from the lowest price in four years might now need to grapple with the prospect of China renewing its restrictions on Australian supplies.
Two influential coal industry publications within China have raised the spect…
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