A small tailings dam associated with a mine run by Ecuadorean firm Austro Gold has collapsed, Ecuador's government said on Friday, sending mining waste into a nearby river. A retaining wall collapsed at the Armijos tailings station, located in the Camilo Ponce Enriquez area in southern Ecuador, the energy and mines ministry said.
A federal court ordered the Brazilian government on Friday to expel an estimated 20,000 illegal gold miners from the Yanomami indigenous reservation to protect one of the most isolated major Amazon tribes from the spread of coronavirus.
Copper prices fell Friday, signaling a pause in the industrial metal's surge, on mounting concerns that the rally may have been overdone. Copper futures for October delivery slipped about 1% to $6,030 a metric ton on the London Metal Exchange. The drop comes as investors struggle to reconcile signs of a global economic recovery with the surge in coronavirus infections in the U.S., which could deal a setback to manufacturers.
A five-star hotel in Vietnamese capital Hanoi has opened with a twist that it hopes will attract guests with intimately expensive tastes: gold-plated bath tubs, basins and even toilets, all housed behind a massive golden exterior.
Britain has recognised Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's president, the English High Court ruled on Thursday, in a case over whether Guaido or Nicolas Maduro should control $1 billion of its gold stored in London.
Britain has recognised Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's president, the English High Court ruled on Thursday, in a case over whether Guaido or Nicolas Maduro should control $1 billion of its gold stored in London.
Britain has "recognised" Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's president, the UK High Court has ruled, in case over who controls the country's gold reserves stored in London.
Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund (ETF), New York's SPDR Gold Trust, remained unchanged on
Tuesday from Monday, while the largest silver-backed ETF, New York's ...
Gold prices slipped on Thursday, easing
from a near eight-year high hit in the previous session, as
strong U.S. data and hopes for a potential COVID-19 vaccine
dented safe-haven sentiment.
Gold prices rose to their highest in
nearly eight years on Wednesday as a spike in coronavirus cases
sparked concerns over the economic recovery from the pandemic
and boosted demand for safe-havens.
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