Sources: BBC
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe launches a new currency, Zimbabwe Gold, backed on gold reserves and foreign currencies amid depreciation of its current currency, the Zimbabwean dollar. 2024-04-5
Brazilian President Michel Temer abolishes the 46,000 km 2 National Reserve of Copper and Associates (Renca) ecological reserve, which spans the borders of Amapá and Pará states in northern Brazil. More than 20 domestic and multinational firms have expressed an interest in accessing the area's deposits of gold, copper, tantalum, iron ore, nickel and manganese. 2017-08-25
In a new law the United Arab Emirates is offering citizens a gram of gold for every kilogram of weight they lose in an attempt to curb the rising obesity rate in the nation. 2013-07-17
Mining giant Rio Tinto, continuing a program of asset divestment, asks Macquarie Group to find a buyer for its interest in the Australian Northparkes copper and gold mine. 2013-04-4
In reaction to North Korea's latest nuclear test the European Union will tighten sanctions against the country in the form of blocking the trade of gold and diamonds, as well as cracking down on financial ties between them. 2013-02-15
The All Ordinaries Index on the Australian Stock Exchange falls by 4.4% with Asian markets generally down. 2011-08-19
The price of gold reaches a new record after the President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez announces plans to nationalize the Venezuelan gold industry. 2011-08-17
Stock markets in Asia and Australia fall on the back of a sharp decline in Wednesday's trading on the New York Stock Exchange. 2011-08-11
The Dow Jones Industrial Average on the New York Stock Exchange as world stock markets recover after recent falls. 2011-08-9
Stock markets in Asia and Australia continue falls from Europe and the United States. 2011-08-5