Caterpillar is on list of stocks 'that hedge funds are shorting like crazy'

By Michael Allan McCrae Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) is ranked number nine on a list of stocks that hedge funds are shorting "like crazy", according to … [Read more...]

Thompson Creek writes down $530m of Endako mine

By Business in Vancouver Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. (TSX:TCM; NYSE:TC) has written down $530.5 million of the value of its Endako molybdenum … [Read more...]

Copper huge sell-off. Who Is Doing The Buying?

By Michael Noonan Market activity rules!  It is the basis for understanding the motivation for all moves,
up or down.  If you want to know what … [Read more...]

Turkish gold mining showing some shine

By Anthony Halley Since enacting important liberal reforms in 2010, Turkey has been home to a number of mining success stories. Only 15 years ago, … [Read more...]

Bernanke lifts gold price over $1,600 while singing the praises of QE

By Frik Els The gold price jumped more than $30 on Tuesday to touch a high of $1,620 as Ben Bernanke sang the praises of the US Federal Reserve's QE … [Read more...]

Entree Gold hammered after permit near Oyu Tolgoi cancelled

By Frik Els Vancouver's Entrée Gold (TSX:ETG) fell on Tuesday after Mongolian authorities pulled the company's mining licence near Oyu Tolgoi, Rio … [Read more...]

Diamonds dominate Academy Awards fashion

By Kerry Hall America's biggest film stars rolled out to the Academy Awards on Sunday with brilliant gems as key parts of their ensembles, notes … [Read more...]

Retailer sells model US trillion-dollar coin

By Kerry Hall A Pennsylvanian coin and memorabilia dealer is selling a trial pattern of the proposed US trillion dollar coin, it announced last … [Read more...]

Goldman beats up on gold

By Anthony Halley Goldman Sachs has readjusted their 3-, 6-, and 12-month gold price forecasts from $1,825/toz, $1,805/toz and … [Read more...]

Barrick Gold fined in Chile, faces opposition in Dominican Republic

By Cecilia Jamasmie Canada’s Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX)(TSX:ABX) operations in Latin America are giving the company more than one headache these … [Read more...]

Bargain hunters spur gold price rally

By Frik Els The spot gold price broke through the $1,590 level on Monday, adding more than $20 after recovering from a 7-month low reached last … [Read more...]

Inmet and Petaquilla make peace

By Cecilia Jamasmie After months of a press-based war that drag them to court, Canadian miners Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (TSX:PTQ) and Inmet Mining … [Read more...]

When it comes to gold, stick to the facts

By Michael Allan McCrae Gold dipped below $1,600 last week, falling to a six-month low, much to the chagrin of gold investors. I find the timing of … [Read more...]

Coal deaths drop by one-third: National Bureau of Statistics of China

By Michael Allan McCrae China's GDP was up 7.8% but mining investment lagged other sectors, according to recent economic figures from the National … [Read more...]

Cyclone Rusty closes major Western Australian ports

By Michael Allan McCrae Port Hedland, Cape Lambert and Dampier ports in Western Australia are all shutting down on Sunday in anticipation of tropic … [Read more...]

My best and worst decisions: outgoing BHP Billiton's Marius Kloppers

By Michael Allan McCrae The retiring CEO of the world's biggest miner says he wished he invested less in the alumina business and the next five year … [Read more...]

INFOGRAPHIC: What's causing the US debt

By Michael Allan McCrae The Pew Charitable Trusts published this handsome infographic earlier this month showing ten years of US debt … [Read more...]

INFOGRAPHIC: Understanding a Bitcoin transaction

By Michael Allan McCrae Follow the hypothetical flow of a bitcoin transaction to shed some light on how this alternative crypto-currency … [Read more...]

Weakest week of the year

By Warren Bevan - Precious Metal Stock Review We had a very weak week in the precious metals and later on, the general markets and many stocks also … [Read more...]

Gold price: Forget the death cross, here are 13 real reasons to be nervous

By Frik Els After an unnerving  $45 fall on Wednesday, gold is trying to build support around $1,570 an ounce. At these levels gold is down more … [Read more...]

The great mining CEO purge

By Frik Els Just how much capital do you have to misallocate — to use the management euphemism du jour — to be fired as a mining CEO these days? We … [Read more...]

Canada’s Eldorado yearly profit lower on higher costs

By Cecilia Jamasmie Canadian gold producer Eldorado Gold Corp. (TSX:ELD) (NYSE:EGO) reported Friday a boost in fourth-quarter profit as increased … [Read more...]

Gold likely to become a currency this year: analyst

By Cecilia Jamasmie Liberty Trading Group president, James Cordier, sees gold prices rising on increasing inflation and currency wars. "We're … [Read more...]

Zambia makes large-scale mining fees 15 times higher

By Cecilia Jamasmie The Zambian government announced Friday it is increasing the cost of its mining licences to equal neighbouring countries’ rates … [Read more...]

Kloppers to walk out of BHP with $75 million in his pocket

By Cecilia Jamasmie On May 10 Marius Kloppers will work his last day at the helm of BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP)(LON: BHP)(NYSE: BHP) making it one of … [Read more...]

Centerra faces $315 million in fines for new claims of environmental damage in Kyrgyzstan

By Cecilia Jamasmie Canadian miner Centerra Gold (TSX:CG) continues to be under pressure in the Kyrgyz Republic as its subsidiary Kumtor Operating … [Read more...]

Gold price will push towards $2,000 this year: Weinberg

By Kerry Hall Commodities expert and precious metals forecaster Eugen Weinberg from Germany's Commerzbank discusses how gold buying will pick up in … [Read more...]

INFOGRAPHIC: 30 facts about gold in Ghana

By MINING.com Editor An infographic by the team at 911 Metallurgist about Ghana, the second biggest gold producer in Africa. ...read more Source: … [Read more...]

Investors pile into Pan American Silver despite loss

By Frik Els Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ: PAAS, TSX:PAA) swung to a fourth-quarter loss despite rising sales and production after the Canadian … [Read more...]

VIDEO: Peter Schiff explains why gold bull is far from dead

By Peter Schiff - Euro Pacific Precious Metals In a new, exclusive video on the gold market, Peter Schiff responds to skeptics who claim gold’s bull … [Read more...]