'There is nothing intelligent to be said about gold': Oaktree Capital founder

By Michael Allan McCrae Without a cash underpinning, investment billionaire Howard Marks says that gold doesn't hold up to any sort of meaningful … [Read more...]

Diamonds fog Zimbabwe reforms: NGO

By Cecilia Jamasmie International human rights group Global Witness said there are gaps in the outstanding restrictions on Zimbabwe that may allow … [Read more...]

Yamana Gold outshines most precious metal producers, reports record earnings

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Centerra Gold’s profit hit by troubles in Kyrgyzstan

By Cecilia Jamasmie Canadian miner Centerra Gold (TSX:CG) posted late Wednesday a net loss of $68 million or $0.29 per share for the fourth quarter … [Read more...]

Gold price will bounce back over the long term: Rule

Gold fundamentals remain strong despite the plunge Wednesday to prices below$1,600 per ounce, said Rick Rule of Sprott Asset Management in a CNBC … [Read more...]

Lucky Friday silver mine rebounds into production

By Kerry Hall Lucky Friday mine in Idaho’s Silver Valley has resumed production and expects to produce approximately two million ounces of silver … [Read more...]

INFOGRAPHIC: The next frontier of mining

By MINING.com Editor This infographic was the result of our first Visual Capitalist hackathon – an all day marathon research and design session. … [Read more...]

Phew. Codelco wriggles out of 15-year deal inked at $1.50 a pound

By Frik Els Chile's Codelco managed to renegotiate a contract signed with China's Minmetals based on the 2005 copper price. Minería Chilena reports … [Read more...]

AngloGold Ashanti's rough year reflected in Q4 report

By MINING.com Editor AngloGold Ashanti's net debt grew to $2 billion by 2012 Q4, including $208 million of lost earning as a result of striking … [Read more...]

Gold price is in freefall after Fed QE changes

By Frik Els The gold price plunged more than $40 on Wednesday after US Federal Reserve minutes showed changes to its quantitative easing program are … [Read more...]

BHP drops 4% as Kloppers departs

By Frik Els BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP)(LON: BHP)(NYSE: BHP) slumped more than 4% in New York a day after announcing a drop in profits and the departure … [Read more...]

Zambia revokes license for Chinese-owned coal mine

By Cecilia Jamasmie Zambia void Wednesday the mining license for Collum, a controversial Chinese-owned coal mine in the south of the country, where … [Read more...]

The ‘death cross’ and what it means for gold

Source: Mining.com Spot gold is currently at US$1,582/oz, having lost 1.41% over the last 24 hours.The 'death cross' is everyone's favourite headline … [Read more...]

Amplats lost almost 4,000 ounces of platinum production in one day due to strike

By Cecilia Jamasmie Workers at platinum producer Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) returned to work Wednesday morning after a one-day strike … [Read more...]

Codelco’s project in Ecuador likely to fail: report

By Cecilia Jamasmie Chilean state-own Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, will face major challenges and protests … [Read more...]

US penny may retire next

By Kerry Hall US President Barack Obama said last week during a Google group video chat its time to retire the penny in America as the country is … [Read more...]

BHP Billiton profits dive by 58%

By Kerry Hall The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP)(LSE: BLT)(NYSE: BHP) reported Tuesday its profits had plunged 58% and revenues … [Read more...]

UPDATE: These 4 countries are ramping up gold production

By Vladimir Basov In 2012, the top 10 gold producing countries slightly increased their gold output. According to the United States Geological … [Read more...]

BHP Billiton promotes Andrew Mackenzie to CEO

By Kerry Hall Australian giant BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP)(LSE: BLT)(NYSE: BHP) today announced Andrew Mackenzie will ascend to its top job on May 10 … [Read more...]

First ever NY Federal Reserve gold audit results in

By Anthony Halley A US Treasury audit of the New York Fed's gold reported that the bars are secure. Some of the gold was also said to be purer than … [Read more...]

New report shows just what a disaster 2012 was for juniors

By Frik Els Mining and metal companies experienced a dismal 2012 on capital markets with the money raised dropping by more than 25% compared to … [Read more...]

Australia's Arrium appoints new CEO

By Kerry Hall Australian miner Arrium (ASX: ARI) announced Monday the promotion of Andrew Roberts as its new chief executive officer to run the … [Read more...]

Top 10 gold companies in 2012

By Vladimir Basov In 2012, for the preliminary estimated corporate production of the yellow metal, total volume of gold mined by the top 10 publicly … [Read more...]

Ex-Gold Fields chair launches challenge to South Africa's ruling ANC

By Frik Els Ex-chair of South Africa’s Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) Mamphela Ramphele, on Monday announced the formation of a new party political … [Read more...]

A universal truth

By Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd Fascism is a totalitarian system of government that bases its economy on a later, more mature stage of … [Read more...]

A bullish case for gold

By MINING.com Editor Despite gold prices dipping to 6-months lows, hedge fund manager Damir Tokic remains bullish. Tokic summarizes the bearish and … [Read more...]

Platinum spikes higher on renewed South Africa violence

By Frik Els The spot platinum price jumped $14.30 on Monday, adding almost 1% to $1,692 an ounce in New York on news of renewed violence at South … [Read more...]

INFOGRAPHIC: World gold production

By Michael Allan McCrae Designer mnoriega put together this slick infographic showing world gold production broken down by top producing countries … [Read more...]

Gold at six-month low

By Michael Allan McCrae Spot gold bid is at $1,607 as of 11 a.m. ET, a six-month low. News last week that George Soros cut his GPDR Gold Trust by … [Read more...]

Meteorite fragments spark Russia’s newest gold rush

By Cecilia Jamasmie Barely a day after a meteor streaked across Russia’s sky and exploded with the force of an atomic bomb, gold hunters were out in … [Read more...]