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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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

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

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...]

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...]

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

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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

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...]

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...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Chinese consumers' insatiable longing for gold is set to provide a strong push for local mines, as the country’s demand for the … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Copper is on the verge of an upside breakout, says analyst Michael Noonan from Edge Trader Plus. According to the expert, the … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Commodities trader Glencore International (LON: GLEN) has reportedly committed to appointing a female director to the new board … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Close to 40 masked intruders stormed into the facilities of a gold mine project in northern Greece Sunday morning, setting … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Peruvian miner Antamina produced about 450,000 tonnes of copper in 2012 and expects similar output in 2013, CEO Abraham Chaun … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie A Japanese port city wracked by the 2011 tsunami received an anonymous parcel containing two 1 kilogram gold bars only weeks … [Read more...]

By Marketwire Talk of a so-called currency war has been heating up, and it might finally light a fire under gold, too. ...read more Source: … [Read more...]