By Cecilia Jamasmie Anglo American’s (LON:AAL) outgoing CEO, Cynthia Carroll, said Tuesday that mining industry shareholders should reset their … [Read more...]

By Kerry Hall Canada's national New Democratic Party re-introduces Tuesday a federal bill to establish laws restricting Canadian companies from … [Read more...]

By Anthony Halley The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has warned the Quebec government over its plans to tax the gross value of annual production … [Read more...]

By Frik Els The gold price dropped through the psychologically important $1,600 level on Monday after comments from the president of the New York … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Chilean company Minera Isla Riesco's $550 million Mina Invierno coal project in the country’s southern region has began the … [Read more...]

By Anthony Halley The number of "supergiant" gold deposit discoveries has dwindled from two in the past five years to zero in the past two years and … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie A new study of mercury contamination in fish and humans in the Peruvian jungle, highly troubled by illegal gold mining, found … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Latin American governments are allowing destruction of forests, rivers and local communities in exchange for money from … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie At least 35 people were killed this weekend in the Democratic Republic of Congo after rebels attacked the copper mining hub … [Read more...]

By Kerry Hall Quebec's Bachelor Lake gold mine is set to restart commercial production, reports the Montreal Gazette. Metanor Resources Inc. (TSXV: … [Read more...]

By MINING.com Editor This interactive map overview of Canadian mining projects and investments in Latin America is produced by the Canadian … [Read more...]

By Kerry Hall South Africa's platinum and gold production is threatened by an impending electricity shortage that will be the worst in five years, … [Read more...]

By Kerry Hall US mining and energy industries are facing a looming worker shortage caused by the pending retirement of large numbers of baby-boomer … [Read more...]

By Kerry Hall A pair of researchers at Australia's Murdoch University have developed a new process to recover precious metals faster and at a lower … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Canadian Harry Winston Diamond Corp. (TSX:HW, NYSE:HWD) announced Thursday it expects the sale of its luxury diamond jewellery … [Read more...]

By Anthony Halley Australia's Beadell Resources Ltd. (BDR) claims that with low taxes and labour, its northern Brazil mine will produce gold at 32% … [Read more...]

By Frik Els Global copper inventories held in warehouses operated by the London Metal Exchange have risen to the highest levels since 2003, not long … [Read more...]

By Anthony Halley The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) sees both positive and negative influences on the Canadian mining industry from the 2013 … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie On Sunday the Osenat auction house of Fontainebleau, France, will be auctioning the stunning gold, diamond and sapphire … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie After months of negotiations, Canada’s biggest pure copper player First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM)(LON:FQM) has acquired the … [Read more...]

By Frik Els AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) is hedge fund manager John Paulson’s favourite pick in his Advantage Fund. AngloGold is the world's number … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Spanish photographer Tomas Bogoñez is getting a lot of press these days as the talented artist unveiled his latest work: images … [Read more...]

By Frik Els It's not only the gold price that has benefited from fears over governments dipping into private citizens bank accounts a la … [Read more...]

By Frik Els A steep hike in gold import duties did nothing to curb demand and Indians bought 51% more bars and coins and 35% more gold jewelry in … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Sprott Asset Management's Rick Rule said Thursday the suppression of interest rates in the United States, which is depriving … [Read more...]

By Frik Els Eike Batista's iron ore producer MMX reported a much-higher-than-expected $400 million loss on Wednesday adding  to the financial woes … [Read more...]

By Frik Els No date has been set for world number two miner Rio Tinto (LON:ASX) and the government of Mongolia to sit down and thrash out a new deal … [Read more...]

By Frik Els The gold price showed little reaction on Wednesday despite the US Federal Reserve recommitting to its ultra-accommodative monetary … [Read more...]

By Anthony Halley All 19 trapped miners in the Rudna copper mine in Silesia, Poland have been rescued. An earthquake late Tuesday night caused the … [Read more...]