By Cecilia Jamasmie Despite ongoing labour unrest, mining production in South Africa is picking up, as the figures for January, released Thursday by … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Miners at Anglo American’s (LON:AAL) Kleinkopje coal mine in South Africa have come back to work after a wild-cat walk-out … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Farmers and indigenous from northern Peru will travel to Washington next week to ask the Inter-American Commission on Human … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Close to 15,000 people took the streets of Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, on Saturday to protest a planned gold … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie An independent LEGO online store that posted a pure gold brick for sale late last year, has finally found a consumer willing to … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Giant miner BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) (LON: BLT)(NYSE: BHP) denied Wednesday any wrongdoing after the Australian Federal Police … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM)(LON:FQM) is set to take control of fellow Canadian miner Inmet Mining Corp. (TSX:IMN) after … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie A fifth of Canada's Arctic glaciers are expected to disappear by the end of the century, contributing 3.5 cm (1.4 inches) to sea … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Profiting from the riches that asteroids, stars and unknown planets have to offer not only seems closer than ever, but experts … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie In a last-minute plea to Inmet Mining Corp.'s (TSX:IMN) shareholders, Vancouver-based First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM)(LON:FQM) … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Canadian Kinross Gold Corporation (TSE:K)(NYSE: KGC) plans to suspend operations at its La Coipa gold and silver mine in … [Read more...]

By Frik Els Zimbabwe's mines minister over the weekend announced new royalties on platinum group metals – already a steep 10% – to encourage miners … [Read more...]

By Frik Els Jargalsaikhany Mendee writing in the Asia Times Online argues Mongolian lawmakers in the process of finalizing a new bill to regulate … [Read more...]

By Frik Els World number two miner Rio Tinto (LON:ASX) has suffered another setback at Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia after the US refused to vote on World … [Read more...]

By Kerry Hall The US Mint sold 80,500 ounces of American Eagle gold bullion coins during February compared to 21,000 ounces the previous year in … [Read more...]

By MINING.com Editor Director of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Ed Steer sat down recently with Larisa Sprott of Sprott Money News … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie The world's number two gold producer, Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM), denied Peruvian press reports claiming the company’s … [Read more...]

By Kerry Hall Financial analyst Jim Bianco discusses the buying and selling of gold on Bloomberg TV (video below). Bianco said three weeks ago ETFs … [Read more...]

By Michael Allan McCrae The job outlook in the Canadian mining sector is off its heady highs from just a year ago, according to a hiring survey … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Mining giant BHP Billiton’s (ASX:BHP) (LON: BLT)(NYSE: BHP) push to sell non-core assets to reduce debt and simplify its … [Read more...]

By Michael Allan McCrae The Canadian Mortgage Institute spells out debt worries in the great north. "The household debt situation certainly doesn't … [Read more...]

By Michael Allan McCrae A winter road in Russia that serves the Senatchen gold-antimony mine in Yakutia has been hampered by  warmer weather, said … [Read more...]

By Anthony Halley Deloitte CEO Glenn Ives says that increased costs and regulatory burdens alongside robust Asian demand will push the mining sector … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Greek police is facing accusations of applying excessive violence and tear gas to break up a demonstration against the arrest of … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Beaten up bullion investor, John Paulson, logged an 18% drop in his Gold Fund last month triggered by the ongoing slump in gold … [Read more...]

By Frik Els Simon Black, the man behind the Sovereign Man blog, posted a sobering piece on the problems of owning gold on Wednesday which he starts … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie A pure gold replica of 25-year-old soccer phenomenon, Lionel Messi's left foot, was revealed in Japan on Tuesday. Created by … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Rumour has it that some major U.S. asset managers prefer to hold gold outside the country for fear of confiscation in an echo of … [Read more...]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Oil markets don’t seem to be reacting this morning to the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, with the price of crude … [Read more...]