October 19, 2012 S&P lowers Freeport McMoran’s stocks in wake of earnings report Equity research analysts at Standard and Poor's (S&P) lowered Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE:FCX) shares from “buy” to “hold.”
October 19, 2012 60kg gold nugget gives Australian prospectors fever A huge 60-kilogram gold nugget allegedly found near Kalgoorlie has the Australian mining community literally suffering from gold fever.
October 19, 2012 Most Gold Fields miners back to work, but KDC East strikers face final ultimatum Almost all the 15,000 Gold Fields Ltd. (NYSE, JSE:GFI) miners at risk of being fired for going on an illegal strike reported for duty, but striking workers at the company’s…
October 19, 2012 Goldman Sachs’ Ian Preston surveys the gold ETF vs equity battleground In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Goldman Sachs Managing Director Ian Preston discusses the steps gold companies must take to pull investors back from the ETF space.
October 19, 2012 Delays at Barrick’s Pascua Lama Local communities are appealing for an injuction against the ambitious project high in the Andes.
October 18, 2012 Australian gold exports to China surge over 900%, iron ore sinks 5% Australian sales of gold to China have surged a staggering 905.4% on the back of the Middle Kingdom's efforts to short up its foreign currency reserves.
October 18, 2012 Billionaire Frank Giustra: Gold will be the final bubble Billionaire movie mogul and mining financier Frank Giustra says when all other asset bubbles have burst everyone will be in gold.
October 18, 2012 Endeavour Mining closes $389 million Avion Gold acquisition Vancouver-based Endeavour Mining (TSX:EDV, ASX:EVR) has closed the full acquisition of Toronto-based Avion Gold Corp. (TSX:AVR), in a deal originally valued at $389 million.
October 18, 2012 Riverstone Resources and Blue Gold Mining merge in a $30 million deal Vancouver-based Riverstone Resources signed Thursday a deal to acquire Blue Gold Mining, in an all-share deal valued at $30.3 million, which will allow the new company to strengthen its exploration…
October 18, 2012 World Gold Council releases conflict-free standard The World Gold Council (WGC) published Thursday the anticipated conflict-free standard, which aims to restrict production of the yellow precious metal in places where it already fuels or may trigger…
Copper price: Most popular stories of 2025 Copper is on course for its biggest annual gain since 2009 and articles about the metal were read more than 2.5 million times this year. December 24, 2025 | 12:20 pm
