August 21, 2018

Technical issue disrupts BHP’s Olympic Dam copper smelter

Company is assessing the impact of an ongoing outage at the processing plant.

August 21, 2018

Harmony Gold swings to loss, sees deaths at operations mount

The South African gold miner posted a 43% drop in annual earnings, or a 4.47 billion South African rand loss (about $309 million) and saw fatalities at its operations climb…

August 20, 2018

SEMAFO updates on security in Burkina Faso

Canadian-based mining company, SEMAFO Inc. announced an update on its security measures in Burkina Faso.

August 20, 2018

Gold investors ‘give up hope’ as biggest short in history builds

Gold is hitting new milestones of misery.

August 20, 2018

AngloGold swings back to profit days before new boss takes helm

The turnaround in performance was mainly the product of increased output, reduced net debt and lower-than-expected restructuring costs.

August 19, 2018

Mine collapse in Zimbabwe kills one, injures three

The Zimbabwe National Army has been dealing for months with people working illegally at the mine site.

August 19, 2018

Hedge funds turned record short on metals just before the rout

As U.S.-China trade tensions escalated mid-June, fast-money traders flipped to a short position in metals overall.

August 17, 2018

More pain seen as economists cut key South African forecasts

Things are looking better for the second half of the year and 2019, but remain challenging in many areas, with platinum and gold prices falling.”

August 17, 2018

Gold will fight back dollar for haven status, Sprott says

Bullion has lost out in a paradigm shift where gold’s no longer viewed as the traditional refuge when investors are in a risk-off mood, but that won’t last.

August 17, 2018

Armed bandits kill SEMAFO mine workers

Company has increased security.