September 13, 2016

Underground mining equipment market to reach US$30.5 billion by 2023

Thanks to coal.

September 13, 2016

Industry leaders call on airlines and associations to ban the hand-carriage of gold

Over 130 industry delegates descended on Ghana’s capital Accra on 7 September, to attend DMCC’s second Africa Dubai Precious Metals Forum (‘ADPMF’) held at the Kempinski Hotel.

September 13, 2016

Platinum price boost as top producer shuts down smelter

Anglo American Platinum forced to stockpile concentrate and shut down smelter in South Africa responsible for one fifth of its refined platinum output.

September 13, 2016

Freeport finally free to focus on copper

Sells Gulf oil assets for $2 billion, bringing asset sales for the world's no 1 copper miner this year to $6 billion.

September 13, 2016

Rapid ramp-up at Roxgold’s Yaramoko

Gold output reaches 35,753 ounces at an average mill feed grade of an eye-watering 15.44 g/t gold at the Burkina Faso mine entering commercial production.

September 13, 2016

Go-ahead for Manitoba’s True North gold mine

Klondex reaches positive production decision and updates reserves at historic mine near Bisset in Canadian province.

September 12, 2016

Gold the Euro and the Dollar

There are many fundamentals that drive the gold price, fear of Governments, fear of inflation an out of control money supply, fractured political systems and a central banking cartel devoid…

September 12, 2016

Look to Chindia for gold’s love trade

The only people buying that early were quants and huge hedge funds. The question, then, was: What factors or models were the quants using to uncover gold’s meteoric rise this…

September 12, 2016

Six workers safely rescued from South African abandoned gold mine

South Africa is believed to have approximately 6,000 abandoned mines and between 8,000 and 30,000 illegal miners across the country.

September 12, 2016

Barrick Gold, Cisco push mining into digital era starting with Cortez mine

The goal is to apply the latest technology available to cut costs and bring additional value out of existing operations.