November 19, 2015

Agnico Eagle is the world’s most-resilient gold miner

Since gold began a more than 40 percent plunge from a 2011 peak, the miner’s gross margins have narrowed by just 1.9 percent.

November 19, 2015

Indonesia probing allegations of extortion to Freeport-McMoRan by senior officials

The investigation aims to determine whether senior officials tried extorting Freeport’s Indonesian unit in return for letting the company continue to operate in the country.

November 19, 2015

Lonmin investors approve key $407m rights issue

The move will allow the platinum miner to restructure its debt and, it hopes, weather an ongoing decline of platinum prices.

November 19, 2015

Gold Fields deciding Ghana’s mine fate, as bullion prices dive

Its Damang mine in Ghana is struggling with current gold prices, the firm said.

November 19, 2015

Michael Curran goes down-market shopping for winners

Sure there is risk, as Curran explains in this interview with The Gold Report, but the reward could come via either a takeover bid by an established producer seeking to…

November 18, 2015

Company claims prize for second-largest diamond recovery

1,111 carats.

November 18, 2015

Five miners rescued in Tanzania after 41 days trapped underground

They survived by eating roots, cockroaches and frogs, and drinking drips of muddy groundwater.

November 18, 2015

Teck Resources to axe 1,000 jobs, lowers dividend

With the announced cuts the diversified miner brings the total redundancies over the past 18 months to about 2,000.

November 18, 2015

The collapse of commodities in one simple chart

Year to date gold is one of the better performers, but rhodium comes off worst.

November 17, 2015

Dollar pushes gold price to February 2010 low

CHART: Strong US dollar turning 2015 into gold's worse run since 1998.