November 1, 2015

Peru’s Garcia makes mining key pillar of his presidential campaign

The former president says lack of immediate benefits for communities has driven mining opposition causing the country to lose billions worth of gold and copper projects.

November 1, 2015

Australia’s junior sector turns to crowdfunding

The growing practice consists on soliciting small amounts of money from a large number of people in order to fund a project or venture.

October 30, 2015

China’s new 5-year plan brilliant news for mining

At fifth plenum Beijing recommits to high economic growth rates, faster urbanization and indicates it's willing to step in to make it happen.

October 30, 2015

Aussie miner to open Guyana’s second largest gold mine

Troy Resources' Karouni mine is expected to produce up to 100,000 ounces of the precious metal a year.

October 30, 2015

Canada’s Eldorado Gold swings to loss in Q3

The Vancouver-based miner, however, upgraded its 2015 production guidance to 710,000 ounces of gold.

October 30, 2015

Why tunnel boring machines are named after women

Because the patron saint of mining is a woman.

October 30, 2015

Junior miners: Doom, gloom or boom?

Since the end of the “flash crash” that hit markets on August 24, when the Dow dropped 1,100 points in the first five minutes of trading, miners have been up.

October 29, 2015

Bad News Is Good News. For Now.

Since the last issue the “optimistic scenario” has been the clear winner.

October 29, 2015

Goldcorp shares are being decimated

World's most valuable gold mining company disappoints with big loss despite 42% jump in ounces mined.

October 29, 2015

Liquidation time for Venezuela (and its gold)

Crisis-hit Venezuela has $3.5 billion in debt payments due within 10 days (and $12 billion in 2016) and really only its gold bullion reserves to pay for it.