June 18, 2015

Mega Precious Metals Inc. announces shareholder approval of acquisition by Yamana Gold Inc.

Under the Arrangement, Yamana will, subject to the provisions of the arrangement agreement dated April 23, 2015 between Mega and Yamana (the "Arrangement Agreement"), acquire all of the outstanding shares…

June 17, 2015

Texas wants to store its own gold

$1 billion worth of repatrition.

June 17, 2015

Mick Davis outbid

X2 Resources still in race for Anglo's mines but "couldn't make the numbers work" for Barrick's Zaldivar with seven firms outbidding the $5 billion fund.

June 17, 2015

Platinum, palladium prices pounded again

Palladium enters bear market and platinum hits fresh six-and-a-half year low on worries over Greek debt crisis.

June 17, 2015

Watch Turkey for world’s next top gold projects –mining law, people, and infrastructure are improving: Han Ilhan, Aldridge Minerals

Turkey is partially located on a geological structure that may yield gold discoveries (Steve Todoruk, at Sprott Global Resource Investments, recently brought one project to our attention).

June 17, 2015

This quiet won’t last

It’s been a while since I wrote about the price of gold. Time to revisit the yellow metal – though to be honest, we haven’t missed much.

June 17, 2015

Gold: Chart of the day

I'm going to take a stab at a short term prediction.

June 17, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: Every Chinese overseas investment over $100m visualized

Showing over 1,250 attempted transactions, this list includes both successful and failed attempts in order to visualize the ebb and flow of Chinese investments up until mid-2014.

June 17, 2015

Geopolitics will trump economics in Greece

Based on the continued failure of the negotiating parties to make any substantive progress in the talks over Greek debt payments, the financial world is tied up in knots over…

June 17, 2015

Congo mulls suspending Ivanhoe’s Kamoa stake sale to Zijin

It also plans to review the legal status of the joint venture, while it negotiates with Ivanhoe to raise its stake to 20% from the current 5% it holds.