December 3, 2013

Innovate or perish—Deloitte to the mining industry

In Tracking the trends 2014, Deloitte uncovers the pressing trends facing the mining industry in the year ahead and offers strategies that companies can employ to adapt to changing industry…

December 3, 2013

David H. Smith: prepare for precious metals to lift off

David H. Smith, senior analyst at The Morgan Report, says that smart investors will take care to cull the weakest mining stocks from their portfolios and reinvest the proceeds in…

December 3, 2013

Yamana Gold to invest $450 million in Argentina’s Cerro Moro

Construction at the gold and silver project, is expected to start early next year, with production slated to begin in late 2015.

December 3, 2013

Korea to kick off physical gold trading in March

The Korea Exchange will use 1 gram units of bullion of 99.99 percent purity to spur liquidity and delivery will be in 1 kilogram bars.

December 3, 2013

Mining industry has paid Canada $71 billion in last ten years

Mining payments to federal and provincial government coffers totalled an estimated $71 billion from 2003 to 2012.

December 3, 2013

These are the countries mining investors should stay away from

While resource nationalism is still a major risk for miners, corrupted governments can be equally or more detrimental to the industry.

December 3, 2013

Bitcoin ‘miner’ sells $8 million in hardware in 24 hours

"The faster and more efficiently you can solve math problems, the more bitcoins you get."

December 2, 2013

Gold stocks take another severe beating

The gold price declined more than $30 on Monday, dragging gold mining stocks down with it.

December 2, 2013

Gold mining executives: “You have to be able to survive the lows in order to reap the benefit of the highs”

Despite following gold down over the last two years in terms of share-pricing, Gold Resource Corp. has avoided most internal pains suffered by mining companies during this ongoing bear market.

December 2, 2013

From the Taj Mahal to Westminster Abbey: Notes from a global investor

What I am thankful for.