December 22, 2012 12 gold bugs bring Christmas cheer Here's a sampling of this year's "gold bugs" and what they've been doing about precious metals recently.
December 21, 2012 1,700 protest at Harmony Gold’s Kusasalethu mine Underground miners, led by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, demanded that those suspended for participating in strike action last week be reinstated.
December 21, 2012 Gold tries to regain footing after nervous week Gold price has been performing contrary to conventional wisdom.
December 21, 2012 Copper Mountain announces 2013 production guidance Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (TSX: CUM) is projecting 2013 production of approximately 80 million pounds of copper, 35,000 ounces of gold, and 315,000 ounces of silver.
December 21, 2012 South Africa won’t nationalize its mines, but taxes go up After years of debate, South Africa’s ruling party African National Congress rejected Thursday plans to nationalize the country’s mining sector, but voted in favour of higher taxes in the world’s…
December 21, 2012 Brazil doubles gold reserve to highest level in 12 years Brazil increased gold reserves for a third month in November to double the country’s holdings since August, reaching levels not seen since November 2000.
December 21, 2012 Centerra Gold files new technical report for its Kumtor mine Document was submitted a week after Canadian Centerra Gold (TSX:CG) rejected as “exaggerated” and “without foundation” a $152 million environmental damages claim from the Kyrgyzstan government.
December 21, 2012 Resource nationalism assumes more insidious forms Tactics shift from frank expropriation of assets to increased royalties and stricter procurement requirements
December 21, 2012 B2Gold to merge with CGA Mining Vancouver’s B2Gold, one of Business in Vancouver’s top three fastest-growing companies this year, announced that its shareholders voted to approve the company’s merger with CGA Mining, based in Perth, Australia.
December 21, 2012 Sukhoi Log gold development could propel Russia to world No.1 Russia's Sukhoi Log gold deposit could well be the world's largest but there still seems no rush by the government to develop its riches. It may well be worth even…
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