July 17, 2013

Africa exploration activity set to more than halve in 2013

Only 250 drill reports for the continent over the first five months.

July 5, 2013

Gold down on US jobs data

Spot prices hit $1,222.

July 2, 2013

South Africa’s mining industry can’t afford wage talks failure: Chamber

If so they will end up destroying the country’s largest export industry as well as its credit rating, warned Tuesday the Chamber of Mines.

July 2, 2013

Planetary Resources surpasses $1.5m to launch world’s first crowdfunded space telescope

Achievement marks most successful Kickstarter for a space project and ranks among Top 25 campaigns in Kickstarter history.

June 27, 2013

PayPal launches interplanetary payment system

In partnership with two leading groups, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute and the Space Tourism Society

June 26, 2013

Ailing gold prices down to 3-year low, precious metals follow

Precious metals crashed steeply overnight with gold and silver hitting fresh lows, and the yellow shiny metal heading towards its worst quarter in decades.

June 25, 2013

Crocodile River mine put on care and maintenance

92% of employees to be retrenched or their employment terminated.

June 25, 2013

South African miners demand gold companies to more than double their wages

The AMCU, South Africa's fastest-growing mining labour, is also asking gold firms to triple the current base wage for surface miners.

June 23, 2013

Japan chasing China with $32 billion African resource push

The island nation will look to secure a steady supply of African natural gas, oil and rare earth metals.

June 21, 2013

Five miners Chen Lin expects to buck the trend

For most investors, the market for gold and silver stocks resembles a battlefield littered with the dead and dying, especially after the last day or two.