March 9, 2016 Chinese bank joins LBMA silver fix In a sign of further influence in global financial markets, a major Chinese bank has been allowed into an elite club of bankers that sets the global price of silver.
March 8, 2016 INFOGRAPHIC: The extraordinary metals in an iPhone 6s Today, we open up one of the world's most popular mobile handsets - the iPhone - to see what metals and materials make it all possible!
March 8, 2016 Chile helping miners to stay afloat, but threat of labour reform, lower copper prices loom The government has set aside some $20 million through June to assist small and medium miners
March 7, 2016 Battered Canadian miners to face more shareholder activism With few options left to salvage investments hit by a prolonged downturn in commodity prices, more shareholders are demanding change at miners they perceive to have strong assets but weak…
March 7, 2016 Celebrating 125 years of the Ontario geological survery The Ontario Geological Survey is celebrating 125 years of documenting the geology of Ontario and providing modern, independent and credible geoscience data and knowledge to the public.
March 7, 2016 Behold the new golden bandwagen Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger says we are actually back in a bona fide, brand-spanking-new bull market in gold and the gold miners.
March 7, 2016 Silver Standard to buy fellow Canadian miner Claude Resources The deal values Claude Resources at Cdn$377 million in total or the equivalent of about $1.65 per share.
March 4, 2016 Mining to boost Peruvian GDP this year despite low copper prices The country expects around $56 billion worth of mining projects to come on stream this year.
March 2, 2016 Royal Nickel on a tear after northern Quebec find Toronto junior's shares up 14% after grabbing samples ranging from 5g/t to 198g/t gold over 15km of strike length at its newly-consolidated Qiqavik project.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am