January 26, 2015

Hedge funds raise bullish gold bets to 2-year high

According to futures trading data hedge funds have amassed the largest bullish position since December 2012 when gold was trading above $1,700 an ounce.

January 26, 2015

Heiko Ihle: back to precious metals equity investing basics

Investing in mining equities can get rather complicated but Heiko Ihle, managing director at H.C. Wainwright & Co., says precious metals equity investors need to focus on just three criteria:…

January 26, 2015

Kosovo miners return from underground, ending 3-day strike

Hundreds of miners in Kosovo are back on shift following a three-day work stoppage to protest against the Kosovo government, which backtracked on an earlier decision to take control of…

January 25, 2015

Gold off to a good New Year start

Gold started the new year on a happy note. It jumped up to a five month high…and it’s near a key moving average as some safe haven buying began.

January 24, 2015

Mining stocks fall as copper, iron ore price reach new lows

Heavy selling across the board as commodities reach fresh multi-year lows, forecasts are slashed and weakness returns to precious metals.

January 23, 2015

World Bank: Commodities falling like it’s 1985

Organization predicts a rare occurrence in 2015: a decline in all nine commodity indices with industrial metals falling another 5%; precious metals down 3%.

January 22, 2015

Peruvian rare earth discovery richer than initially thought

Geology consultants leading the project found the rare earth claim has the highest range of rare earth metals in Peru.

January 22, 2015

Colombian gold CEO involved in $970m laundering case arrested

Prosecutors claim the gold company and its top executives are at the centre of a money-laundering scheme involving cocaine traffickers.

January 21, 2015

Fortuna Silver slumps 9% despite impressive drilling in Mexico

Analyst downgrade sinks shares of Vancouver-based owner of fast-expanding polymetallic mines in Peru and Mexico.

January 21, 2015

Gabriel Resources says Romania holding gold project ‘hostage’

The company has been trying for 15 years to get a permit for Rosia Montana, poised to be Europe's biggest gold mine.