October 30, 2014

Bears are ripping precious metals apart

Gold price below $1,200, silver falls to 56-month low.

October 30, 2014

Goldcorp takes $36 million writedown on Mexican mine

Value of low-grade ore stockpile at the Peñasquito mine dropped, raising average costs by $64/oz. and negatively affecting adjusted earnings by $0.04/share.

October 30, 2014

Barrick boosts ties with China, names Woo Lee as regional leader

Woo served as a U.S. State Department representative in Asia for about 15 years with postings in countries including China, Japan and Australia.

October 29, 2014

Why gold and silver are the good news metals

Analysts and some precious metals’ sellers tend to focus on the “insurance” aspect of owning precious metals. They point out that having some in your possession helps protect your wealth…

October 29, 2014

INFOGRAPHIC: a history of notable stock bubbles

Asset bubbles go as far back as finance and speculation themselves. In the past, there have been bubbles in everything from tulips to railroads that have made or broke fortunes.

October 29, 2014

Space miner loses first satellite in rocket explosion

The affected company is Planetary Resources, the U.S.-based start-up aiming to mine asteroids.

October 29, 2014

Chile passes historic law to aid copper giant Codelco

It grants the world's No.1 copper miner an injection of US$4 billion for the next four years.

October 28, 2014

The end of QE and the price of gold

The programme known as Quantitative Easing is due to be halted at the end of October, coinciding with the next meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee which is scheduled…

October 28, 2014

Russia pushes forward plans to mine the moon

The country's ultimate purpose is to extract rare earth elements, breaking China's dominance and pushing prices down.

October 28, 2014

Vancouver junior surges after Nevada gold, silver intercepts

Corvus Gold announces most significant drill results in terms of grading and width at 100%-owned North Bullfrog project 200km northwest of Las Vegas.