January 17, 2014

Deutsche Bank exits from gold, silver price-setting amid probe

Europe’s biggest investment bank by revenue will no longer participate in the price-setting process for gold and silver, or fixing.

January 16, 2014

Turquoise Hill jumps 10% on robust production numbers

Year to date shares of the operator of the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia is up 21%.

January 16, 2014

2014 junior mining forecasts with top analyst picks

In this environment, investors should stay cautious and the focus should remain on companies with strong balance sheets, top tier management teams, and projects in safe jurisdictions.

January 15, 2014

How to avoid pawnshop lending: Heiko Ihle

Senior research analyst at Euro Pacific Capita warns about the perils of "pawnshop lending"—predatory lending scenarios that many junior miners find themselves in as a result of the current commodity…

January 15, 2014

Is silver going lower?

Are western speculators capable of dumping more precious metals?

January 15, 2014

US researchers grow graphene on silver

Finding could result in exceptionally pristine samples, which are ideal to produce ultrafast electronics and advanced optics.

January 14, 2014

Tahoe’s Escobal silver mine reaches commercial production

Analysts say it could soon become one of the world’s largest producers of the precious metal.

January 13, 2014

Chen Lin says investors should bank on balance sheets while waiting for the next wave in gold and gold miners

For over a decade, mining companies have relied on a rising gold price to reward their decisions, regardless of whether they were good decisions. Those days are over.

January 13, 2014

Peru announces national strategy against illegal mining

Includes involvement of police and military forces.

January 12, 2014

Mongolia sees Oyu Tolgoi deal this month

If Rio Tinto and Mongolia can reach a deal on a $6bn+ expansion of the copper-gold mine it would completely transform the Asian nation's economy.