December 16, 2013 Rio Tinto says Chinese now make ‘much higher quality’ mining equipment The CEO of world number two miner Rio Tinto said the quality of Chinese mining equipment is catching up and in some instances surpassing that of the major US manufacturers.
December 16, 2013 Primero Mining buys Brigus Gold for $208 million The transaction creates a diversified, Americas-based mid-tier gold producer that would generate the equivalent of 250,000 to 270,000 ounces of gold next year.
December 16, 2013 Australia’s promise to assist BHP with its Olympic Dam expansion South Australian Premier, Jay Weatherill, has reproached the federal government for saying BHP could resume its Olympic Dam expansion within months, calling it a "cruel hoax."
December 16, 2013 Peru’s mining attracted close to $9bn in investments this year The potential is appealing. Peru holds13% of the world's copper reserves, 4% of gold, 22% of silver, 7.6% of zinc, 9% of lead and 6% of tin reserves.
December 13, 2013 Lack of demand, not manipulation, behind gold price drop, says CPM’s Jeffery Christian The bottom line is that demand is down as investors big and small wait to see where the price will settle before they start buying again.
December 13, 2013 Augusta shares surge as giant Arizona copper mine clears hurdle Vancouver's Augusta Resource Corp opened 18% higher on Friday after the release of a positive environmental statement on its Arizona copper mine.
December 13, 2013 Chinese leaders rally the country behind economic reforms Statement after annual planning meeting warns of "downward pressure" on the world's second largest economy and the need to take "bold steps" to reform industry.
December 13, 2013 The ‘for sale’ sign on precious metals If the stock market is artificially inflated through Federal Reserve policies, what does this tell us about the health of economic growth in America? Is everything artificially inflated by the…
December 12, 2013 Russian billionaire buys Canadian miner Mikhail Prokhorov acquired Mercator Minerals through a friendly merger with his company Intergeo MMC.
December 12, 2013 Three indicators to turn your trust back to precious metals Wages are stagnant, unemployment remains stubbornly high at seven percent, and consumer confidence remains tepid at best. The average American investor clearly isn’t enjoying the Wall Street perpetual momentum machine.
SolGold agrees to $1.2 billion takeover by top investor Jiangxi Copper This was Jiangxi's third proposal to acquire the company. December 24, 2025 | 08:03 am
