December 19, 2013

Gold price collapses pass the $1,200 mark

It plunged as much as 3% to $1,198 an ounce, the lowest price in almost six months.

December 18, 2013

Junior mining stocks that will let you sleep at night: Ralph Aldis

The best time to buy gold is when the market hates it, especially when it comes to junior explorers with market caps under $1 billion.

December 18, 2013

The mirage called a ‘US economic recovery’

Here’s what is really happening in the U.S. economy.

December 18, 2013

Gold price swings wildly after Fed’s surprise taper

The US Federal Reserve surprised the market and announced it's throttling its quantitative easing program that has pumped $4 trillion of easy money into the US economy.

December 18, 2013

Survey: 72% of miners see the global economy improving

Confidence levels in the sector have improved dramatically over the last 12 months, reaching a two-year high.

December 18, 2013

Surprise resignations from Barrick board

The company announced on Tuesday that long-time directors Donald Carty and Robert Franklin had resigned with immediate effect.

December 17, 2013

Steve Yuzpe and Maria Smirnova: Why Sprott Resource Corp. sold $76m in bullion

In this interview with The Mining Report, new Sprott Resource Corp. President and CEO Steve Yuzpe discusses where the company will focus its capital, and Sprott Asset Management Associate Portfolio…

December 17, 2013

$78bn fall in gold assets leads record investor exit from commodities

Precious metals main reason behind record decline and outflows from commodity assets under management in 2013.

December 16, 2013

Miners should launch a gold cartel or risk losing everything, advises Stephan Bogner

It's no surprise that Stephan Bogner advises investors to hold physical metals outside the banking system, but he also advocates mining companies keeping gold on their balance sheets and forming…

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.