July 25, 2012 Miners buying existing projects rather than starting their own: study Escalating costs and economic instability may be the two main reasons why mining companies worldwide are acquiring existing projects instead of starting their own, shows the latest report from global…
July 25, 2012 Slowdown? What slowdown? Caterpillar’s best quarter in history Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), the world's largest earth-moving equipment maker, raised its 2012 profit forecast on Wednesday based on its quarterly profit report, which beat by far most of Wall Street's…
July 25, 2012 G-Resources pours first gold at Indonesia’s Martabe mine The Hong Kong-listed miner said on Wednesday that the start of production at Martabe marked a significant milestone for the company.
July 25, 2012 Haiti $20 billion untouched mineral wealth to help the country out of poverty Two and a half years after an earthquake devastated Haiti, killing more than 300,000, the country could use a windfall to help in its rebuilding efforts. Now, thanks to its…
July 24, 2012 Do gold, silver prices fall, in a shrinking, debt-distressed world? As global growth is being downgraded by the I.M.F. from 3.5% to 3.1% fears that the Eurozone is already in a recession and the U.S. is likely to enter one…
July 24, 2012 Thundermin commences 2,000 metre diamond drilling program on the Stirling base metal property, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia The 2,000 m drilling program is scheduled to investigate the zinc-lead-copper-silver-gold claims of the 64.6 km² Stirling project on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
July 24, 2012 CFTC probe into silver manipulation could be over by September The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) four-year probe into manipulation of prices on the silver market could be over as soon as September, according to CFTC member Bart Chilton.
July 24, 2012 Spanish Mountain Gold announces updated resource estimate: increased measured and indicated category reported The update, which focuses on the company's British Columbia-based gold project, has increased measured and indicated estimates on gold in the region.
July 24, 2012 Paramount Gold and Silver reports additional assays from the Guazapares Megastructure on its San Miguel project in Mexico New results include 24.10 meters of 6.57 g/t gold and 3.46 g/t silver.
July 23, 2012 Pebble mine: ‘If God were testing us, he couldn’t have found a more challenging place’ Arguably the richest prize in mining, the Pebble project pits a watershed where up to 40 million salmon spawn each year against copper and gold reserves worth as much as…
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
