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Franco Nevada Corporation: a gold play for the long term

"This is a company with a business model that is extremely difficult to argue with. Franco Nevada has a diversified portfolio of high margin, cash flow producing assets principally in North America."

Bob Kirtley - Gold-Prices.biz | July 11, 2012 | 5:17 pm

Bolivia seizes South American Silver’s assets

Bolivian President Evo Morales has nationalized the assets of Vancouver-based South American Silver, accusing the miner of causing a conflict that saw violence erupt among communities around the mining project it was developing there.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2012 | 1:59 pm

Rio and BHP near the top of most transparent companies list

Mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton came up tops in the 2012 report by an anti-corruption group which analyzed the 105 largest publicly listed companies across the world.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2012 | 1:53 pm

Pocket of strength: employment in the mining industry

Did you know that one of the industries that has seen the best job growth in the U.S. is mining?

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | July 11, 2012 | 1:30 pm

Xstrata-Glencore merger to be decided Sep 7

Giant miner Xstrata has set Sep. 7 as the day for its shareholders to vote on the $26 billion takeover by Glencore, giving the commodities trader six weeks to reach an agreement on the conditions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2012 | 11:00 am

Goldcorp lowers guidance due to drought and production delays

Goldcorp, the world's second-largest gold miner, said expected gold production would drop 8% due to problems at Peñasquito and Red Lake.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 11, 2012 | 5:08 am

Adaptive E-Learning is the Future of Higher Education

As the Conversation reports, Dror Ben-Naim says that adaptive e-learning will be the future of higher education and will replace the common […]

Susanne Iberle | July 10, 2012 | 11:39 pm

North American Palladium’s $43 million debt offering

In order to increase production and reduce cost per ounce at its flagship Lac des Iles mine, North American Palladium (TSE:PDL) is raising Can$43 million on a bought deal basis for capital expenditures.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 10, 2012 | 11:02 pm