Gina Rinehart has raised the ire of the Australian public again with a ten minute Youtube speech on the shortcomings of the country's economy which has triggered ad hominem attacks from leading political figures.

Rick Rule of Sprott Asset Management says quantitative easing by the EU and US central banks is all but inevitable in the short term.

A senior Republican policy adviser writes that the GOP considered and rejected a return to a gold standard over three decades ago.

Four protestors have been shot and hospitalized as a wave of deadly strikes afflicting South Africa's platinum and gold mining sectors continues to spread.

The cheek of it! They raised the price of my favorite ice cream.

Finally, we have a break to the upside in both gold and silver, something that many precious metals investors have been patiently waiting for, but expected to happen.

Canadian Baja Mining (TSX:BAJ) shareholders continue to be anxious about the future of the company’s flagship Boleo project in Mexico, as its South Korean partners were unable to decide on the second stage of financing for the copper-cobalt-zinc mine development, the miner said Tuesday.

Chilean state-own Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, began construction of the access tunnels to the new level of its El Teniente copper mine on Tuesday.

Kiska Metals Corporations shares were up almost 19% (at 12:15 ET) Tuesday as the company announced updated results for its Thorn Property in northwestern British Columbia, sent by partner Brixton Metals.