Sibanye to invest $250 million in its gold mines, keeps shopping for new assets Sibanye is not exclusively looking at buying gold assets; it is also considering platinum, coal, uranium and base metals mines. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 20, 2016 | 8:50 am
Silver plays catch up with gold — hits 11-month high Increasing interest from hedge funds and Chinese buyers are driven the metal to its biggest monthly rise since January 2015. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 20, 2016 | 6:55 am
Shirley Temple’s fancy blue diamond ring fails to sell The stone, still in its original Art Deco setting, was expected to fetch up to $35 million. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 20, 2016 | 4:45 am
BHP Billiton cuts iron ore target by 10M tonnes This would be the first time BHP reports a annual drop in iron ore output since it completed its merger with Billiton in 2001. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 20, 2016 | 3:27 am
Myanmar Wanbao: A new dawn for the Chinese copper miner Documentary focuses on how Chinese mining company Myanmar Wanbao is changing and speaking the new language of a changing Myanmar. MINING.com Editor | April 20, 2016 | 12:10 am
Rare earth price bulls are back Shares in world's top miner of high-tech raw materials surge on speculation Beijing is stepping in to support rare earth prices. Frik Els | April 19, 2016 | 4:54 pm
Several Canadian firms operating in Guatemala, Eritrea may have civil claims against them heard in Canada Should the court decide the claim can be heard in Canada, it could have wider implications for Canadian mining companies operating in countries with less than sterling environmental and human rights records. Business In Vancouver - Nelson Bennett | April 19, 2016 | 2:56 pm
Iron ore price vaults $60 Up 7.5% over two days as bears run out of explanations. MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 19, 2016 | 12:40 pm
What is the COMEX futures & options market really all about? All of us follow COMEX in New York and assess the ‘net speculative long position’ there, so as to see the actual weight of opinion on the gold price. Julian D.W. Phillips - Gold Forecaster | April 19, 2016 | 11:17 am