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.

Reservoir Minerals (CVE:RMC) was up 48.39% to $3.22 a share after releasing drill results for its Timok Project in eastern Serbia showing 160 metres grading 10.16% copper equivalent.

China’s anti-corruption watchdog has launched an investigation over the insider trading case linked to China National Offshore Oil Corp.'s bid for Nexen.

Rio Tinto is taking its collection of the world's most rare and valuable pink, red and blue diamonds to the auction table.