Chinese housewives pick up 300 tonnes of gold in two weeks Reports from China show bargain hunters have picked up all the physical gold ETF investors have been dumping. Frik Els | May 2, 2013 | 5:03 pm
Metso to modernize automation and field instrumentation at Helsingin Energia’s Salmisaari power plants in Helsinki, Finland Unified automation and accurate process controls contribute to better overall process management of the Salmisaari power plants Metso | May 2, 2013 | 4:29 pm
World’s most valuable gold miner Goldcorp posts sharp profit drop But it said it has developed a “contingency plan” to defer capital spending if conditions in the gold market require it. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2013 | 4:27 pm
More than 60 Sudanese gold miners killed in well collapse Gold has become a key commodity for Sudan since the oil-rich south seceded nearly two years ago. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2013 | 2:37 pm
Italy should use gold-backed bonds as an alternative to austerity: WGC The strategy would be a more remedial answer for countries facing financial challenges than outright gold reserve sales, says the organization. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2013 | 1:48 pm
Peru to roll back piece of mining law Miners will not have to negotiate with the Quechua-speaking people who live in the Andes. MINING.com Editor | May 2, 2013 | 6:55 am
California’s Long Beach port starts new iron ore shipments The operation is the only exporter of the raw material on the West Coast. Kerry Hall | May 2, 2013 | 4:45 am
Workers strike at Freeport’s Indonesian mine Labourers at the Grasberg mine expansion say the work stoppage could last for a month. Kerry Hall | May 2, 2013 | 3:38 am
VIDEO: Ncondezi Coal develops Mozambique project Company discusses its thermal coal mine and power generation station. MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 2, 2013 | 1:24 am