Industry revenue grew 8%, but profits slumped 28% as China continues crackdown on illegal mining, smuggling and uncompetitive producers.

France resurrects its 17th century economic policy, sets up state miner to explore for rare earths and gold focusing on francophone Africa and South America.

Just a reminder, gold bars are heavy.

While hedge funds' bullish positions on gold soar to 258 tonnes, gold-backed ETF investors continue to offload their bullion holdings.

Large investors' bullish bets have surged to levels last seen when gold was trading at $1,400 an ounce.

CiDRA’s CYCLONEtracSM is a novel complete turn-key solution capable of monitoring coarse particles and tracking particle size on individual hydrocyclone overflows

Stop by GEOSENSE Booth #942 – see the SPECTRAL EVOLUTION field portable spectrometer with EZ-ID software for real-time mineral identification.

"Market conditions may not significantly recover over the next twelve months"

Hexagon, the leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation solutions, has acquired Aibotix, a manufacturer of intelligent multicopter systems for high-efficiency aerial applications. The acquisition strengthens the Life of Mine solution offered by Leica Geosystems Mining.