Zijin Mining Group Co, China's largest gold producer by output, said Saturday that its net profits slumped 19.95 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2012 as the world's economic weakness and shrinking demand weighed on global gold prices.

South Africa’s third wealthiest man and mining entrepreneur, billionaire Christoffel Wiese, it is said to owe the country’s revenue agency (Sars) an estimated $250 million (R$2 billion) in unpaid taxes.

Weeks after Quebec’s ruling Liberal party re-launched the province's asbestos industry with a $58-million loan to the Jeffrey mine, opposition leaders are calling the federal government to end what they call a "morally and scientifically indefensible" product.

Environmentalists and the local community of central Victoria, Australia, are angry at the Department of Primary Industries for allowing Queensland-based company Fortitude Mining to go ahead with its gold exploration plans in the Wombat State Forest.

One of the most fascinating aspects when watching a sporting event like the Olympics is the historical statistics highlighting the tremendous advances in athleticism over the years. In the spirit of the events this summer, BTN Research compared gold’s advancement from the beginning of the games in Beijing to the London Olympics.

(UPDATED) Canadian exploration company Edgewater is facing potential criminal charges in Spain for allegedly employing highly polluting technology in its Corcoesto gold project, in the North Western region of Galicia.

Canadian Atlanta Gold Corp (TSX:ATG) announced the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) approved the supplemental plan of operations submitted by the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Atlanta Gold Corporation ("AGC"), for the 900 Adit Closure and Reclamation Plan pertaining to short-term water treatment and evaluation at its gold project in Idaho.

Excellon Resources (TSX:EX) Chief Financial Officer, Steve Poad, quit on Friday after the company reported a big drop in profits in the second quarter the day before.

Canadian Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (TSX:YNG) reported it slipped to a loss in its second-quarter due to the absence of prior year's gain and higher costs.