August 6, 2015

CHARTS: Iron ore price only getting more volatile

Compared to the wild swings iron ore dealers have to deal with, gold, coal and copper traders are coasting.

August 6, 2015

China’s secret gold hoarding strategy

China’s recent stock market gyrations have some analysts now calling China the biggest bubble in history. But those who write off China […]

August 5, 2015

Iron ore price rally has legs

Wednesday jump brings gains of 28% in less than a month.

August 5, 2015

Jubilee Platinum secures $5.03 million for tailings project

Estimated production of 42,000 ounces of PGMs in concentrate per annum.

August 4, 2015

Guyana Goldfields pours its first gold

The commissioning and startup of the hard rock crushing circuit is projected to be completed later in the third calendar quarter of 2015.

August 4, 2015

Marange: Consolidation not the answer

Surely, its time to go back to sanity, pick up the idea mooted first by ACR and form a joint venture with De Beers and then join in with Botswana…

August 3, 2015

Investment silver demand draining COMEX vaults

If there are words to characterize the precious metals markets for July, it would be “divergences” and “shortages.”

August 2, 2015

Mining firm faces pollution allegations in Zambia

London-listed Vedanta Mining (LON:VED) will be in court to defend itself against claims by hundreds of Zambian villagers that its copper mining operations polluted a water source and farmland.

August 2, 2015

South African union rejects 13% pay hike; president threatens strike

The union representing about a third of nearly 100,000 gold miners in South African labour talks, has rejected an offer of a 13-percent pay rise.

July 31, 2015

West Africa gold miner surges after stellar quarter

Endeavour Mining shares jump 10% after Vancouver firm slashes debt as mines in Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina and Ghana mines throw off cash.