December 19, 2012

Goa iron ore leases to be scrapped as directed by supreme court panel

A panel appointed by the Supreme Court has recommended scrapping 42 iron ore mining leases in Goa until mining companies submit plans to deal with the environmental impact and legal…

December 19, 2012

Japanese pension funds break with tradition by turning to gold

Shinzo Abe's demand for "unlimited easing measures" from central bank justifies shift into precious metal

December 18, 2012

Coal to challenge oil as main source of energy by 2017

Coal is likely to overtake oil as the world's main source of energy in the next five years, with potentially devastating effects in the environment, says the International Energy Agency…

December 18, 2012

Gold and silver today- higher as Asian demand remains solid

Gold breached $1700 overnight before settling back just below this level ahead of U.S. opening, but fundamentals - particularly with solid Asian demand - remain positive.

December 17, 2012

Afghanistan faces airborne gold exodus

Bullion sent via commercial plane flights to the money-laundering center of Dubai

December 17, 2012

First Quantum seeks to create world’s biggest copper producer with hostile Inmet bid

Inmet shareholders approached directly with sweetened deal

December 16, 2012

INFOGRAPHIC: Stunning growth in the developing world’s new millionaires

Brazil and China lead the pack

December 16, 2012

Uranium set to receive boost from Japanese election outcome

Japanese nuclear power shares surge following LDP victory

December 15, 2012

World’s biggest, savviest investors to crowd gold and silver markets says Sprott founding chairman

"The most massive and most intelligent pools of capital on the planet are now looking to crowd into the gold and silver space."

December 14, 2012

Centerra’s Kumtor project receives environmental claims from Kyrgyz authorities

Centerra Gold announces that it has received five claims from the State Inspectorate Office for environmental and technical safety relating to alleged environmental damages at the Kumtor Project.