August 27, 2013

No special treatment for these miners in Indonesia

Freeport and Newmont will have to process all ore domestically.

August 27, 2013

Two things copper price bulls are choosing to ignore

Copper price is losing touch with huge supply growth and cost of production.

August 27, 2013

Canadian miner kidnapped in Colombia set free

Gernot Wober, 47, had been held captive by the National Liberation Army, Colombia's second most powerful rebel group.

August 27, 2013

South Africa’s gold sector in standby as wave of strikes hits the country

Gold mine stoppages could start as early as this Friday.

August 27, 2013

Canadian and Argentinian miners look to team up on uranium project

U3O8 and Petrominera may develop Chubut province deposits together.

August 27, 2013

Barrick admits violations in Pascua Lama, vows to make ‘things right’

Company lawyer asks Chilean court to ratify its July verdict, when it officially halted all operations in the project.

August 27, 2013

Fracking one “probable cause” of South Texas earthquakes

News comes on the heels of another study implying a link between fracking and the recent wave of earthquakes that has hit Ohio.

August 27, 2013

Finest blue diamond in the market for ‘only’ $9.8 million

The Royal Blue may seem a bargain when compared to Sotheby’s Hong Kong recently announced 7.59-carat coloured rock, expected to fetch $19 million.

August 27, 2013

Uralkali CEO arrested in Belarus, potash market uncertainty escalates

Vladislav Baumgertner was accused of "abuse of power for private gain."

August 27, 2013

Global QE exit crisis coming, Fed ‘steeped in denial’

"Developing economies are now feeling the full force of the Fed’s moment of reckoning."