April 20, 2016

Silver plays catch up with gold — hits 11-month high

Increasing interest from hedge funds and Chinese buyers are driven the metal to its biggest monthly rise since January 2015.

April 20, 2016

Shirley Temple’s fancy blue diamond ring fails to sell

The stone, still in its original Art Deco setting, was expected to fetch up to $35 million.

April 20, 2016

BHP Billiton cuts iron ore target by 10M tonnes

This would be the first time BHP reports a annual drop in iron ore output since it completed its merger with Billiton in 2001.

April 20, 2016

Myanmar Wanbao: A new dawn for the Chinese copper miner

Documentary focuses on how Chinese mining company Myanmar Wanbao is changing and speaking the new language of a changing Myanmar.

April 19, 2016

Seabridge Gold agrees to buy Snipgold Corp

The deal will see Seabridge shareholders gaining exposure to SnipGold’s Iskut project while shareholders of SnipGold receive an immediate 124% premium and exposure to Seabridge’s KSM project, one of the…

April 19, 2016

Kibali shines in record year for Randgold Resources

Kinshasa, the Kibali gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo was the star performer in Randgold’s portfolio of operations in 2015, exceeding its target by 7% to contribute 642…

April 19, 2016

Potash miners hit by increased competition, supply amid low prices

Analysts, companies expect prices to stay below 2015 levels for at least the next two years.

April 19, 2016

China launches yuan gold fix in bid to gain more influence in metal pricing

It is set twice a day based on a few minutes of trading by 18 trading members,

April 19, 2016

India says Kohinoor diamond belongs to Britain

The gem has been at the centre of a diplomatic row between India and the UK, with New Delhi arguing for decades that it should get it back.

April 19, 2016

Delays in rollout of autonomous technology forces Rio Tinto to cut iron ore guidance

The world's No. 2 iron ore miner has cut its production guidance for 2017 by as much as 20 million tonnes.