April 29, 2014

Cayden receives excellent preliminary metallurgical results from El Barqueño

The results suggest very promising potential to produce gold and other metals using a standard leach plant in Mexico.

April 29, 2014

Panama Diamond Exchange launches trilingual website

It will operate in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

April 28, 2014

Mick Davis wants BHP’s coal division to be cornerstone of his new mining empire

Davis’ X2 Resources has already built a war chest of almost $4 billion and is believed to be asking JPMorgan for US$8bn loan to back up a formal offer to…

April 28, 2014

Vale mulls legal action over lost iron ore rights in Guinea

The world’s biggest iron ore miner says it's “actively considering its legal rights and options.”

April 28, 2014

Bolivia’s new mining law to move forward after deal with cooperatives

Mining cooperatives will now be able to enter into contracts with private companies by forming “mixed companies” with the State.

April 24, 2014

Brazil appeals court rules in Vale’s favour over $10bn tax bill

Brazil's second highest court has ruled in favour of iron ore giant Vale in a $10 billion decade-long dispute over taxation of foreign subsidiaries.

April 24, 2014

Vancouver gold junior pops on Mexico discovery

Cayden Resource's maiden results from a new target at its El Barqueño project in Mexico adds another 6% to an 80% share surge in 2014.

April 24, 2014

Platinum strike doesn’t get to spoil Anglo American’s first quarter results

Platinum output fell by nearly 40% as a consequence of a more than three-month strike over pay in the sector South Africa.

April 23, 2014

Barrick-Newmont merger could be as good as gold

The new gold giant would have a market value of $33 billion, operations on five continents, and a gold output of well over 12 million ounces a year.

April 23, 2014

About 40,000 illegal miners ignore Peru’s deadline to formalize status

Tension grows as the illicit miners keep evading government efforts to bring them into the formal economy.