May 3, 2012

Eldorado Gold reports $67 million profit in Q1

Gold miners were caught in an ugly slide in the S&P/TSX Composite Index today, which shed 215 points in reaction to another poor economic report coming out of the US.

May 3, 2012

Contractors protest at BHP Billiton’s Escondida in Chile

Contract workers blocked some roads to Chile's Escondida copper mine, the world's largest, on Thursday in a bonus dispute, although production operations weren't halted

May 3, 2012

Brazil mining investment to top $75 billion by 2016

Brazilian investment in mining is about to shatter a five-year record.

May 3, 2012

Grupo Mexico profit jumps 35% on higher production

Major copper producer Grupo Mexico reported a 35% jump in first-quarter profit, helped in part by higher mine production numbers.

May 2, 2012

Orko Silver slips 11% despite release of engineering study

Releasing the results of a new engineering study failed to move the markets in a positive direction today for Orko Silver (TSX-V:OK), although the resource-heavy Toronto exchanges were also in…

May 2, 2012

Colombia to spend nearly $1.3 billion in coal-related ports expansions

Colombia’s leading coal producers are increasing investments dramatically to improve and expand their ports, in what is considered a key move for rising coal production in the country to 120…

May 2, 2012

Brazilian Gold gives long-suffering investors something to smile about

Brazilian Gold Corporation jumped 13.5% on Wednesday on three times usual trading volumes, after announcing positive metallurgical test work at its São Jorge deposit in northern Brazil.

May 2, 2012

International Northair Mines adds another drill at La Cigarra Project, Mexico

International Northair Mines Ltd. (INM.V - News) (the "Company" or "Northair") is pleased to announce that an additional core drill rig is on site to expedite the drill program underway…

May 2, 2012

Southern Silver’s 2012 drill program extends mineralized zone at Mexico’s Cerro Las Minitas project

Canadian Southern Silver Exploration Corp.(TSXV:SSV) announced that drilling at its Mexico’a Cerro Las Minitas project continues to extend mineralized structures at its Blind Zone and El Sol deposits.

May 2, 2012

Sienna’s winning streak halted by new Peru drill results

Even after today's heavy losses it is still showing gains for the year of 86%.