May 27, 2012

Bloomberg: Gold boom spreading mercury as 15 million miners exposed

Bloomberg has a devastating in-depth report on the impact of gold mining in a small town in Colombia called Segovia where "almost 100 shops refine the gold that prospectors bring…

May 25, 2012

Amazon fertilizer plays come up smelling like roses

Despite a lacklustre day for the sector – North America's big three Potashcorp, Agrium and Mosaic all suffered losses – two Brazil focused potash mine developers attracted strong investor interest…

May 25, 2012

It was only a matter of time. Creditors’ lawyers descend on Baja Mining

Friday's complication is just the latest setback for Vancouver-based Baja which has now lost almost 70% of its value this year.

May 25, 2012

PERU: Illegal gold mining earns more than cocaine

Informal gold mining in Peru is not only being targeted as a threat to the environment and a source of fiscal evasion but also as a major illegal industry that…

May 25, 2012

Chief of Codelco quits amid legal battle with Anglo

In what it seems to be the first casualty of the heated conflict between diversified miner Anglo American (LON:ALL) and its Chilean adversary Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer announced…

May 24, 2012

Premier Gold agrees to acquire Golden Arrow’s 1% NSR on Yamana Gold Inc.’s Gualcamayo Gold mine

Golden Arrow Resources Corporation CA:GRG +5.45% , "Golden Arrow" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the signing of a definitive purchase agreement (the "Agreement") regarding the sale by Golden…

May 24, 2012

Full production resumes at Coeur d’Alene Mines’ Palmarejo Mine

Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation (NYSE:CDE)(TSX:CDM) announced today that full production has resumed at its Palmarejo Mine after the small group of employees who had been blocking access to the mine…

May 24, 2012

Xstrata weighs political risk in Argentina before deciding on its $5.5 billion copper projects

Xstrata Plc (LON:XTA), the fourth largest copper producer in the world, said it is analyzing political risks in Argentina, where the company has two major copper projects on the go…

May 24, 2012

Codelco confident of reaching 2012 target despite Q1 drop

The world's top copper producer, Chile's Codelco, said on Wednesday its output fell 10 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier to 373,000 tonnes, but said it was…

May 24, 2012

Guatemala’s Escobal Mine to become one of the top silver projects in the world: report

With a total investment of $406 million, Canadian based mining exploration company Tahoe Resources (NYSE:TAHO), through its subsidiary Minera San Rafael SA, could become one of the largest silver producers…