April 11, 2012

Peru’s trapped miners: the sinking of the Titanic and the miners who died

With a blogger’s eye, today I celebrate the miners who perished in the sinking of the Titanic. Their story epitomizes the story of all miners; people who go to the…

April 10, 2012

Energold strikes record profits after drilling a million metres in 2011

The Vancouver company earned a profit of $26.4 million on $133.5 million in revenues for the year, up 145%, after drilling an astonishing 585,900 meters for minerals and a further…

April 10, 2012

Never mistake intelligence for a bull market: George Ireland

George Ireland, portfolio manager with Boston-based Geologic Resource Partners, believes in seeing what he invests in and his passport bears witness: 80 countries visited in five years.

April 10, 2012

HudBay eyes further growth in Peru

Base metals miner HudBay Minerals is looking at expanding its asset base in Peru as it seeks to create a new hub that replicates the successes enjoyed at its mines…

April 10, 2012

Newmont faces new protests in Peru as key report for $4.8 billion Conga project expected this week

Peru’s long-running Conga mine dispute is about to reach a turning point as international consultants appointed by the government in February finalize their environmental report on Newmont Mining and Buenaventura's…

April 10, 2012

Chile’s Codelco will decide future of its Chuquicamata underground mine this year

Chile’s state-owned copper giant Codelco will make a decision on the construction of an underground mine at its Chuquicamata operation before the end of this year, said CEO and Executive…

April 10, 2012

Chile’s copper exports dropped 6.5% in first quarter

Chile’s copper exports fell 6.5% to US$10.5 billion in the first three months of 2012 from $11.2 billion in the same period last year, according to figures compiled by the…

April 9, 2012

Castro likes Trudeau; Harper, not so much

Fidel Castro said Prime Minister Stephen Harper suffers from illusions regarding resources and the extensive claims the U.S. has on Canada.

April 9, 2012

Radius Gold up 19% after B2Gold pays $20 million for properties in Nicaragua

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO) announced today that it paid Can$20 million to Radius Gold for  Trebol and El Pavon Properties in Nicaragua.

April 9, 2012

Mining investments in Chile to reach $100 billion by 2020

Mining investment in Chile, the world's largest copper producer, would reach US$ 100 billion between 2012 and 2020, the National Mining Society (Sonami) said on Monday.