August 2, 2016

Simandou shelving great for Rio, rivals

$20 billion West African iron ore mega-project had the potential to lower long-term iron ore price by $5 per tonne according to new report.

July 31, 2016

Yamana Gold announces sale of its Mercedes mine in Mexico

Yamana will receive consideration in the form of cash and equity securities, the value of which was $140 million at the time of negotiations.

July 29, 2016

Anglo American declines merger offer from Vedanta

Vedanta Resources’ chairman Anil Agarwal allegedly approached Anglo in several opportunities earlier this year to discuss potential tie-ups.

July 29, 2016

INFOGRAPHIC: The real gold, silver and bronze count in the Olympic Medals

This BullionVault infographic looks at the gold value of each nation's summer Olympics medals.

July 28, 2016

Goldcorp stock pays Peñasquito penalty

Vancouver miner hammered after 32% drop in output during the second quarter blamed on operational problems at its flagship Peñasquito mine in Mexico.

July 28, 2016

Teck delivers surprise profit, stock surges

Systematic cost cutting has taken some strain off Teck's balance sheet over the last few years as metal prices have slumped.

July 28, 2016

Anglo American narrows debt despite posting steep first-half loss

The miner said its turnaround plan was “on track” as it slashed debt and beat earnings forecasts in the first half of the year.

July 27, 2016

Losses persist at Kinross

Second quarter revenues beat estimates and Toronto-based gold miner sticks to record output prediction for 2016.

July 27, 2016

Peru losing its battle against illegal gold mining

A force of marines and rangers sent in the past days to raid the Tambopata reserve, in the country’s southern Amazon, has already been outnumbered.

July 27, 2016

Antofagasta lowers full-year copper output target, says surplus shows little sign of easing

The Chilean copper miner said full-year production would be at the lower end of the 710,000 to 740,000 tonnes it predicted in January.