February 20, 2015

Newmont cheers gold mining investors

What? No writedowns and $1.5 billion operating cashflow?

February 19, 2015

Vale smashes iron ore production record

Brazil’s Vale (NYSE:VALE), the world’s largest producer of iron ore, continued to flood the market with product in 2014 despite sharply lower prices.

February 19, 2015

Goldcorp stock is being ripped apart

$2.3 billion charge against Cerro Negro mine in Argentina one writedown too many for battered investors.

February 19, 2015

Caterpillar mining sales down 27% worldwide in January

Latin American down the most.

February 18, 2015

PICS: Cops confiscate Eike Batista’s beloved cars, Faberge egg

Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista's riches to rags ride is a white-knuckle one.

February 17, 2015

Timmins Gold acquires Newstrike Capital

Investors in Mexico-focused Newstrike Capital (TSXV:NES) enjoyed a small bump today with the announcement of a takeover by Vancouver-focused Timmins Gold (TSX:TMM).

February 16, 2015

Iron ore price surges

Biggest jump of the year lifts iron ore price more than 6% off 2015 low.

February 16, 2015

Final permits loom at one of the world’s richest gold projects

Continental Gold’s Buriticá gold and silver project in Colombia is one of the richest gold deposits in the world, consistently ranked among the top gold development stories in the world…

February 16, 2015

Large platinum group metals claim reported in Peru

Today the company announces the next strategic claim it is bringing to market – an approximately 39 square kilometer claim located 70-75 kilometers from Cusco and potentially the first gabbroic…

February 15, 2015

Yamana green-lights Cerro Moro

Yamana Gold (NYSE:AUY, TSX:YRI) will start construction of its Cerro Moro gold-silver project in the southern Argentine province of Santa Cruz, the Toronto-based gold producer announced last week.