March 19, 2020

Copper price surges over 10% after touching 2009 lows

Copper dropped overnight to below $2 a pound only to rally 11.6% in New York trade Thursday.

March 19, 2020

Gold under pressure as dollar prevails in battle of the havens

Gold is showing signs of steadying after this week’s price rollercoaster.

March 18, 2020

Rio halts Kennecott operations after earthquake

Damage was limited at the 100-year-old open-pit mine and no-one was hurt.

March 18, 2020

OceanaGold chief executive resigns

Mick Wilkes is stepping down for personal reasons, COO to take over as CEO.

March 18, 2020

After the rout, platinum and palladium face more turmoil before recovery

Platinum has plunged 40% and palladium 45% from February highs as efforts to contain coronavirus stifled the global economy.

March 18, 2020

Reopening of historic California gold mine has no significant environmental impacts

The Vancouver-based miner says it is ready to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Idaho-Maryland mine.

March 17, 2020

Major MSHA reorg: New map shows three enforcement regions

As the coal industry has declined in activity, operators have seen surplus coal inspectors being shifted to the metal/non-metal industry.

March 17, 2020

Midas Gold secures $35m financing from Paulson

Shares of Midas Gold were up over 21% at market close Tuesday.

March 17, 2020

Investors turn sour on silver in worst losing streak since 1983

Silver futures for delivery in May slipped 2.5% to settle at $12.735 an ounce on the Comex in New York.

March 17, 2020

Gold price rebounds – biggest rally since June 2016

After steep losses "gold is starting to act like how it should act” amid massive monetary and fiscal stimulus in response to the pandemic.