Cecilia Jamasmie , Senior Editor

Thinking of first-time and/or newer gold investors, Precious Metals Brokerage Group (PMBG) has launched an “ABC Guide to Investing in Gold.”

Mining legend and Ivanplats (TSX:IVP) CEO, Robert Friedland, said he aims to have his African-focused mining company landing in the London stock exchange during the first half of 2013.

Mining billionaire Roman Abramovich, the Russian tycoon who owns the Chelsea soccer club, has stepped into Norilsk Nickel’s long-running management dispute between its two main shareholders by buying a 7.3% stake in the company.

Gold and silver prices will remain under pressure says broker and research company Nirmal Bang.

China is about to set a record year for outbound M&A, especially if the impending $15.1 billion CNOOC - Nexen deal sees the light before the end of 2012. So where and how much is China investing these days? Firmex came up with a great infographic that explains it all.

A 27-year-old worker died Friday in an accident at a Greenbrier County coal mine, owned by a subsidiary of Virginia-based Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR).

Study suggests companies to invest now and so ensure they can fulfill future global demand for commodities.

Climate change activists are calling for a halt in Canada’s plans to build a new coal export terminal on British Columbia’s Fraser River and expand an existing one in North Vancouver.

Canada's Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX:LUC) sold a 9.46-carat blue diamond for $4,515,000 or $477,272 per carat as part of a diamond sale this week.

Vale (NYSE:VALE), Teck (NYSE:TCK) and Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) are some of the names analysts are throwing into the pot as the next likely bidders for Inmet MiningCorp. (TSX:IMN), which owns the world’s second-biggest undeveloped copper deposit, in Panama.