First Quantum halts $6.4bn Panama copper project

Two gold miners are dead and one is in critical condition after an underground gold mine near the Siberian city of Chelyabinsk partially collapsed.

Fortunes are made, and sometimes lost, in the great mining rushes that drive people, prospectors and dollars on the heels of exciting discoveries.

Production for the first three months of the year slumped 37% compared with the same period of 2016.

Exeter shareholders will receive 0.12 of a common share of Goldcorp for each they have in the junior — that's a premium of 67% based on the part's closing prices on the day prior to the announcement.

A new poll by Morning Consult for the National Mining Association (NMA) shows that most American voters are unaware of the environmental and technological advancements in teh industry.

Chinese back out of $1.5 billion deal for Barrick's Kalgoorlie stake – JV partner Newmont has long expressed interest in acquiring half of Super Pit.

The firm, a unit of Shanghai-listed Shandong Tyan Home, reportedly walked away from the deal due to recent tightened controls in China on outbound investment.

Analysts believe that would increase the chances of the country joining Latin America’s ongoing political drift to the right in November’s elections.

Speculators are long a net 105,515 silver futures contracts — the highest bullish position since Bloomberg records began in 1993 and more than three times the average weekly net long over that period.