Precious Metals Top Stories

Barrick to sell off 13.5 pct of African holding

African Barrick Gold up 3.18%

Michael Allan McCrae | March 10, 2014 | 6:42 pm

Chile’s new mining minister to take the industry by surprise… or not

Aurora Williams, Chile’s new mining minister, takes office on Tuesday.

Suzanne Soto | March 10, 2014 | 5:16 pm

NASA is offering $35,000 in awards to asteroid hunters

The first contest in a series of many, kicks off…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 10, 2014 | 3:34 pm

Unsteady gold prices pushes Goldplat deeper into red

But it expects to return to profitability by the end…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 10, 2014 | 3:03 pm

Copper at 8-month low on disappointing China exports

Shanghai copper, in turn, went down beyond its 5% daily…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 10, 2014 | 11:15 am

Victoria Gold outlines $508m Yukon mine

Fully permitted Eagle Gold mine will average 200,000 ounces per year for 10 years at all-in costs of just $638 an ounce.

Frik Els | September 12, 2016 | 6:12 am

Gold price: Hedge fund bears in about turn

Large scale speculators push bullish gold bets to 940 tonnes, the second highest on record.

Frik Els | September 12, 2016 | 2:39 am

Dufferin gold mine could be reopened by Vancouver company

A Vancouver company says it plans to acquire and restart a gold-mining operation on Nova Scotia's east coast.

CBC News | September 11, 2016 | 2:51 pm

Visualizing the size of the U.S. national debt

The U.S. national debt currently sits at $19.5 trillion, which is actually such a large number that it is truly difficult for the average person to comprehend.

Visual Capitalist | September 11, 2016 | 1:38 pm

Stars aligning for platinum price

Study predicts fifth year of growing deficits and halving of above ground stocks as strikes in top producer South Africa loom.

Frik Els | September 11, 2016 | 2:02 am

South African mining output falls sharply

PGMs down nearly 10% and manganese production down 24%.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 11, 2016 | 1:30 am

NASA’s latest mission may tell us whether asteroid mining is really a go

OSIRIS-REx will collect samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth, in what it could be a pivotal step for firms currently planning to tap into the space mining business.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 11, 2016 | 1:15 am

Mongolia readies to revive its giant Tavan Tolgoi coal mine

Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi (ETT), the state-owned company that holds the license to the deposit, has already begun evaluating bids and calculating the potential economic benefits of restarting it.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 9, 2016 | 8:00 am

Nevsun completes switch to zinc

Vancouver-based miner ships first zinc concentrate from flagship Bisha mine in Eritrea which started life as a gold-silver project in 2010.

Frik Els | September 9, 2016 | 3:52 am

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