Rio Tinto strikes power deal for Oyu Tolgoi

Heavy selling across the board as commodities reach fresh multi-year lows, forecasts are slashed and weakness returns to precious metals.

The country’s parliament has designated its Gatsuurt Project as strategically important, paving the way for Centerra's application for the necessary approvals.

The operations that may be added to the list of assets for sale are Dawson and Foxleigh, in Queensland.

Red metal output at the mine, over 18 months behind schedule and $750 million over budget, is expected to ramp-up by July.

Organization predicts a rare occurrence in 2015: a decline in all nine commodity indices with industrial metals falling another 5%; precious metals down 3%.

At the Cambridge House Vancouver Resource Investment Conference this past Sunday and Monday, we had the chance to ask respected mining analyst Brent Cook for his outlook on the sector for which he is best known.

Geology consultants leading the project found the rare earth claim has the highest range of rare earth metals in Peru.

Prosecutors claim the gold company and its top executives are at the centre of a money-laundering scheme involving cocaine traffickers.

December is a period that sees lower levels of exploration and resource announcements, and last month was every bit as disappointing as expected, an SNL report shows.