China’s Chifeng Jilong restarts gold production at Laos mine after 6 yrs

Fresh data suggests it is still too early to celebrate a recovery in the sector.

The announcement marks the end of a long-dragged dispute between the Colorado-based miner and Southeast Asian nation.

So far Grupo Mexico has been charged with more than $3 million in fines, and could face more.

Close to 2,800 miners at Chile's Escondida mine, jointly owned by BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, did not show up for work Monday morning, iddling a 1.2 million tonnes a year operation.

Two mines in the Snow Lake area of Manitoba, Canada, were officially opened last week.

A few weeks ago, we heard from Pierre Lassonde of Franco-Nevada on the power of the royalty business model. Just recently, I spoke with another ‘superstar’ of the natural resource industry -- Frank Giustra.

"All that's required is to hand the world’s best mining assets to the world’s best management."

Strike action closes Guelb Moghrein copper-gold mine which accounts for 10% of Vancouver company's copper output and a quarter of its gold production.

Coffin believes that in the short term a price of $1,200/oz is possible, though there is room now for an oversold bounce.