Freeport CEO open to all options, even sale, after Grasberg

Both good and bad for Canadian mining in the 2013 federal budget.

It will be auctioned on Sunday in France.

The Swatch Group is paying $750 million plus the assumption of up to $250 million of pro forma net debt.

The new merged company projects a 1.3 million tonnes of copper output per year by 2018.

Hedge funder John Paulson set the ball rolling on the breakup of large gold producers. Some miners see it the same way.

Images were taken at the popular mining zone by the Tinto river, in Spain’s Southwest.

It's not only the gold price that has benefited from fears over governments dipping into private citizens bank accounts.

India's imports averaging 87 tonnes a month helps to explain resilience of gold price despite record ETF outflows.

For Cypriots who had their money in gold, silver, platinum or palladium, last week's events were irrelevant to their financial position, says Rick Rule.