Gold Top Stories

Steelworkers at Mount Polley to vote on tentative deal

Some 200 members of the United Steelworkers (USW) at Mount Polley mine near Williams Lake, B.C., are set to vote on a tentative agreement following an eight-week strike in response to a company lockout and attempts to extract concessions.

United Steelworkers (USW) | July 25, 2018 | 1:15 pm

Freeport profit jumps, miner flags market jitters over trade rows

Freeport-McMoRan Inc, the world's biggest publicly listed copper miner, reported…

Reuters | July 25, 2018 | 11:30 am

BHP final pay offer to Escondida workers falls short of union demands

BHP has offer workers a signing on bonus of $27,000,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2018 | 10:33 am

South African gold producers urge unions to narrow demands as third set of wage talks fail

Four companies are negotiating - Sibanye-Stillwater , Harmony Gold, AngloGold…

Reuters | July 25, 2018 | 9:45 am

Wheaton closes streaming deal with gold miner Sibanye

The Canadian streaming firm has bought all of Stillwater's gold…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2018 | 9:30 am

Fire at Randgold mine in Ivory Coast impacts production

Gold miner Randgold Resources (NASDAQ:GOLD, LON:RRS)) cut its production guidance for its Tongon mine in Ivory Coast after a fire in the mill section of a plant.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 27, 2012 | 6:12 pm

To become a major minerals producer, Venezuela’s biggest challenge is itself

Venezuela has its eye on becoming a major minerals producer, though its capacity to do so is in question, according to Maplecroft's principal Latin America analyst James Lockhart-Smith.

Business News Americas | December 27, 2012 | 6:00 pm

Rosenberg’s reasons to go for gold

Despite the recent drops in gold prices, David Rosenberg, the chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff and former Chief North American Economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, is bullish about the precious metal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 27, 2012 | 4:56 pm

Will Papua New Guinea’s safest city survive the closure of Ok Tedi mine?

The mining town of Tabubil, in Papua New Guinea, is facing the closure of the nearby Ok Tedi copper mine, an operation that currently employs nearly 2,000 people, most of them locals.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 27, 2012 | 2:21 pm