Venezuelan government defends Mining Arc, environmentalists say it’s not working

The Canadian Press is reporting that Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) was handed a setback by Argentina's supreme court, which brought back some glacier protection laws that the mining giant had until now sidestepped.

Jim Sinclair, the man who called for $1,650 gold in 2001, writes that the recent events in England was the last chain holding back gold, and now bullion is heading higher, way higher.

Gold for August delivery settled up $24.10, or 1.5%, at $1,621.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday, before turning slightly lower in after hours dealings.

Knight Vinke is looking for a ratio of 3.25:1 similar to the demands of Qatar which last week pushed the $60 billion deal to the verge of collapse.

US vacuum manufacturer GoVacuum has produced what the company claimed to be the world’s most expensive vacuum cleaner, plated with 24K gold.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission will vote in August on controversial rules requiring extensive reporting from companies using ‘conflict minerals’ in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Henk J. Krasenberg, analyst and founder of the European Gold Centre and author and publisher of the GOLDVIEW newsletter, sees no lack of potential among small-cap equities, especially for investors willing to look beyond the U.S. borders.

Ken Booth has been involved in the mining industry for 30 years and sees the past two decades of quiet, stable growth that Cambodia has enjoyed out of the world's economic spotlight as an opportunity for investors.

Chinese operas have been keeping audiences enthralled for hundreds of years with mythical characters, enchanting stories and elaborate masks that add drama and mystery. While this fantastical treatment is appreciated in the theatre, it isn’t in g...