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Mining giants seek world’s second-largest undeveloped copper mine

Vale (NYSE:VALE), Teck (NYSE:TCK) and Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) are some of the names analysts are throwing into the pot as the next likely bidders for Inmet MiningCorp. (TSX:IMN), which owns the world’s second-biggest undeveloped copper deposit, in Panama.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 30, 2012 | 4:26 pm

Miners downsizing capital expenses for smart growth

Smart companies are beginning to ignore insistence that production growth is always good and focus on growing their margins by lowering capital expenses.

The Gold Report | November 30, 2012 | 12:31 pm

Gold could be the panacea for global banking woes: Sprott

"China may have already cornered most of the world’s physical gold supply."

Marc Howe | November 30, 2012 | 12:04 am

Turkey says Iran buys gold to evade U.S. sanctions

Turkey's deputy minister said on Thursday that Iran has evaded U.S. economic sanctions in the last six months by using Turkish payments for energy to import gold.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 29, 2012 | 6:20 pm

INFOGRAPHIC: A century of exploration and mining in BC

To celebrate AME BC’s (Association of Mineral Exploration BC) 100th anniversary, the folks at Visual Capitalist put together this infographic, which looks at how the sector has evolved in the region over the last century.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 29, 2012 | 5:26 pm

Gold Fields spins off most troubled South African mines

South Africa’s Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) the world’s 4th largest miner, announced Thursday it would spin off two of its more troubled operation into a new company, Sibanye Gold.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 29, 2012 | 4:52 pm

Cost inflation to eat miners’ results in 2013

The rise of mining costs will have a more dramatic impact on the 2013 industry results than in the last couple of years, revealed Thursday global ranking agency Fitch Ratings.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 29, 2012 | 3:04 pm