June 10, 2013

Zara Resources makes unsolicited bid for Visible Gold Mines

"Press for board and management changes."

June 10, 2013

Rio Tinto releases pink diamond and gold ingot

The Perth Mint will sell 168 limited edition pieces.

June 10, 2013

Kinross stock hammered over $720m Ecuador write-off

The Toronto-based gold miner fell 5% after hours on decision to drop project after failing to come to terms with the Ecuadorian government.

June 10, 2013

Judgment in tailings management

On the simple pleasures and coming to a deeply-informed judgment in civil engineering.

June 10, 2013

Indian government to banks: Stop telling people to buy gold

The appetite for gold bullion by consumers has forced its government to increase the import tax on the yellow metal.

June 10, 2013

Keeping stakes small: How some companies are navigating the gold M&A market

Investment banker Keith Phillips discusses problems facing the gold equities market and how investors can take advantage of what he calls the strongest debt-financing markets in history.

June 10, 2013

Ivanplats gets its ducks in a row for South African project

Company filed both a mining right application and included a BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) partner.

June 10, 2013

Ghana’s crackdown on illegal mining: at least 55 new arrests

Identified as nationals of Niger, Nigeria and Togo.

June 10, 2013

Ecuador to vote on ground-breaking law to allow large-scale mining

Country's gold, copper and silver reserves estimated at $115 billion.

June 10, 2013

Deutsche Bank opens $9 billion gold vault in Singapore

The new vault can hold up to 200 tonnes of gold bullion.