Embattled Acacia Mining ends painful year with $700-million loss

"Boy, that was anti-climactic. There was absolutely nothing in terms of a policy signal...no different than what he might have said at any point over the last few years."

Following yesterday's announcement of leadership changes in Barrick Gold, S&P Capital IQ said the firm keeps its strong buy recommendation on the company’s shares.

Canadian Lake Shore Gold Corp. (TSX:LSG) said Thursday it is extending the area of high-grade core at its Gold River Trend property, after analyzing results of seven new holes (1,440 m) of drilling.

Already with massive copper, gold and molybdenum deposit in Argentina, Lumina Copper now has two new copper mineralized zones.

The IIED report urges the sector to move from improving its standards in principle to actually implementing them in practice.

Peru's Congress in a terse statement last night announced charges of “an incitement to the crime of rebellion” against Gregorio Santos, the province of Cajamarca’s Maoist governor who has lead violent protests against Newmont Mining's stalled Conga project.

Canadian Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX:K, NYSE:KGC) said on Wednesday that workers at its Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania, West Africa, have initiated an unlawful work stoppage, halting mining and processing activity.

Consulting firm says the top 40 global mining firms earned a record profit of $133 billion last year driven mainly by iron ore, however their market capitalization fell by 25%.

Canadian Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) announced Wednesday a major shakeup of its management team, saying that it has replaced Aaron Regent as president and chief executive officer by Jamie Sokalsky, who was the company's chief financial officer.