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Chile’s appeals court to hear injunction request against Barrick’s Pascua Lama

A Chilean appeals court has accepted a request for an injunction against Canada’s Barrick Gold (NYSE, TSX: ABX) and its Pascua Lama project, filed by a group of northern natives in conjunction with the local government’s environmental evaluation committee.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 4, 2012 | 1:36 pm

Rio Tinto to install world’s largest underground automated mining system

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) has plans in motion to install the world's largest underground automated mining system at its Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia.

Marc Howe | October 4, 2012 | 3:32 am

$2200 is a realistic target for gold in 2013: Hug

Kitco's head of precious metals Peter Hug says gold prices are on track to hit the $2200 level next year.

Marc Howe | October 3, 2012 | 10:57 pm

Protest against Centerra Gold in Kyrgyzstan turns violent

Demonstrators clashed with police and tried breaking into a building housing the parliament and government offices in Kyrgyzstan's capital Wednesday, as they demanded the nationalization of the Kumtor gold mine, owned by Canadian Centerra Gold (TSX:CG).

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 3, 2012 | 6:12 pm

South Africa’s wildcat strikes reach Harmony Gold

South Africa's third-largest gold producer after AngloGold and Gold Fields Ltd., Harmony Gold Ltd. (JSE:HAR), said Wednesday that workers at its Kusasalethu mine embarked on a strike.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 3, 2012 | 5:44 pm

South African strikes spread to iron ore

75,000 miners, or 15% of the sector's workers in South Africa, are now on wildcat strikes.

Frik Els | October 3, 2012 | 2:20 pm

Do western central banks have any gold left?

Somewhere deep in the bowels of the world’s Western central banks lie vaults holding gargantuan piles of physical gold bars… or at least that’s what they all claim.

Eric Sprott & David Baker | October 3, 2012 | 5:25 am

No end in sight for South African mining strikes

Labour unrest at Anglo American Platinum’s South Africa operations spread on Tuesday to a new mine as the company and fellow miner AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) have hardened their stance on strikers.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 2, 2012 | 6:21 pm

The “boom” might be over but Kiwis still flock to Australia

A record number of skilled New Zealanders involved in trade are leaving their country to take up higher paying jobs in Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 2, 2012 | 2:09 pm

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