Gold Top Stories

Steelworkers at Mount Polley to vote on tentative deal

Some 200 members of the United Steelworkers (USW) at Mount Polley mine near Williams Lake, B.C., are set to vote on a tentative agreement following an eight-week strike in response to a company lockout and attempts to extract concessions.

United Steelworkers (USW) | July 25, 2018 | 1:15 pm

Freeport profit jumps, miner flags market jitters over trade rows

Freeport-McMoRan Inc, the world's biggest publicly listed copper miner, reported…

Reuters | July 25, 2018 | 11:30 am

BHP final pay offer to Escondida workers falls short of union demands

BHP has offer workers a signing on bonus of $27,000,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2018 | 10:33 am

South African gold producers urge unions to narrow demands as third set of wage talks fail

Four companies are negotiating - Sibanye-Stillwater , Harmony Gold, AngloGold…

Reuters | July 25, 2018 | 9:45 am

Wheaton closes streaming deal with gold miner Sibanye

The Canadian streaming firm has bought all of Stillwater's gold…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2018 | 9:30 am

Americans want return to gold standard: Ron Paul

Congressman Ron Paul has told CNBC’s Newsline that ‘a large majority of American people favour going on a gold standard,’ claiming that the shift in public opinion is ‘a reflection of the efforts that we’ve made in educating people.

Marc Howe | August 27, 2012 | 5:38 am

Gold could surge past $1,920/oz high: Sprott

Billionaire investor and asset manager Eric Sprott says that the ruinous state of the global financial system and a shortage of physical […]

Marc Howe | August 27, 2012 | 5:03 am

The great, long-awaited China rebalancing act may have already begun

Peking University finance professor Michael Pettis writes on his blog that the long-anticipated rebalancing of the Chinese economy may have already commenced.

Marc Howe | August 27, 2012 | 4:56 am

Experts deny Aussie mining boom at an end

Following Martin Ferguson’s rash declaration last week that Australia’s mining boom had come to an end several leading economic experts have publicly refuted the Australian Resource Minister’s dire prognosis.

Marc Howe | August 27, 2012 | 4:35 am

Tweet takedown of the day: Krugman and the gold standard

"A very bad, no good, truly awful idea"

Michael Allan McCrae | August 27, 2012 | 4:29 am

FUN BREAK: Lego crooks rob Lego mine

To support its mining-themed Lego sets, the toy company rolled out some videos of some imaginary robbers who pull a heist on […]

Michael Allan McCrae | August 26, 2012 | 4:59 pm

Large bullion vault to open in London, more planned

Due to a rise in gold investments, Brink's will be opening one of the world's largest vaults in the London area before the end of September, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 26, 2012 | 2:02 pm