Gold Top Stories

Newmont sells stake in Yanacocha gold mine to Japan’s Sumitomo for $48 million

Sumitomo’s move comes as Japanese trading companies have been grabbing assets and increasing their stakes on a few of them thanks higher commodities prices, which have boosted their profits.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 21, 2018 | 3:50 am

Yukon junior adds to its gold and silver mineral resources

Rockhaven Resources.

Michael Allan McCrae | June 21, 2018 | 1:06 am

RANKED: Countries where publicly-traded miners operate

U-S-A!

Michael Allan McCrae | June 20, 2018 | 12:13 pm

Russia dumps treasuries for gold in pivot after sanctions scare

The country cut its holdings of Treasuries nearly in half…

Bloomberg News | June 20, 2018 | 10:18 am

Gold street is where South Africa’s mining history goes to die

Additional cuts are to come across mines and towns in…

Bloomberg News | June 20, 2018 | 7:20 am

Pebble mine: ‘If God were testing us, he couldn’t have found a more challenging place’

Arguably the richest prize in mining, the Pebble project pits a watershed where up to 40 million salmon spawn each year against copper and gold reserves worth as much as $500 billion according to a new documentary.

Frik Els | July 23, 2012 | 11:32 pm

Detour Gold announces connection of the 230 kV transmission line and 75% construction completion at Detour Lake

The Ontario project remains on budget and on schedule for gold production to start in the first quarter of 2013.

Marketwire - Mining and Metals | July 23, 2012 | 8:05 pm

Dynasty Metals’ processing plant robbed at gunpoint

A group of armed robbers gained access to the site and escaped with dore bars worth over $2 million.

Joshua Zapf | July 23, 2012 | 7:00 pm

Investors dig 16% hole in African Barrick after Tanzania costs jump 43%

The Tanzanian-focused miner blamed the cost of generating its own electricity – which it has to do "more and more" – for the increase in costs.

Frik Els | July 23, 2012 | 5:24 pm

Gold prices on hold as the US dollar strengthens

Our acquisition programme has been on hold for some time now as gold and silver prices consolidated and the mining sector failed to sparkle. Gold has temporarily been sidelined by the pantomime that is European politics.

Bob Kirtley - Gold-Prices.biz | July 23, 2012 | 5:08 pm

Chinese investors fleeced of billions by gold futures ring

A gold-futures trading ring in China's central province of Henan has fleeced more than 5,000 investors of over RMB380 billion ($58.62).

Marc Howe | July 23, 2012 | 3:20 pm

2012 International MINExpo

So big that it only happens once every four years – The MINExpo is back at the Las Vegas Convention Center and MINING.com will be there.

Joshua Zapf | July 23, 2012 | 2:57 pm

Summer shopping opportunities for mining equities abound

Equity valuations have so far failed to keep pace with rising bullion prices, but that makes for some outstanding investor opportunities among a few particularly well-positioned juniors that Rick Mills identifies as running ahead of the herd this summer.

The Gold Report | July 23, 2012 | 12:19 pm

Egypt’s gold miners stage sit-in, protest layoffs, demand increased wages

Approximately 1,500 workers staged an open-ended sit-in Sunday in the Red Sea gold mine of Sukari, objecting to the decision of the mine’s operating company, Centamin-Egypt, to lay off a number of mine workers.

Ahram Online | July 22, 2012 | 5:49 pm

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