May 24, 2012

First, do good when mining for gold: Benoit La Salle

Benoit La Salle is the founder, president and CEO of SEMAFO, a mining company that rates its work in sustainability and community building as high as it does its gold…

May 24, 2012

Gold trades higher on monetary easing hopes

Gold futures traded higher Thursday, advancing nearly 2% prior to falling back, as the release of disappointing U.S. data triggered hopes for a third round of monetary easing by the…

May 24, 2012

Industry Watch: Marin Katusa calling for $2,000 gold

Al Korelin chats with Marin Katusa (from Casey Research) about the precious metals and worldwide commodity markets. Marin also discusses Copper Mountain, a copper company he co-founded that has just…

May 24, 2012

TSX rises on gold mining gains

Canadian stocks were little changed in choppy trade on Thursday as gold mining gains offset a slew of weak data from Europe, China and the United States, which added to…

May 24, 2012

Newmont applies substantial cuts to investment in controversial $4.8 billion Conga project in Peru

World number two gold producer, Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE:NEM), will spend $440 million on the controversial Conga mine project in Peru over the next 18 months, about two-thirds less than…

May 23, 2012

Will ‘peak gold’ exploration continue to grow?: USGS’ Micheal George

Global gold production is at an all-time high, according to a new report from the US Geological Survey. In this exclusive interview the Survey's Mineral Commodities Specialist Micheal George pinpoints…

May 23, 2012

Gold & silver are the answer in the long-term

Long time readers know that I have been and remain bullish on gold and gold stocks in the longer-term.

May 23, 2012

Asian Mineral Resources says no to Norilsk Nickel’s $22 million offer

Asian Mineral Resources' board is recommending that the shareholders turn down Norilsk Nickel's $22.3 million offer or 11 cents a share.

May 23, 2012

More businesses not bothered by being corrupt: E&Y study

Fifteen percent of chief financial officers are willing to make a cash payment to win business up from 9% when surveyed a year […]

May 23, 2012

Zuckerberg lost $1.5 billion in 24 hours, but he wasn’t the unluckiest billionaire. Batista was

The declines wiped $1,744,800,000 from Batista's personal fortune in one day, which means he fared worse than Mark Zuckerberg who suffered more than $1.5 billion in losses as a result…