August 29, 2012 China slows overseas investments during leadership transition MMG (HSX:1208) CEO Andrew Michelmore says China's leadership transition later this year could put the brakes on overseas investment due to impeded decision-making by China's policy-making elite.
August 28, 2012 Land fight forces Newcrest to shut Lihir gold mine Australia’s largest listed gold company by market capitalization, Newcrest Mining (ASX:NCM), said Tuesday it had to suspend production at its flagship Lihir mine in Papua New Guinea, as protests from…
August 28, 2012 Eco Oro shares plunge on Colombian mining agency ruling Shares of Eco Oro Minerals Corp. (TSX:EOM) plunged over 50% on Tuesday to $94 cents in early trade after Colombia’s national mining agency scrapped most of its concession on environmental…
August 28, 2012 Chavez told to ‘forget oil’ and boost the country’s gold industry The president of Venezuela's national mining chamber (Camiven), Luis Rojas, called the country leader Hugo Chavez to boost the local gold industry, as bullion production levels are close to historic…
August 28, 2012 Gold rush due at Goldplat After a strong summer, predicated on an improvement in sentiment surrounding the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis and hope the world’s central banks will introduce a further round of stimulus measures…
August 28, 2012 Perseus Mining reports maiden profit of $52.5 million Gold miner Perseus Mining (ASX & TSX:PRU) reported Tuesday a maiden profit of A$52.4-million for the 12 months ended June, after the company reported its first half year of commercial…
August 28, 2012 S. Africa gold mining shares knocked by wage hike demands South Africa's gold mining companies have been hit by union demands for wage hikes but the industry has little room to budge as current collective agreements do not expire until…
August 28, 2012 Forest fire forces Atlanta Gold to halt work at Idaho project Canadian junior Atlanta Gold (TSX:AGC) on Tuesday reported that it was cut off from accessing its Atlanta gold property by a forest fire, and might not be able to continue…
August 28, 2012 More singers join the ‘supercycle is over’ choir Financial Times analysts are the latest ones singing the “supercycle is over” song, as the paper points today to recent profit reports from major miners, including Anglo American, BHP Billiton,…
August 28, 2012 Gold prices headed higher as more are aware of the world’s financial and monetary system situation Finally, the price of gold has broken out of its’ period of consolidation and now looks set to test the $1700 an ounce level in the short-term.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
