September 21, 2016

Trevali continues to ride zinc wave

Extended mineralization and new zone discovered at its Santander mine in Peru.

September 21, 2016

Peru, Brazil to emerge as Latin America’s new mining gems

Peru’s significant copper project pipeline and Brazil’s competitive iron ore sector will consolidate them as main drivers of investment in Latin America’s mining sector, says BMI Research.

September 19, 2016

Mandalay resources resumes mining operations at Cerro Bayo

Operations returned to normal in all areas, excluding around the location where an accident occurred on September 10, 2016, while investigations continue.

September 19, 2016

Precious metals recover lost ground as traders count down to Fed meeting

Most investors expect the Fed to put off raising rates, which would keep gold as an attractive asset to buy.

September 19, 2016

Harmony buys out Newcrest stake in Hidden Valley gold mine

Harmony Gold has been looking for new assets to meet its goal of increasing production to 1.5 million ounces over the next three years.

September 17, 2016

What Rick Rule learned after making ‘egregious’ early investing mistakes

Ah, youth.

September 17, 2016

The world’s best-performing stock is a little-known silver producer

Hochschild Mining PLC, which operates three mines in Peru and one in Argentina, has soared 460 per cent in 2016, beating every other company in the Bloomberg world index of…

September 16, 2016

Not with a bang but a whimper: How commodities may end year

With supply gluts persisting from corn to oil, traders are already gearing up for declines.

September 15, 2016

The Northern Miner podcast episode 29: Risk and reward with Joe Mazumdar

Western Editor Matthew Keevil sits down with Joe Mazumdar from Exploration Insights for a wide-ranging discussion on the resource sector.

September 15, 2016

Barrick Gold halts Veladero mine on fresh cyanide spill

The incident happened on Sep. 8, when a pipe carrying process solution in the heap leach area was struck by a large block of ice that had rolled down the…