Silver Top Stories

South Africa’s NUM union signs wage deal with AngloGold

South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) signed a three-year wage deal with AngloGold Ashanti, inking the same agreement that other unions reached with the company earlier in the week.

Reuters | September 21, 2018 | 10:36 am

Philippines halts quarry operations after deadly landslide

The Philippines temporarily suspended all quarrying operations in seven regions…

Reuters | September 21, 2018 | 9:52 am

Sun Metals Corp. added to Oxygen Capital’s fold

Integrated mining development company rolls investment dice on its first…

Business in Vancouver | September 19, 2018 | 1:46 pm

Lundin lowers costs, ups reserves for Ecuador’s largest underground mine

The asset, discovered in 2006, is expected to produce to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 19, 2018 | 9:06 am

Tahoe Resources’ Guatemalan unit announces new round of layoffs

Decision comes two weeks after the country's top court kept…

Reuters | September 18, 2018 | 10:17 am

BHP to sell US shale assets, limit annual capex to $14 billion

The world’s biggest miner unveiled details about how it expects to meet cost-reduction and productivity improvement targets.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 27, 2014 | 1:10 pm

Paramount Gold and Silver substantially expands San Francisco bulk tonnage potential

Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. announced Oct. 21 that new drilling at its 100%-owned San Miguel Project in northern Mexico is likely expanding the bulk minable resource in the San Francisco deposit.

Marketwired | October 26, 2014 | 7:59 pm

Yukon hosts one of the premier silver-producing districts in the world: Alexco

Alexco Resource's Flame & Moth deposit has 1.5 million tonnes of mineralized material, above 500 grams per tonne.

Matthew Keevil, Western Editor, Northern Miner | October 26, 2014 | 2:08 pm

Precious metals subdues as panic over

For gold and silver it has been a week of two halves: first prices rallied to a peak on Tuesday, then declined to show net losses for the week on Wednesday for silver and Thursday for gold.

GoldMoney | October 24, 2014 | 5:22 am