Silver Top Stories

Condor Gold to start building mine in Nicaragua

Despite the political unrest in the Central American country, Condor has received an environmental permit for the development of a processing plant and associated mine site infrastructure at La India gold project.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 6, 2018 | 10:18 am

Saudis discover 1,200-year-old mining hub

Dawadmi is presumed to have been a hub from where…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 5, 2018 | 9:48 pm

USTR reviewing Turkey’s trade preferences after tariff retaliation

Imports of jewelry, precious metals and stone products would be…

Reuters | August 5, 2018 | 10:02 am

Tahoe Resources posts quarterly loss on Guatemala mine dispute

The Nevada-based company posted a second-quarter loss of $15.6 million,…

Reuters | August 1, 2018 | 4:08 pm

McEwen Mining posts loss on strong investment to grow key assets

The Canadian precious metals miner logged a $10.6-million net loss…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 31, 2018 | 11:05 am

London Metal Exchange raises fees by a third

This is the first fee hike since Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. acquired LME for $2.2 billion in 2012.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 30, 2014 | 11:00 am

Large investors, retail buyers abandon gold market

Holdings in gold-backed ETFs fall to five-year low while hedge funds cut bullish bets on the gold price 20% to lowest since January.

Frik Els | September 29, 2014 | 6:29 pm

Miners ordered to hand back land to natives in Colombia

The ruling, which affects 11 gold mining companies, is the first of its kind in the South American nation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 26, 2014 | 6:52 pm

Gold smuggling into India hits new record highs

About 50 tonnes of the precious metal reportedly made it into the country only in the past 10 days.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 26, 2014 | 12:30 pm

INFOGRAPHIC: A year’s extraction of metal shown next to landmarks and cities

For thousands of years of development as a species, humans never really needed to understand the real meaning behind big, unreachable numbers such as billions or trillions.

Visual Capitalist | September 25, 2014 | 9:31 pm

BHP freezes executive pay

CEO Andrew Mackenzie's pay package is already only half that of his predecessor.

Frik Els | September 25, 2014 | 5:14 pm

Chile sees $105bn mining investment in next decade

The massive figure includes a recently announced $23.5 billion for state-owned copper miner Codelco to revamp century-old mines that are running out of profitable ore.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2014 | 4:57 pm