Silver Top Stories

First Majestic’s new mine increase silver production by 21%

San Dimas.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 17, 2018 | 1:38 am

Argentina releases mining census, made $1321 million in 2016

Over 1,500 mining companies were operating in the South American…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 15, 2018 | 7:33 am

Landslide at Myanmar jade mine kills at least 15, injures 45: official

This is the latest disaster in the Hpakant jade mining…

Reuters | July 14, 2018 | 2:03 pm

Miramont expands Peruvian project but can’t drill just yet

The Canadian miner plans to acquire the rights to the…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 13, 2018 | 5:02 pm

SolGold intersects copper, gold at flagship project in Ecuador

Company believes its Cascabel copper-gold project, 180 km north of…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 13, 2018 | 9:05 am

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INFOGRAPHIC: How to test for fake Gold and Silver

While difficult to fake there have been a few concerning cases of gold counterfeit as of late. Here's how to detect imitations.

Visual Capitalist | September 10, 2014 | 5:24 pm

AngloGold Ashanti shares plummet on spin off announcement

The miner has revealed a major restructuring involving a plan to raise $2.1 billion in a rights issue and spin its international assets into a new London-listed company.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 10, 2014 | 10:00 am

New hold-up for Rio’s subsidiary Turquoise Hill at Oyu Tolgoi

One of the two tailings thickeners experienced rake failure last Friday.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 9, 2014 | 4:22 pm

Gold demand to soar as festive season kicks off in India

But investors hoping the festive season in the world's second-largest gold buyer will boost the metal’s ailing price are likely to be disappointed, analysts say.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 9, 2014 | 2:22 pm

Ex-Codelco boss to lead power firm, push for Chile’s most controversial project

Colbun hopes to keep the massive $9 billion HidroAysen power project alive.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 9, 2014 | 10:50 am

Investors, speculators leaving gold market in droves

After massive weekly drop gold-backed ETF holdings come perilously close to 4-year lows, while hedge funds slash bullish bets on gold and silver.

Frik Els | September 8, 2014 | 9:11 pm

About 20% of Chile’s largest copper mines closed or reconverted by 2025

From the 5.8 million tons of copper produced last year, 1.2 million tons came from operations that are facing closure or conversion in 10 years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 8, 2014 | 10:48 am

INFOGRAPHIC: Geosynthetics — an $18 billion market

First international conference about geosynthetics in mining begins Monday.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 8, 2014 | 8:00 am

INFOGRAPHIC: A forecast of when the world’s resources will run out

Here is one interpretation of how much is left on Earth.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 7, 2014 | 12:23 pm

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