Silver Top Stories

Juniors struggle to compete with majors in exploration — Chile’s Mining Society

One of the main problems, says the head of Chile’s Mining Society, Diego Hernández, is miners have no incentives to do anything with the assets they already own and is very cheap to keep them.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 9, 2018 | 1:50 pm

Dominican province demands 5% of Barrick’s royalty payments

Residents say the federal government is not fulfilling its commitment…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 6, 2018 | 5:14 pm

Canadian miner sells cobalt assets in Ontario

The claims are located in the Cobalt-Gowganda mining district.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 6, 2018 | 4:14 pm

Silver and copper might help your clothes monitor you

Silver-coated copper nanowires could be used to embed fitness trackers…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 4, 2018 | 4:39 pm

Teck ups stake in Chile Quebrada Blanca copper mine in $162.5m deal

Company now owns 90% of Compañía Minera Teck Quebrada Blanca,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2018 | 8:50 am

Fresh name bidding to take over 117-year old silver fix

London-based fund manager ETF Securities has thrown its hat in the ring to run the spot pricing mechanism for the globe's physical silver trade.

Frik Els | June 5, 2014 | 5:32 pm

Bolivia passes mining law that bans partnerships with multinationals

The law, the first major overhaul of the country’s mining sector since 1997, denies cooperatives the right to partner with private companies, whether domestic or foreign.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 5, 2014 | 4:55 pm

Miners profits sank 72% over past year, lowest level in a decade

Global net profits have dropped to $20 billion in the last year, with gold, coal and diversified miners being the worst affected.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 5, 2014 | 2:48 pm

Romania deals major blow to Gabriel Resources gold mine: on hold indefinitely

The lower house of parliament rejected bill that would have allowed the firm to proceed with its Rosia Montana project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 4, 2014 | 5:58 pm

Credit card made of solid gold issued in Europe’s Isle of Man

The 14-carat gold credit card is the world’s first backed by the precious metal itself.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 4, 2014 | 11:05 am

Philippines eyes $1bn revenues from proposed new mining law

The new revenue-sharing scheme would see the government taking 55% of the industry's net revenues or 10% of gross revenue, whichever is higher.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 2, 2014 | 2:37 pm

UN urges talks following violent Guatemala mining protest

A local resistance movement has been trying to stop development of El Tambor gold mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 2, 2014 | 12:11 pm

A golden fall

Gold is in serious trouble and not something I’ll be looking to trade for some time, perhaps even many years as its bull market may be done now.

Warren Bevan - Precious Metal Stock Review | June 1, 2014 | 11:45 am

Kinross Gold allegedly trying to recover Ecuador mine losses

The government may renew Kinross’s rights to the concession, or at least could remove legal hurdles to the prospective sale of Fruta del Norte gold-silver project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 30, 2014 | 7:29 pm

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