Key permit granted to McEwen’s Gold Bar project in Nevada

Terrorism, regime instability and resource nationalism, are the main risks mining investors will face in 2014.

Share price drops more than 6%.

Hedge funds are the least bullish on gold since 2007 prompting contrarians betting all the big sellers have been flushed out, to push gold higher Tuesday.

Canadian mining companies are becoming increasingly unwilling to add employees to their payrolls and are reporting the weakest hiring intentions since Q3 2009.

The three key metals that struggled to find footing in 2013, however, are expected to stabilize, says the report.

Researchers from Stanford University may have found a way to permanently bury greenhouse gas emissions inside the Earth.

Juniors usually raise cash to keep their operations going by issuing new shares.

Deutsche, Europe's number two bank, has joined the US exodus and is getting out commodities trading, although it is keeping precious metals in its portfolio.

It has been a difficult year for silver investors with the metal falling by 36% year-to-date.