Silver Top Stories

Skeena completes acquisition of Mount Rainey Silver

Mount Rainey Silver’s primary asset is a 100% owned portfolio of 46 Crown-granted mineral claims covering the past-producing, underground Prosperity–Porter Idaho–Silverado silver property located in the Golden Triangle of northwest British Columbia in the Skeena Mining Division.

Skeena Resources | September 24, 2016 | 1:34 am

Gold refinery to open in Uganda

It will cost $20 million to build and is expected…

MINING.com Editor | September 23, 2016 | 12:40 pm

Flashback Friday: The world’s scariest mining chart

One year ago the most popular post at MINING.com examined…

Frik Els | September 23, 2016 | 3:07 am

Gold: Top explored commodity

The Canada-U.S. region accounted for 39% of all significant gold…

MINING.com Editor | September 22, 2016 | 1:35 pm

Sandspring looking at “gold only” prospect in Guyana

Gold producers in the area have to deal with geopolitical…

MINING.com Editor | September 22, 2016 | 1:01 pm

Miners buying existing projects rather than starting their own: study

Escalating costs and economic instability may be the two main reasons why mining companies worldwide are acquiring existing projects instead of starting their own, shows the latest report from global firm Ernst & Young.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2012 | 2:46 pm

Slowdown? What slowdown? Caterpillar’s best quarter in history

Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), the world's largest earth-moving equipment maker, raised its 2012 profit forecast on Wednesday based on its quarterly profit report, which beat by far most of Wall Street's gloomy outlooks.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2012 | 1:35 pm

G-Resources pours first gold at Indonesia’s Martabe mine

The Hong Kong-listed miner said on Wednesday that the start of production at Martabe marked a significant milestone for the company.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2012 | 12:50 pm

Haiti $20 billion untouched mineral wealth to help the country out of poverty

Two and a half years after an earthquake devastated Haiti, killing more than 300,000, the country could use a windfall to help in its rebuilding efforts. Now, thanks to its mineral wealth, Haiti could begin making its way out of being one of Latin America’s poorest countries.

MINING.com Editor | July 25, 2012 | 10:37 am

CFTC probe into silver manipulation could be over by September

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) four-year probe into manipulation of prices on the silver market could be over as soon as September, according to CFTC member Bart Chilton.

Marc Howe | July 24, 2012 | 9:42 am

Pebble mine: ‘If God were testing us, he couldn’t have found a more challenging place’

Arguably the richest prize in mining, the Pebble project pits a watershed where up to 40 million salmon spawn each year against copper and gold reserves worth as much as $500 billion according to a new documentary.

Frik Els | July 23, 2012 | 11:32 pm

Dynasty Metals’ processing plant robbed at gunpoint

A group of armed robbers gained access to the site and escaped with dore bars worth over $2 million.

Joshua Zapf | July 23, 2012 | 7:00 pm

Summer shopping opportunities for mining equities abound

Equity valuations have so far failed to keep pace with rising bullion prices, but that makes for some outstanding investor opportunities among a few particularly well-positioned juniors that Rick Mills identifies as running ahead of the herd this summer.

The Gold Report | July 23, 2012 | 12:19 pm

Canadian Eco Oro to appeal Colombian court order

Gold and silver junior Eco Oro Minerals said it will to appeal a ruling by a Colombian court that ordered the Ministry of Mines and Energy to take action to “leave without effect resolution 3452", which is the company’s main mining title.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 21, 2012 | 9:02 pm

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