A bill aimed at streamlining permitting in one of the worst mining permitting jurisdictions globally, the United States, has won approval of the House Natural Resources Committee.

Extorre Gold Mines looks for ways to minimize dilution as it advances its Cerro Moro project in Argentina closer to possible financing.

The world's top iron ore exporter, Brazil's Vale, is not excluding Chinese shipowners from transporting its iron ore and remains open to selling its huge dry bulk carriers to them, industry officials said on Wednesday.

The gold miner says it has started looking for a new CEO to replace James Komadina who has resigned for personal reasons.

The heartland for gold mining in Australia - Kalgoorlie's Golden Mile - will have the southern extension revisited after decades on inaction.

Bob Moriaty provides a contrarian's guide to volatile markets and the reasons why he is looking at junior miners now.

Two sources with knowledge of the matter say second-round bids are due later this month, with preliminary interest seen from Anglo American, OZ Minerals, Vedanta Group and Aditya Birla Group.

The Indian government is mulling the issuance of gold bonds to decrease imports, arrest the rupee's slide and channel household savings into infrastructure.

The quotas, which will be initially introduced between June and August, will apply to all mineral exporters, a Trade Ministry official said Friday.

Exacerbated by stoppages and repairs, the gold miner reported a 20% drop in overall grade but, the bottom line was saved by a tax credit.

Nevsun reports that it is mining higher than expected gold grades following a nasty blow to its resource model earlier this year.

Despite the past couple of days' dive in the gold price, the latest news from the Eurozone, the US economy and in the Far East might all be taken as gold positive and could presage a sharp recovery in the price.