Money managers raised their bullish bets in COMEX gold futures and options for a third consecutive week as prices rose steadily after […]

Output at Chile's El Teniente mine, the world's No. 5 copper deposit owned by Codelco, fell on Friday as staff held off a full return to work after contractor protest violence, the company's chairman said. Gerardo Jofre told reporters the mine was operating at 40 percent of capacity, down from around 50 percent on Thursday -- when output was gradually recovering as thousands of contract workers opted to abandon a sometimes violent 17-day walkout over wages at the 404,000-tonnes-a-year mine.

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd said nearly one-fourth of the construction of its flagship Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia was completed by May and […]

B2Gold (TSX: BTO) continued to climb to higher revenues peaks in the second quarter, 2011. B2Gold’s record revenues hit $53.5 million as […]

Scandinavian Resources Ltd. (ASX:SCR) has now acquired the Ekstromsberg and Tjarrojakka iron ore projects, about 45 kilometres from Kiruna inside the Arctic […]

Silver is searing hot in China as imports are set to hit a new high. The white metal’s widespread use in industry […]

Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) has taken a 45 percent majority stake in a rare earth joint venture in Jiangsu province, boosting […]

As the global economy remains in turmoil, Trader Tracks Editor Roger Wiegand thinks gold and silver have much further to rise while […]

China showed robust demand for crude oil and coal in May, shrugging off higher prices to boost imports by more than 20 […]

De Beers chairman Nicky Oppenheimer told a Washington audience Thursday that Africa has a bright future if its leaders embrace globalization and […]

Axmin Resources (TSX-V: AXM) followed a year of asset sales with a bit of spring cleaning as part of efforts to get […]

Australia-listed Newcrest Mining cut its full-year gold production guidance to 2.7 million ounces from 2.82 million due to a power failure that disrupted operations at its Lihir mine in Papua New Guinea. "Repair work in the power station has commenced and a phased return to full operating capacity is planned over the next three weeks," the company said in a statement.