Large bullion vault to open in London, more planned

Due to a rise in gold investments, Brink's will be opening one of the world's largest vaults in the London area before the end of September, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 26, 2012 | 2:02 pm

Why retail investors have taken their marbles and gone home

Barry Ritholtz see signs everywhere that retail investors have left the building: low trading volumes and decline of popular media aimed at the small investor, like CNBC.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 25, 2012 | 10:02 pm

The toll from mining tin

BusinessWeek profile the horrific conditions in Indonesian tin mines, where largely destitute miners extract ore with shovels and picks.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 25, 2012 | 9:43 pm

Families left behind after South Africa’s mining massacre

Al Jazeera tracked down some of the grieving family members of the miners who were killed in the Aug. 16 shootings that left 34 dead.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 25, 2012 | 8:53 pm

VIDEO: All the reasons gold is going to go higher

Bloomberg put together this neat video illustrating all the factors that are pushing gold higher in the second half of this year.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 25, 2012 | 8:46 pm

Saskatchewan premier comes around to rejigging potash royalties

Potash royalties in Saskatchewan may be changing after all now that Premier Brad Wall has had a change of heart, according to an editorial by The StarPhoenix.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 25, 2012 | 8:17 pm

Gold climbs to three-month high

Spot gold has added $52 this week, leaping from $1,618/oz on Monday to finish the week at $1,670 and hit a three-month high.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 25, 2012 | 7:07 pm

Nearly 60% of Lonmin’s workers report to work

Troubled platinum miner Lonmin (LON:LMI) said that 57% of its workers turned up for work.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 25, 2012 | 5:46 pm

Investors have nowhere left to hide and will start running to silver and gold: Sprott

Eric Sprott says the negative interest rate policy (NIRP) in Europe—the rate bonds pay out for favoured countries like France and Germany—will eventually sour investors and turn them to hard assets like gold and silver.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 23, 2012 | 6:02 am

Worrying: China’s purchasing manager index at nine-month low

Another sign of a slowing China was released today HSBC Flash China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 47.8, a nine-month low. […]

Michael Allan McCrae | August 23, 2012 | 6:02 am

Dix wants to take BC back to a two-track regulatory process

BC Opposition Leader Adrian Dix vows to leave the joint regulatory framework set up by the BC Liberals that is reviewing the Northern Gateway pipeline and set up his own review.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 22, 2012 | 6:34 pm

ATAC Resources gets a 9.38% lift after announcing 42.93 m intersects showing 18.44 g/t gold

ATAC Resources (CVE:ATC) was up 9.38% to $2.80 after announcing drill results at its Rackla Gold project in the Yukon showing gold intersects of 42.93 m of 18.44 g/t.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 22, 2012 | 5:24 am

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