Goldcorp buys gold junior Kaminak for $520 million

Close to 1,000 Australian junior mining and exploration stocks will be fighting to raise billions of dollars in new equity next year.

The new authorities are considering offering a number of international bids for mineral exploration, particularly for gold.

The Hanlong Group, a privately owned Chinese company, is planning to take over Australian mining company Sundance (ASX:SDL) early next year and gain control over the Mbalam iron ore project in central west Africa, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday.

We all know that gold is not always used for monetary purposes or in jewellery. What most of us may have never imaged, however, is to find gold in one of the following quite unusual products launched this year.

Police in the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao arrested seven suspects in connection with the recent heist of 70 gold bars worth an estimated $11.5 million.

Greenland’s treasure trove of rare earth metals, the largest deposit outside of China, cannot be mined because the elements are connected to restricted radioactive materials.

Company cites production, process and weather problems as contributing to shortfall

"We need to reconsider the previous administration's policy that aimed to make zero nuclear power operation possible during the 2030's"

2013 set to be a flourishing year for Switzerland's secretive refineries