Sharps Pixley Opens State-of-the-Art Bullion Showroom in St James’s, London

AUSTRALIAN dust management and soil stabilisation company Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST) are continuing their expansion into the international market, after launching operations for wet soil solutions in Papua New Guinea.

Australia-based Mariana Resources (LON:MARL) (TSX:MRY) , an exploration and development company focused in southern Argentina and Chile, announced Thursday it signed a Letter of Intent ("LOI") with Canadian junior Condor Resources to explore a gold deposit in northern Peru.

While vast oil reserves have been discovered in Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico and West Africa, extreme pressure and hostile conditions are making extraction a daily challenge.

A bit over a week since Apple launched its latest smart phone version, London jeweller Gold & Co. is hitting the market with a 24-karat gold-plated iPhone 5 that “only” costs $4,380.

A Chilean appeals court has accepted a request for an injunction against Canada’s Barrick Gold (NYSE, TSX: ABX) and its Pascua Lama project, filed by a group of northern natives in conjunction with the local government’s environmental evaluation committee.

Miner giant Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) launched Thursday its “Specials” tender, which showcases the finest large rough diamonds from a year’s production from its three operating diamond mines.


A Shanghai-based private equity firm is pursuing a USD$847 million takeover bid for Botswana-focused Discovery Metals (ASX:DML).

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) has plans in motion to install the world's largest underground automated mining system at its Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia.

BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) has entered discussions with Petrobras(NYSE:PBR) to acquire a multi-billion dollar stake in the Brazilian company's Gulf of Mexico oil fields as part of a bid by the Anglo-Australian giant to expand its energy portfolio.