February 18, 2012 Record high gold prices fail to curb global demand Despite a volatile year for gold prices in 2011, demand for the precious metal still remained strong.
February 18, 2012 Finning has a record quarter and year Finning, Caterpillar's largest equipment dealer, reported record revenues for the fourth quarter and full-year 2011 on the back of highest-ever equipment sales in each region.
February 18, 2012 Lawyers investigating Kinross Gold over non-disclosure of Tasiast gold mine low grade ore A number of U.S. law firms are investigating Kinross over claimed non-disclosure of low grade ores at its Tasiast gold project in Mauritania to assess whether the gold miner may…
February 18, 2012 Union says Impala Platinum to rehire all strike-dismissed miners World No. 2 platinum miner, Impala platinum is to re-instate all the workers dismissed in the recent strike at its flagship Rustenburg operations
February 17, 2012 Yellowhead expands Harper Creek estimate Vancouver-based Yellowhead Mining has updated the 43-101 estimate for its Harper Creek copper project north of Kamloops.
February 17, 2012 Mining execs’ pay jumps as industry rebounds This is one of those “good problems” you hear about from time to time in business. After weathering the punishing collapse in demand for commodities that began in 2008 and…
February 17, 2012 Ecuador, Kinross hit impasse over Fruta del Norte Talks between the Ecuadorian government and Kinross Gold have stalled over the country's largest mine, Fruta del Norte.
February 17, 2012 Hecla busts company record with 148 million ounces of silver reserves Hecla Mining reported the largest resource calculation in company history today with 148 million ounces of silver reserves and 281 million ounces of resources. The silver numbers represented a 4%…
February 17, 2012 Unigold Inc. Announces Increase in Bought Private Placement Unigold Inc. (TSX VENTURE:UGD) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a revised letter of engagement with Dundee Securities Ltd. (the "Lead Underwriter") together with Primary…
February 17, 2012 Fool’s Gold? Pakistan mine rift exposes investor risk Pakistan's Reko Diq, an untapped copper and gold mine of fabulous potential, was meant to be the biggest foreign investment in the country's mining sector, but it's beginning to look…
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm