Eldorado begins commercial production at its first Canadian mineThe Lamaque underground gold mine in Val d’Or, Quebec, is expected to produce up to 135,000 ounces of the precious metal a year in 2020 and 2021.Cecilia Jamasmie | April 1, 2019 | 3:27 am
Researchers learn to produce borophene on a gold surfaceBorophene is the atom-flat form of boron. The findings constitute…Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 31, 2019 | 9:24 am
Russia is stocking up on gold as Putin ditches U.S. dollarsWithin the span of a decade, the country quadrupled its…Bloomberg News | March 29, 2019 | 9:36 am
Aussie mining magnate Clive Palmer investigated over $10 million fraud The scale of the fraud alleged against the tycoon-turned-politician may double to about A$23 million. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 24, 2014 | 5:09 pm
India’s Jindal Steel mothballs $10bn coal project The company became the first major casualty of a Supreme Court decision to scrap most coal fields allocated to private firms since 1993. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 24, 2014 | 3:50 pm
BHP warns more cost cuts, management shake up before demerger The world's largest miner has stepped up its cost-cutting plans as it battles a sharp slide in iron ore, coal and oil prices. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 24, 2014 | 3:00 pm
LiDAR survey discovers Roman gold mines in Spain The existence of 2,000-year-old gold mines was confirmed by an aerial survey done last week above the northwestern province of León, using laser technology. Andrew Topf | November 23, 2014 | 10:43 pm
The Dutch do what the Germans couldn’t: Get their gold back De Nederlandsche Bank secretly brought 120 tonnes of the European nation's gold reserves held by the Fed in New York back to Amsterdam. Frik Els | November 21, 2014 | 9:19 pm
Insane pictures of Russian potash mine disaster Giant sinkhole opens up in between summer cottages near Uralkali's Solikamsk-2 potash mine. Vladimir Basov | November 20, 2014 | 8:16 pm
Quebec sets conditions for TransCanada as poll shows falling support for pipeline TransCanada Corp’s key projects face increasing hurdles locally and across the border. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 20, 2014 | 7:53 pm
Quebec is Canada’s worst region for oil investment; Alberta, the world’s best Vancouver-based Fraser Institute’s annual Global Petroleum Survey 2014 is out. Fraser Institute | November 20, 2014 | 6:32 pm
Goldcorp to open Argentina’s Cerro Negro gold, silver mine in February The mine is expected to produce 4,000 tons/day of gold and silver concentrate during its 23 years of life. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 20, 2014 | 4:48 pm