Reunion Gold’s shares jump on high-grade find in French Guiana

The board of Codelco has authorized its chief executive, Thomas Keller, to go ahead with feasibility studies to turn its subsidiary Gabriela Mistral into a new business division.

The global miner joined the ‘disappointing results club’ this morning as the London-listed mining group reported that its first-half operating profit dropped almost 40%.

Newmont Mining's (NEM) second quarter earnings plunged 28% compared to the same period last year on reduced gold and copper output.

Silver Wheaton will be paying less than $4 an ounce to take the precious metal of Barrick's hands.

Despite a drop in net income, from $68.9 million last Q2 to this year's $43.4, the miner saw an increase in revenue, gold production and, as a result, a pleasant 8.5% rise in stock price.

Brazilian mining giant, Vale SA, became the latest casualty of China's economic slowdown on Wednesday as its second-quarter profit fell almost 60% driven mainly by a weaker demand for iron ore coming from the Asian country.

Barrick Gold, the world's largest producer of the precious metal, reported higher-than-expected operating costs and a massive capital cost over-runs on Thursday in its first quarterly report since letting go CEO Aaron Regent in June.

An explosion on Wednesday in a coal mine in northern Mexico killed seven miners, officials said, highlighting lax safety conditions in small mines that are often poorly regulated.

FTSE 100 miner, copper giant Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) announced Tuesday it had appointed Diego Hernandez, the former head of state miner Codelco, a move qualified by insiders as “a goal” for the London-listed Chilean miner.