June 15, 2012

Peru: an emerging power in the global gold hunt

Suggests a report by Century Capital Research

June 14, 2012

Xstrata: Copper fundamentals are strong and ‘should stay that way’

"It's very difficult to foresee what's going to happen to copper prices, but the market remains strong and should stay that way," Sartain said at a press conference in Chile.

June 14, 2012

Mirasol drills the Rio Seco prospect, Claudia gold-silver project, Argentina

Mirasol recently reported it has initiated an aggressive surface exploration program focused on three large epithermal gold-silver prospects at the Claudia Project in Argentina.

June 14, 2012

Indian firm in talks to buy Colombian coal mine stake for $1 billion

The Aditya Birla group is looking to buy the rights to between 20% and 40% of the coal produced by Drummond's Colombian coal mines to feed its $5 billion aluminium…

June 14, 2012

Argentina mine exports grind to a halt on foreign exchange rules

Argentina's mining exports have virtually ground to a halt and companies are stockpiling gold, copper and other minerals due to foreign exchange rules that are impossible to comply with, a…

June 13, 2012

Belo Sun cracks 5 million ounces gold in Brazil

Resources are rising for Belo Sun, with a few maiden deposits adding to ounces and catching some analyst attention.

June 13, 2012

Reunion Gold provides further drilling results on its Matthews Ridge Manganese project

The survey provides results on 43,444 meters of drilling at the company's Matthews Ridge location in South America.

June 13, 2012

Infrastructure, permitting issues hinder Brazilian iron ore expansions

As Brazil rushes to meet global iron ore demand, domestic iron ore companies find their production projects facing delays, particularly in project permitting, S&P observed in a recent report.

June 12, 2012

Goldgroup provides permitting and project update at Caballo Blanco and election of board of directors

Having provided permitting, a project update at its Caballo Blanco project in Mexico and just announced new board of directors, Goldgroup Mining gathers no moss.

June 12, 2012

Barrick could be buying silver on the futures market due to contractual obligations: Silver Doctors

The Silver Doctors worry that Barrick Gold's Pascua Lama gold and silver mine might still not get built due to problems with glaciers in the region.