Pension funds use gold as bond hedge weakens
Gold is finding a durable place in some pension-fund portfolios as investors look for protection from inflation, market shocks and the weakening diversification benefits of bonds, according to the World…
Articles by Colin McClelland
Brazil mine licence system faces court test
Brazil is trying to speed up mine approvals just as its Supreme Court weighs challenges that could undo parts of the country’s new environmental licensing system. The overhaul sets national…
Mining’s future is up for sale
Streaming has moved far beyond its origins as a niche financing tool for cash-strapped miners, with multibillion-dollar deals and a growing secondary market turning rights to future metal production into…
Elevra fires up NAL lithium mine expansion
Elevra Lithium (ASX: ELV; Nasdaq: ELVR) has started building a $366-million (US$271-million) expansion of its North American Lithium mine in Quebec and is negotiating another price-protected offtake as it moves…
Beaver Creek video: Gold gains new role vs bonds
Gold’s growing role as a monetary alternative to government bonds and the U.S. dollar could mark a structural shift rather than another cyclical bull market, Sprott managing partner John Hathaway…
Trump’s Venezuela gold push hits refiner snag: NYT
Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Venezuelan gold doré brought into the United States remains stuck in storage because refiners are unwilling to handle it, the New York Times…
US minerals push starts to dent China’s grip: WSJ
The United States’ multibillion-dollar campaign to loosen China’s grip on critical minerals is beginning to reshape supply chains, according to The Wall Street Journal. Washington’s effort to back mines, processing…
B2Gold strikes new Goose gold zone
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG) has discovered a new high-grade gold zone at its Goose mine in Nunavut as the operation recovers from an April crusher fire and remains on…
Hudbay boosts Snow Lake gold output 60% to 2.8M oz
Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) has increased forecast life-of-mine gold production at its Snow Lake operations in Manitoba by 60% to 2.8 million oz. under an updated mine plan. The…
Worker death keeps world’s largest copper mine shut
BHP (ASX, NYSE: BHP) kept the globe’s biggest copper mine shut Thursday after an employee was killed during maintenance work at its Escondida operation in northern Chile and regulators investigated…
OceanaGold’s 97-gram hit backs Waihi expansion
OceanaGold (TSX, NYSE: OGC) is studying a 50% expansion of its Waihi processing plant in New Zealand after drilling some of Wharekirauponga’s richest holes yet, including 6.3 metres grading 97.2…
Kinross Gold cuts output, boosts shareholder payout
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has cut its 2026 and 2027 production outlook by about 8% from the previous guidance midpoint after weather and metallurgical problems at La Coipa…