Despite hopes by miners in Indonesia that the national government would soften its stance, the government nevertheless plans to push ahead with a full-blown ban of all raw mineral-ore exports starting early next year.
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) may have escaped the worst of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, but it isn’t forgetting those who didn’t.
Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest stepped down in September as non-executive chairman of Poseidon Nickel (ASX: POS) to focus on his philanthropic endeavours, but his resignation didn’t signal any underlying loss of confidence in…
The last few weeks have been upbeat for Newmont Mining (TSX: NMC; NYSE: NEM). The has brought two of its projects into commercial production on schedule and budget: Akyem in Ghana and Phoenix Copper in Nevada. And Newmont revealed in its…
Typhoon Haiyan swept across the Philippines on Nov. 8, killing nearly 4,000 people, with thousands more missing and feared dead.
For those who like to follow the money, Robert Friedland’s latest investment may be of interest: a Melbourne-based company that has proprietary technology in oxidized metal recovery.
Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) announced in June that it will hang onto its diamond assets after all, concluding a strategic review of the business that the miner began in March…
Crocodile Gold (TSX: CRK; US-OTC: CROCF) investors are soaking up the good news. The Toronto-based miner boosted its 2013 production guidance on the back of higher-than-expected gold production in the third quarter. Given consistent output…
VANCOUVER — Things look to be heating up for junior explorer WCB Resources (TSXV: WCB) on the small island of Misima, 630 km southeast of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The company has laid low for nearly a year, but it seems to have…
A study on the direct economic impact of gold — commissioned by the World Gold Council — gathers, for the first time, all the evidence of the precious metal’s economic and fiscal contribution, author PricewaterhouseCoopers…
When Richard O’Brien left his post as CEO of Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM; TSX: NMC) in December 2012, after five years in the job and seven at the company, he wasn’t ready to “hang up his pick” just yet.
VANCOUVER — Australia has become Gold Fields’ (NYSE: GFI; JSE: GFI) most important region, expected to produce 42% of its gold now that the company has closed a deal to buy three mines from Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX).
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