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Silver Wheaton buys Augusta's life of mine precious metals

Silver Wheaton Corp has announced that it has agreed to acquire all of the life-of-mine silver and gold

North America

12 FEB 2010

London Stockpile: Majors reinstate dividends, lifting markets

Large-cap commodity producers restarted dividend payments this week, giving the London market a much-needed

Europe/Middle East

12 FEB 2010

Harmony back in profit

Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd has reported a R118 million (US$15.47 million) net profit for the three

Africa

12 FEB 2010

China Investment Corp reports US investments

China Investment Corp (CIC) has made its first disclosure of US shareholdings to the Securities Exchange

North America

12 FEB 2010

Simmers considers options on First Uranium

Simmer & Jack Mines Ltd says it has established an investment committee to consider the options available

Africa

12 FEB 2010

A difference of opinion

When Jon Parker unexpectedly resigned last month as managing director of Norton Gold Fields – one of

Australia

12 FEB 2010

Trading places

At the end of last week, the chief financial officer of Rio Tinto, Guy Elliott, said that the global

PGMs

12 FEB 2010

Barrick to take over JV partner

Tusker Gold Ltd has recommended its shareholders accept a takeover offer from Barrick Gold Corp just

Australia

12 FEB 2010

Testiing new horizons

Historically a gold, copper and silver producer, Papua New Guinea is on the verge of diversifying its

Asia

12 FEB 2010

Citi goes around the gold block; likes offshore view

MORE proof of the dearth of promising gold stories located in Australia can be found in recent analysis

Events Coverage

09 FEB 2010

School of hard rocks

ROCK hardness and low grades are two of the big challenges facing Newmont Mining’s Boddington restart,

Events Coverage

09 FEB 2010

Boddington versus the rest

IT’S not every year that a million ounce gold mine opens in Australia. In fact, the list of million ounce-ish

Events Coverage

09 FEB 2010

Lower gold price won't see Boddington unplugged: O'Brien

A BROWNFIELDS site in the middle of a state forest, boasting incredibly hard rocks and a low grade resource,

Events Coverage

09 FEB 2010

First Uranium reviewing strategic alternatives

First Uranium Corp says that while it is optimistic a recently-withdrawn environmental permit will be

Africa

05 FEB 2010

iMINE

As half the globe knows by now, Apple Inc has put an end to weeks of speculation by unveiling its new

PGMs

05 FEB 2010

New alliance formed to develop gold mines in Zimbabwe

Clarity Capital, a private mining house and a subsidiary of Aveng Ltd, the South African construction

Africa

03 FEB 2010