Category: Gold
Mining commentator David Coffin dies
David Coffin, who with his brother Eric publish the respected mining newsletter HRA Advisories Hard Rock Analyst, passed away suddenly last Thursday.
Gold falls, ending the week flat
Gold futures edged lower Friday, ending flat on the week, as drawn-out bailout talks in Greece frayed investor nerves and some traders trimmed their holdings ahead of a three-day break in the US.
Sudan exports 7.2 tonnes of gold in first 6 weeks of year
As a means of compensating for lost oil revenues following secession of South Sudan, Sudan has exported some $400 million worth of gold already this year.
Ex Equinox Minerals CEO back on African mining trail
WSJ reported that Mr Craig Williams is back in Africa with a new mining venture 7 months after steering Zambia-focused copper producer Equinox Minerals to USD 7.3 billion Canadian dollar takeover by Barrick Gold as CEO.
Junior gold and copper sectors will be lucrative for objective investors
Tom MacNeill discusses the conditions that have primed the junior gold and base metals resource environment for growth. Interview with The Gold Report.
Gold Bulls Expand as Billionaire Paulson Says Buy: Commodities
Gold traders are getting more bullish after billionaire hedge-fund manager John Paulson told investors it’s time to buy the metal as protection against inflation caused by government spending.
Thousands of Peruvians walk 870k to protest mine
Peruvians in the northern region of Cajamarca are not giving up easily in their fight over Newmont Mining’s proposed Conga copper-gold mine.
Record high gold prices fail to curb global demand
Despite a volatile year for gold prices in 2011, demand for the precious metal still remained strong.
Lawyers investigating Kinross Gold over non-disclosure of Tasiast gold mine low grade ore
A number of U.S. law firms are investigating Kinross over claimed non-disclosure of low grade ores at its Tasiast gold project in Mauritania to assess whether the gold miner may have misled investors.
Two of the 33 Chilean miners trapped in 2010 back to work
Two of the 33 Chilean miners trapped during 69 days underground in 2010 are back in the mining world, after over a year of vain efforts to find a job, reports local online news site SoyCopiapo.cl.
