Young scholars Ido Kadosh, Ofir Siegel, Dotan Miller and Harel Green from Kibbutz Yifat found treasure while they were on a school trip in the Galilee … [Read more...]
A 1600 Year Old Coin Discovered in the Land of Israel
How Fed Interest Rate Hikes Impact Gold and Silver
Is there a correlation between interest rates and precious metal prices? Most would like to think so. Many investors hold the belief that when … [Read more...]
Texas Opens First Bullion Depository
This summer, Texas has made history by opening its first bullion depository in Austin. The 23,000 square foot building will be operated by Lone Star … [Read more...]
Gold Smuggled out of Royal Canadian Mint in Employee’s Rectum
The Royal Canadian Mint saw an unusual gold theft over the course of several months. An employee stole $180,000 worth of gold from the facility, which … [Read more...]
The 5 Largest Gold Mines by the Numbers
The allure of gold and silver is something that has proven to be timeless. No matter the circumstances or location, gold/silver has always held some … [Read more...]
The Next Big Platinum Mine Just Passed Us By!
Space mining has been an idea for a while, but in recent years the idea is becoming more and more a reality. Companies like Planetary Resources and … [Read more...]
Uncertainties in Greece Raise Questions for Gold
The recent news that Greece will default on a 1.6 billion dollar loan payment to the International Monetary Fund has put the world on edge. The … [Read more...]
Coin News Roundup: The Latest News in Coin Collecting
Believe it or not, the world of precious coins has been overflowing with news lately. In case you haven’t been paying attention, here’s just a taste … [Read more...]
“Wow – This Guy I Know Doubled His Gold Holdings Just By Timing the Gold:Silver Ratio!”
Way too often, we hear of something after the fact and go “why didn’t I think of that.” This can be awfully frustrating when it comes to … [Read more...]
Kiss the Gold Fix Goodbye
Since 1919, the London gold “fix” has set daily market prices in a private conference call between 4 of the world’s biggest banking institutions. … [Read more...]
MetalsWired Markets Roundup – February 9
After a better than expected jobs report last Friday, gold and silver dropped 4% and 3% respectively on the week and also added speculation to whether … [Read more...]
Provident Metals to Accept Cryptocurrencies as Payment
Provident Metals, a leading dealer of precious metals, currency and numismatic coins, has announced that they will accept Dogecoin, Bitcoin and … [Read more...]
Rio Tinto adds Ivanhoe Australia to its blowout sale
By Cecilia Jamasmie Rio Tinto's (ASX, LON, NYSE:RIO) new CEO Sam Walsh, has added the company’s $87 million majority stake in Ivanhoe Australia to … [Read more...]
Rio Tinto copper mine in Utah evacuated after slide
By Cecilia Jamasmie A wall slide has forced Rio Tinto (ASX, LON: RIO) to evacuate employees from its Bingham Canyon copper mine in Utah, one of the … [Read more...]
Over 300 illegal miners died in Ghana in the last two years
By Cecilia Jamasmie Hundreds of miners have died in Ghana, the world's second gold producer after South Africa, as a direct consequence of poor … [Read more...]
New Australian gold mine opens in Queensland
By Kerry Hall Australia's Evolution Mining Ltd. (ASX: EVN) opened its new Mt. Carlton gold-silver-copper mine in Queensland on Wednesday. The mine … [Read more...]
Goldcorp’s blog: Above Ground Online
By Jack Caldwell Not sure how I missed this one: a genuine blog from a major mining company. Goldcorp has a blog at … [Read more...]
BHP said to have discovered vast copper deposit in Western Australia
By Cecilia Jamasmie BHP Billiton (ASX, NYSE: BHP)(LON: BLT), the world’s biggest mining company, is said to have made a significant copper discovery … [Read more...]
Chilean court halts Barrick’s contentious Pascua-Lama project
By Cecilia Jamasmie A Chilean court of appeals has ordered construction at Barrick Gold Corp.’s (NYSE:ABX)(TSX:ABX) Pascua-Lama gold and silver … [Read more...]
Meet the first Bitcoin billionaire
By Cecilia Jamasmie Bitcoin, the encrypted virtual currency that began in 2009 and reached $1 billion in total value last week, continues to attract … [Read more...]
Fed minutes early release knocks gold price down
By Cecilia Jamasmie The US Federal Reserve was ready to slow down its QE3 program of asset purchases in the summer or early fall, but weak payrolls … [Read more...]
US miners attain record low fatality and injury rate in 2012
By Kerry Hall The US released preliminary 2012 data Tuesday indicating the lowest fatality and injury rates in the history of the country's mining … [Read more...]
INFOGRAPHIC: Market intelligence for April 2013
By MINING.com Editor VC Market Intelligence is a monthly infographic from Visual Capitalist that summarizes changes in economic indicators, relevant … [Read more...]
$45bn and counting: China's foreign mining misadventures
By Frik Els As the globe's number one consumer of commodities, China has been pushing hard to diversify its supply. With domestic production of key … [Read more...]
Inflation to play small part in Great Recession narrative: IMF
By Anthony Halley Inflation has "barely budged during the Great Recession despite rising unemployment" and "ongoing monetary accommodation is … [Read more...]
Alcoa, China spark massive rally in miners and metals
By Frik Els Aluminum bellwether's better than expected demand forecast and benign economic news from top commodity consumer China sent mining stocks … [Read more...]
Gold nanoparticle breakthrough could change how we explore for minerals within the Earth's crust
By Anthony Halley Using a new technique that corrects the distortions of x-ray beams, scientists can now "access the whole field of nanocrystal … [Read more...]
Anti-mining protests in New Zealand spread
By Cecilia Jamasmie Environmental protests against mining, as well as oil and gas operations are fast spreading in New Zealand, with opposition … [Read more...]
Copper strike will cost Chile up to a $35 million loss
By Cecilia Jamasmie Unions representing more than 25,000 workers at state-owned Codelco, and other firms including BHP Billiton (ASX, NYSE:BHP) and … [Read more...]
Gold Fields declares a 14k oz loss as Ghana striking miners come back to work
By Cecilia Jamasmie Gold producer Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) said Tuesday it has lost around 14,000 oz of production as a result of week-long … [Read more...]