Cecilia Jamasmie , Senior Editor

Gold hits 5-week high from early dive triggered by Swiss referendum

Gold prices experienced a dramatic comeback Monday after falling sharply in overnight trading due to Switzerland’s rejection of a proposal to boost the country’s gold reserves.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 1, 2014 | 7:41 pm

Guatemala’s huge mining royalty hike makes Tahoe unhappy

The country’s congress passed Friday legislation to increase mining royalties from 5% to 10%.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 1, 2014 | 6:32 pm

New low in oil prices drags BHP Billiton stock below 2009 levels

The stock closed in Sydney below the $30 mark, which is the lowest it has traded in the last five years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 1, 2014 | 4:21 pm

African Minerals halts trading, shuts down Sierra Leone assets

Iron ore project will remain suspended until the company either releases $102 million in restricted cash or can secure other short term funding.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 1, 2014 | 11:26 am

Anglo American’s Los Bronces mine in Chile hit by strike

This is the first time mining engineers, geologists and other highly educated employees go on a strike at a privately owned mine in Chile.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2014 | 5:34 pm

Copper hits 4-year low in New York

End of strike at Peru’s biggest copper mine and weaker oil prices drove Dr. Copper goes to the ICU.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2014 | 4:36 pm

Rio Tinto cuts spending, defers capex, keeps dividend

The mining giant said it was committed to giving significantly more money back to shareholders in 2015 despite a severe drop in iron ore prices.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2014 | 3:30 pm

Deep-sea miner Nautilus to get $113m of escrowed funds

The sum will be given on the completion of the sale of 15% of its Solwara 1 project to an entity nominated by Papua New Guinea.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 28, 2014 | 2:23 pm

Chile’s mining sector to double energy demand by 2025

These are not very good news for the energy-starved copper producing nation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 27, 2014 | 6:45 pm

Mariana Resources down after dumping copper-gold project in Peru

Company say it would focus on core projects.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 27, 2014 | 4:08 pm

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