FREETOWN (Reuters) - At least 200 people were killed when a trench collapsed at an unofficial gold mine in Sierra Leone, the West African country's Ministry of Mineral Resources said on Friday. The accident occurred in the Bo district in the south ...
Individual investors can make an impact on its price Once upon a time, the Chinese government forbade ownership of all precious metals. But now, the ban has been lifted. In fact, China just introduced silver bars for investment. And now, state-run China ...
Could have its sights on buying gold mines abroad "A few factors limit our ability to increase [our] investment in gold," China's Chief foreign exchange regulator Yi Gang said in a speech this week. Investors have long speculated China will start buying ...
Yukon area plays shine in the wake of takeover offer Underworld Resources (TSX: V.UW, Stock Forum) shares jumped sharply after it announced Kinross Gold (TSX: T.KGC, Stock Forum) had made a friendly takeover bid for the company. The offer of 0.141 of ...
Comments are so silly they could easily be mistaken for satire Below are excerpts from recent commentaries posted at www.speculative-investor.com. Irrelevance of “Peak Gold” It is said that the cure for high commodity prices is...high commodity prices, the reason being that a ...
Will its China project be an 'Olympic' sized gold metal mine? It’s no longer 2008 but that hasn’t stopped Inter-Citic Minerals (TSX: T.ICI, Stock Forum) from going for gold in China. Its stock price is also making a push for the podium, ...
Sector dropped 3.5% … and this is actually good news for us The gold sector is flopping back and forth like a trout in the bottom of a rowboat. In my S&A Short Report, we managed to catch a couple quick trades ...
West Africa gold companies will drive gains for natural-resources bank Endeavour Financial (TSX: T.EDV, Stock Forum) is a Canadian merchant bank that has always traded at a discount to its Net Asset Value (NAV), but now the company trades at a discount ...
Highlight from Newmont Mining's 4Q copper and gold production Newmont Mining Corp., one of the world's biggest gold producers, capitalized on higher gold and copper prices in the fourth quarter. Here is a look at the Denver company's production for the Oct.-Dec. ...
Coeur d'Alene 2009 silver, gold production surge as Bolivia, Mexico mines come on line Silver miner and gold producer Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. said Thursday it produced 47 percent more silver in 2009 and gold production rose 56 percent as new mines ...
