Gold mining companies in Ivory Coast have begun paying a new 8% royalty on revenue, backdated to January, after months of disputing the legality of the levy, three industry sources told Reuters.

China controls the rare earths. China controls the cobalt. China, through its Belt and Road spending spree, now controls most of the mines in Africa that produce the stuff inside your phone, your car, ...

In his essay published today, titled simply "Truth," Myrmikan Capital's Dan Oliver reflects on the civilization-destroying consequences of infinite money, consequences that go far beyond mere ...

Canadian miner Silver Storm Mining has signed a $7 million offtake prepayment deal with Samsung Construction and Trading and two of its subsidiaries to help restart production at its La Parrilla ...

CMOC Group, one of China's biggest miners, extended its push into precious metals with a $1 billion deal to buy the Brazilian operations of Equinox Gold Corp.

Guanajuato Silver is a precious metals producer reactivating past-producing silver and gold mines in central Mexico. The company produces silver and gold concentrates from the El Cubo Mines Complex, ...

There is an old trading story about sardines, and it's surprisingly relevant to silver today. During the gold rush in the late 1800s miners were striking it rich in remote parts of Alaska.

GATA board member Ed Steer, publisher of Ed Steer's Gold & Silver Digest, was interviewed Sunday by Dave Janda on WAAM-AM1600 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, discussing the ongoing collapse of the latest ...

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority will now allow private pension funds to invest in the top 250 stocks by market capitalisation listed on India's bourses. Earlier, these funds were ...

Well-publicized problems with gold deliveries from the Bank of England shortly after Donald Trump returned to the U.S. presidency were followed by reports that the bank was using an unusual mechanism ...

A Malian judge has ordered the return to Barrick Mining of 3 metric tons of gold seized nearly a year ago from the company's Loulo-Gounkoto complex, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Without a doubt, the Chinese central bank is still the leading single entity that is driving up the gold price to record highs, year-to-date by more than 55%.