Behind resources downturn, a silver lining The Australian THE weakness in the resources sector will help purge the market of numerous exploration companies that never should have been listed in the first place, mining executive Mike Young says. | Speaking at a breakfast hosted by RBS Morgans in Perth yester...
Fortuna Silver buys high-grade Mexican silver/gold concession Mining Weekly TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – NYSE- and TSX-listed Fortuna Silver Mines on Tuesday said it had paid the final $6-million to buy the remaining 45% interest in the Taviche Oeste concession, in Mexico, which contains the high-grade silver/gold Trin...
Big Dollars For a Silver Certificate CNBC Would you spend $2.6 million to get a certificate for $1,000? | A rare, century–old silver certificate bearing the likeness of one William L. Marcy was just sold to an anonymous buyer for that lofty sum, which auctioneers at Stack's Bowers Gallerie...
Are gold and silver close to bottoming? CNN By Jeff Reeves @CNNMoneyInvest June 5, 2013: 10:06 AM ET | Gold prices and silver prices have been plunging. Click the chart for more on precious metals and other commodities. | NEW YORK (CNNMoney) | Precious metals have been in a tailspin for the pa...
A Silver lining in the clouds of forecasting Canberra Times Illustration: John Spooner. | Nate Silver became a global name last November when, despite intense partisan pressure, he correctly forecast for The New York Times the election result in every one of the 50 US states, and Barack Obama's comfortable re...
Mexico's Frisco says work at gold, silver mine suspended Mining Weekly MEXICO CITY – Mexico's Minera Frisco, owned by billionaire Carlos Slim, said on Monday production at three of its nine mines was suspended. | The company said work at its largest project, gold and silver mine El Coronel, was suspended due t...
Yukon silver mine lays off 15 employees to cut costs CBC Alexco Resources is laying off about 15 miners, and another 15 vacant jobs will not be filled at the company's Yukon mine. | The company owns and operates the Bellekeno silver mine in central Yukon.The Bellekeno underground silver-lead-zinc mine is l...
Heat win back-to-back NBA championships The Examiner LeBron James scored 37 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in game 7 to lead his team to its second straight championship and its third in franchise history. James’ co-pilot Dwyane Wade scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. | San Antonio got 24 points and 12 rebounds from Tim Duncan, 19 points, and 16 rebounds from Kawhi Leonard, and 18 points fro...
Paul LePage, Maine Governor, Faces Backlash Over 'Vaseline' Comment Huffington Post AUGUSTA, Maine -- Maine's often-brash Republican governor – who once told the Portland branch of the NAACP to "kiss my butt," called protesters "idiots," referred to government managers as "corrupt" and compared the IRS to the Gestapo – has done it again. | But this time critics say he's gone too far. | Gov. Paul LePage used crude langu...