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Gold Prices Drop Despite Previous Gains; WBD Explores Sale Options
NEW YORK, NY — Gold prices took a notable dip on Tuesday, falling nearly 4% after a record-breaking rise. This sudden downturn affected major investments, including the world’s largest gold ETF and mining companies such as Agnico Eagle and Wheaton...

Gold Fields community medical outreach programme serves more people in New Atuabo
By Erica Apeatua Addo New Atuabo (W/R), Oct 21, GNA-The Gold Fields Ghana Foundation’s (GFGF’s) quarter four breast cancer and community medical outreach programme, has served almost 630 residents of New Atuabo and its surrounding communities in...

Mining vs. the Grid: Can New ‘Ride-Through’ Tech Stop Blackouts Before They Start?
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has provided detailed proprietary data to Texas A&M. With this, Dr. Prasad Enjeti, Professor of Electrical Engineering, and his team have built cutting-edge models to be used in analyzing and...

Silver Storm Commences Rehabilitation Activities at La Parrilla
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 21, 2025-- Silver Storm Mining Ltd. (“ Silver Storm ” or the " Company ") (TSX.V: SVRS | OTCQB: SVRS | FSE: SVR) is pleased to announce the Company has commenced rehabilitation activities at its 100%-owned La Parrilla...

Copper falls on stronger dollar, muted demand from China
LONDON: Copper prices fell on Tuesday, under pressure from a stronger dollar and signs of muted demand from the world’s biggest metals consumer China, although a decline in available stocks on the London Metal Exchange curbed losses. The benchmark...

Silver Heading Toward Triple-Digit Territory
Silver, in my view, is on track to trade around $400 per ounce by 2032. I know that might sound ambitious at first, but when you dig into the data, the story becomes hard to ignore. Over the past few decades, silver has been quietly building one...
Collective Mining updates Guayabales and San Antonio projects, Colombia
Collective Mining Ltd. [NYSE: CNL; TSX: CNL] provided an exploration update and announce that visual inspection of new drill core from step-out drilling at the Guayabales Project’s Ramp Zone (located at the bottom of the Apollo system) and the San...
Bayan drills intersect high-grade gold at Yukon project
Banyan Gold Co. (BYN-TSXV) said Tuesday it has intersected high-grade gold at surface in the core of the Powerline Deposit at its AurMac Project in the Canadian Yukon. The company said selected highlights demonstrate continuity of high-grade in...

Yes, There's Gold Inside Your Household Electronics - But Is It Actually Worth Anything?
If you open almost any modern gadget you'll almost definitely strike a tiny bit of gold. Thanks to the precious metal's high conductivity and resistance to corrosion it's used on printed circuit board connectors, microchip pins, and other points...
Defense Metals raising $15 million for B.C. rare earths project
Defense Metals Corp. [DEFN-TSXV, DFMTF-OTCQB, 35D-FSE] said it plans to complete a private placement offering that aims to raise up to $15 million to fund the advancement of its flagship Wicheeda rare earth elements (REE) project in British...

Veldon partners with GMMCO technology services limited to deliver major international mining project
Veldon Group Pty Ltd (Veldon), has partnered with GMMCO Technology Services Limited (GTS) to deliver a multi-million-dollar bankable feasibility study for the new world class coking coal project, Minas de Revuboè (MdR) in Mozambique. Officially...

Caledonia Mining reports steady production, fatality at Blanket
Gold output for the three months ended 30 September totalled 19,106 ounces, slightly higher than the 18,992 ounces produced in the same period last year. Production for the first nine months of the year rose to 58,846 ounces from 56,815 ounces a...

Sandvik Momentum and the Global Surge in Mining-Equipment Demand
As mining-equipment demand accelerates alongside surging gold and copper prices, global OEMs like Sandvik AB, Epiroc AB, Caterpillar Inc., and Komatsu Ltd. are seeing a revival in orders not witnessed since the last commodity supercycle. Sandvik’s...
Fresnillo plunges 15% on abrupt gold and silver sell-off
The price of gold plunged on Tuesday, dragging down FTSE 350 precious metals miners Fresnillo PLC (LSE:FRES), Endeavour Mining PLC (LSE:EDV, TSX:EDV, OTCQX:EDVMF) and Hochschild Mining PLC (LSE:HOC, OTCQX:HCHDF). Gold, which cost almost $4,380 on...

Current price of silver as of Tuesday, October 21, 2025
At 8:15 a.m. Eastern Time today, silver stood at $50.04 per ounce. That marks a $2 decrease from this time yesterday—but more than a $16 rise compared with one year ago. Silver price per ounce % Change Price of silver yesterday $52.04 -3.84% Price...

Zhaojin Mining's Earnings Shine As Gold Prices Soar
The miner reported impressive profit growth in the third quarter, benefiting from U.S. dollar weakness and a 17% surge for gold in the three-month period Key Takeaways: Zhaojin Mining's profit soared 140% in the first three quarters of the year on...

Great Western Mining completes West Huntoon drilling
The AIM-traded firm said the six-hole reverse circulation programme at West Huntoon was completed ahead of schedule and without incident, totalling 3,615 feet. It said samples from all holes had been sent for laboratory assay, with results...

Invisible Poison: Mercury From Gold Mining Contaminates Crops
In a recent study published today in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) journal Biogeosciences, scientists have confirmed that mercury pollution from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is contaminating food crops not through the soil,...
FTSE 100 Live: London stocks held back as gold prices tumble, public borrowing hits 5yr high
FTSE 100 up 15 points at 9,419 UK public deficit climbs to highest in five years Unilever pushes back ice cream split 3.40pm: Gold price drags on FTSE The price of gold is tumbling. It was up at almost $4,380 per oz last night, and has plunged...

Trump Has Handed Coal Miners a “Death Sentence.” But They’re Not Going Without a Fight.
Activism / October 21, 2025 After the government betrayed them by refusing to enforce a crucial workplace health rule, a group of coal miners traveled to DC to put Trump on notice. Ad Policy Protesters at the coal miners’ rally in Washington on...