News of gold

Argentina ships gold bars abroad to be financially certified

02-09-2024 20:30 Argentina’s Central Bank sent part of its gold reserves abroad in recent weeks to be validated for financial use.

Olympic Games: Paris 2024

José Torres wins BMX Freestyle gold medal at Olympics

31-07-2024 15:54 Argentine José Torres Gil wins a gold medal in BMX Freestyle, the opening medal for Argentina at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

YPF CASE

Could Argentina's gold reserves be seized due to YPF debt?

25-07-2024 18:02 The government’s plan to get liquidity and show financial fortitude has opened a window of uncertainty in the face of possible international suits. There are priors which support the alert, and others that play it down.

by Ariel Maciel

ECONOMIC CRISIS

Argentines pawn the family jewels to make ends meet

17-06-2024 14:15 Hundreds of Argentines are selling their jewellery at gold dealerships every day as a last resort to face the economic crisis.

MINING

Newmont to invest US$540 million in gold mine, Argentina says

31-05-2023 20:54 Newmont Corp, the world's largest gold producer, plans to invest about US$540 million in its Cerro Negro mine in Argentina.

MINING & INDUSTRY

Theft of US$1 million in gold suspends Argentina mine project

18-04-2023 08:48 Thieves break into the gold room at Patagonia Gold's Cap-Oeste Project in Santa Cruz Province escape with about 500 ounces of gold.

Oil corruption

Venezuela's oil minister resigns over graft probe

21-03-2023 12:24 Venezuela's oil minister Tareck El Aissami resigned on Monday after prosecutors opened a corruption investigation into officials at the state oil company PDVSA.

INDIGENOUS RIGHTS

'Operation Exodus': Brazil miners flee Yanomami land

09-02-2023 10:14 President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva orders Brazil's military to establish a no-fly zone around the Yanomami reservation, where indigenous leaders say illegal miners have poisoned the water with mercury, destroyed the rainforest and raped and killed inhabitants.

CRIME & ENVIRONMENT

Colombia's war on illegal gold mines hits outlaw armed groups

08-02-2023 12:06 Colombian security forces are taking aim at illegal mining for gold which not only provides resources for rebel armed groups, but is also responsible for contaminating water sources with Mercury.