It's not unusual for a gold miner to delay a big project. As gold prices are down 20% this year, such news could be worrying for some investors. Goldcorp recently announced that it is delaying its ...

About 18 miles from Guatemala’s Unesco-listed city of Antigua sits Acatenango (pictured main). This active volcano juts 3,976m into the sky, offering a challenging climb for the adventurous, with ...

Great Southern Copper PLC ( ($GB:GSCU) ) has issued an update. Great Southern Copper PLC announced the mobilization of a third drill rig to its ...

Volcano boarding down Cerro Negro is one of Nicaragua’s most thrilling adventure activities. Riders descend the steep volcanic slope at speeds up to 40 miles per hour, wearing jumpsuits and goggles ...

Newmont (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT) has entered an agreement to acquire a large greenfield exploration land package of approximately 55,000 hectares in Santa Cruz province, Argentina, from Toronto-based ...

Newmont (NYSE: NEM) confirmed on Wednesday that two members of its workforce died this week at the Cerro Negro mine located in the Santa Cruz region of Argentina. Details regarding the cause of the ...

The initial dore bar weighing roughly 100 kilograms was produced at the high-grade mine containing an estimated 317 ounces of gold. The milestone was reached safely amid a run of more than 4.1 million ...

It appears that an ongoing volcanic crisis along the Colombia-Ecuador border is beginning to look more significant. A sharp increase in the number and size of earthquakes under Cerro Negro de ...

HOUSTON, Aug. 23-- The first shipment of upgraded crude oil from the $790 million Cerro Negro upgrader complex in eastern Venezuela left port for the 182,500 b/d Chalmette refinery in Louisiana this ...

Goldcorp would benefit from its big Cerro-Negro project once it starts production in mid-2014. What happened at Cerro Negro? There are several problems that Goldcorp has to deal with. First, the Santa ...

At Cerro Negro, travelers hike an active volcano—then board down its black slopes in a blaze of speed. With chill coastal communities like San Juan del Sur buzzing with surf-minded visitors, the ...