A Colombian legal tribunal ordered 11 gold mining companies this week to stop operations in the northwest of the country and return the land to Embera Katio tribe …

A World Bank arbitration court ruled that Venezuela must pay $740 million to Gold Reserve Inc. (GDRZF) for taking its Brisas gold and copper project in 2008.

The price of gold, down more than a third in three years, is approaching the tipping point where the mining industry would see a spike in the number of producers reducing output or even shutting down operations.

What happened in occupied Europe was that U.S. dollars became more abundant there and a market in ‘Eurodollars’ sprang up derived in part from U.S. soldiers still in Europe.

After reaching a collective bottom in December, last week’s negative price movement has thrown gold mining stocks back into uncertainty and speculation of future weakness is growing.

Gold has been an integral part of our society for thousands of years. It’s been used in trade, and has long been a sign of opulence and wealth. But can we measure all the gold in the world?

For years, miners liked to talk about “cash costs,” the mine-level expenses of pulling an ounce of gold from the ground. For the most part, cash costs ran from $500 (U.S.) to $800 per ounce, depending on a miner’s properties.