Chemical studies of old English coins are helping unravel a centuries-old mystery: What happened to all the silver that Spaniards dug out of the New World? Silver from Mexican mines started being ...

Mexico's silver production is declining double digits annually for the first time in almost a decade. Latin American labor and environmental activism pose a risk to mining activity in the region.

A top Canadian miner in southern Mexico is trying to avoid the unprecedented closure of its 10-year-old silver mine after the expiry of its environmental permit last month left it in limbo. By David ...

Editor’s Note: Kitco News will be releasing a daily feature from July 14 to July 19 focusing on the world's top five silver producing countries, which will include a daily graphic of the country’s ...

Catching a mountain lion in a coyote trap is quite a surprise. Finance Minister Ramon Beteta last week found how it feels. He had set out to run down the silver smugglers who had been cheating the ...