November 16, 2015

Caterpillar: Supercycle China isn’t coming back

Sales of excavators expected in China for entire 2015 is fewer than the total in March 2011 alone.

November 15, 2015

Molycorp restructure plan includes asset sales

The beleaguered rare earths producer has announced a plan to restructure that may include the sale of its Mountain Pass mine in California.

November 13, 2015

What do conflict minerals have to do with financial reform?

A small statute in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Protection Act is wreaking havoc in the Congo, according to a new report by National Center for Policy Analysis Senior…

November 12, 2015

US Congress grants citizens rights to own asteroid-mined riches

Until now, there was no legislature clarifying issues such as whether resources mined from celestial bodies could be sold on Earth.

November 12, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: The industrial internet, and how it’s revolutionizing mining

Learn in today's infographic how the "Industrial Internet", or the convergence of the global industrial sector with big data and the internet of things, is ushering in a new age…

November 5, 2015

Old Nova Scotia tin mine could resume production in a few years

Avalon Rare Metals expects to publish the project's Preliminary Economic Assessment by the end of the month.

November 4, 2015

Elon Musk’s Hyperloop takes a step forward

Elon Musk famously proposed the idea of the Hyperloop a few years ago, and suggested it could be a revolutionary method for travel based on available technology today.

November 3, 2015

How to spot buyout clues in today’s resource market

The Gold Report reached out to experts who have been around through enough cycles to know and asked for the clues they watch that an acquisition might be imminent

November 2, 2015

Cecil Musgrave: Warren Buffett style investing In mining – this is not supposed to happen!

Ben Graham value investing now exists in the mining space – the type of investing that Warren Buffet is famous for.

November 2, 2015

Needs of communities near mines in poor countries must prevail in the mining lifecycle, says Global Policy Forum

The importance of going beyond environmental considerations when planning the lifecycle of mines to include socioeconomic considerations was a key topic discussed at the last UNCTAD meeting.