September 14, 2011

Polish mining stocks gain on tax ruling

Polish stocks are on a tear this week after a top court made a mining-friendly tax ruling. Bloomberg reports that Polish stocks climbed for a second day, with the benchmark…

September 14, 2011

Dr. Paul Zweng: Nano caps offer outsize returns, risk

Dr. Paul Zweng, a portfolio manager with Resource Venture Advisors in Beverly Hills, Calif., has managed to make some big things happen with small companies. By investing in the tiniest…

September 14, 2011

Antimony tops metals and minerals risk list, China controls 50% of 52 critical chemicals

The British Geological Survey (BGS) on Wednesday published the latest list of the 52 elements, minerals and metals most at risk of supply disruption because global production is concentrated in…

September 14, 2011

Hathor board rallies the troops against ‘predatory, opportunistic’ bid

Hathor Exploration announced early Wednesday that its board unanimously recommends that shareholders reject Cameco's unsolicited offer for the company calling it 'opportunistic' and 'predatory' coming in the wake of the…

September 14, 2011

Hanjin Shipping inks 15-year coal contract with Kospo

Hanjin Shipping signed a 15-year consecutive voyage contract on Wednesday with Korea Southern Power (Kospo) to provide two capesize vessels for the transportation of soft coal.

September 14, 2011

NYMEX-Crude near 6-week high as inventories plunge

U.S. crude CLc1 shed 12 cents to $90.09 a barrel after touching $90.52 on Tuesday, the highest intraday price since Aug. 4. Brent crude LCOc1 climbed 38 cents to $112.27.

September 13, 2011

Former Alberta premier opposes Keystone pipeline

The former premier of Alberta says he doesn't support the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project because it will take away jobs from Albertans. I would prefer...we process the bitumen from…

September 13, 2011

Hathor buffs Roughrider ahead of new response to Cameco

Junior explorer Hathor Exploration on Tuesday said a preliminary economic assessment of its Roughrider uranium deposit showed it would potentially be one of the lowest cost uranium producers in the…

September 13, 2011

Costs, labour top list of oil sands risks

Cost increases and labor shortages appear atop a list of risks facing producers in the Canadian oil sands, balanced by opportunities that include growing global oil demand and the economic…

September 13, 2011

Queensland mine workers ready to strike

Hundreds of workers at the New Acland mine are readying themselves for protracted strike action with management at New Hope Coal attempting to keep the WorkChoices era at their mine…