August 9, 2011 Commodities slump to ease inflation The fall in commodity prices at the international market amid fears of a slowdown of the global economy is set to reduce exposure to imported inflation and exchange rate instability.
August 9, 2011 Utilities announce coal plant closures in response to EPA regulations Electric utilities have announced the closure of dozens of coal-fired power plants, totaling thousands of megawatts (MW) of capacity in response to two recent power-plant emissions regulations from the U.S.…
August 9, 2011 Oil price drop threatens oilsands megaprojects The price of crude slid more than six per cent Monday, dropping to a level experts say makes future oilsands mining projects look unprofitable if it persists.
August 9, 2011 Stock market carnage spreads to Australia Australian stocks had plunged by more than four per cent at noon, following falls of over five per cent on Wall Street overnight, as carnage on overseas markets spread to…
August 9, 2011 Uranium One reports increase in quarterly net earnings to $29.7 million and average cash cost per pound sold of $15 for Q2 2011 Uranium One Inc. today reported quarterly revenue of $112.9 million for Q2 2011 based on sales of 2.0 million pounds at an average realized sales price of $58 per pound.
August 9, 2011 CIL to invest $6bn in Indian mining projects Coal India is planning to invest about INR280bn ($6.2bn) in 68 coal mining projects in India, which have a production capacity of 230 million tonnes per annum.
August 8, 2011 Oil sands production hampers Copenhagen Accord emission targets Environment Canada predicts that emissions from oil sands production, without government intervention, is going to increase by 18% over the next decade. Canada Emissions Trends, a report on greenhouse gas…
August 8, 2011 Gold could hit $2500/oz before year-end: JP Morgan Gold investors could reap record windfall benefits from the economic uncertainty that crashed global stock markets Monday, say J.P. Morgan commodity analysts Colin Fenton and Jonah Waxman. The analysts predicted…
August 8, 2011 As the global monetary system cracks, gold surges As gold powers through the $1700 an ounce level, and after years of being warned, people are only now beginning to concede to the fact that the current fiat system…
August 8, 2011 Using platinum coins to make easy money, FDR would approve Matthew Yglesias says that the Obama administration may start looking at some unusual tools to reflate the dollar and kickstart the economy, and using two trillion of platinum coins may…
Copper price heads toward $12,000 a ton as banks predict further gains With year-end approaching, copper on the London Metal Exchange is up nearly 40%, marking its biggest annual gain since 2009. December 22, 2025 | 07:00 am
