July 20, 2011 Coal mine construction near 11th century African city given green light South Africa's Environmental Affairs department on Wednesday defended granting Coal of Africa approval to resume construction at the controversial Vele opencast project near Mapungubwe, saying science, not emotion, was behind…
July 20, 2011 China says cannot invest ‘too much’ in gold and silver In calling for the U.S.to take ‘responsible' measures on the economy and debt, China's FX regulator says country can't buy too much gold as the market is too small.
July 20, 2011 Change in sentiment hits gold and silver, boosts markets Gold Forecaster's take on today's downturn in gold and silver prices as signs of a break in impasse over U.S. debt ceiling and in Eurozone Greek solution.
July 20, 2011 Cnooc to pay $2.1 billion for Canada oil sands firm OPTI Canada, a bankrupt oil sands producer, has agreed to sell itself to a wholly-owned subsidiary of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, in a deal worth $2.1 billion, the…
July 20, 2011 Black Range Minerals’ Jorc resource is up 51% to 90.9 million pounds of uranium at Hansen/Taylor Ranch uranium project Black Range Minerals announced on Wednesday that the indicated and inferred resource for the combined Hansen/Taylor Ranch Uranium Project comprises of 68.9 Mt at 0.060% U3O8 for 90.9 million pounds…
July 20, 2011 Silver prices update The demand for silver remains very strong despite the regulators delivering an almost knock out blow when they changed the rules half a dozen times effectively inflicting margin calls on…
July 20, 2011 Silver today vs 2008 – does it look familiar? At the end of April 2011, we warned for the end of the Parabolic rise in Silver prices.
July 20, 2011 Chinese mines under scrutiny The recent Chilean mine disaster has sparked new fresh debate in China regarding work safety and rescue work in the domestic mining industry. China has made huge steps to improve…
July 20, 2011 India Warns ArcelorMittal, Others Of Coal Block Cancellation India's coal ministry has warned a group of six companies, including the local unit of the world's largest steel producer ArcelorMittal (MT.AE), to expedite work on developing a coal block…
July 20, 2011 West Japan faces peak-hour power shortfall -ministry Western Japan's electricity supply will fall 1.2 percent short of forecast peak demand for August, as five regional utilities' efforts to boost supply could not offset unplanned shutdowns this month…
BNP backs gold price to hit $6,000 as rally ‘makes sense’ The gold-silver ratio, while still lower than its two-year average in the 80s, has bounced back, said Wilson, BNP’s director of commodities strategy. February 10, 2026 | 03:14 pm
