December 9, 2016

Sibanye Gold expands platinum assets by buying Stillwater in $2.2bn deal

Together with reducing Sibanye’s dependence on its aging South African assets, the deal will make the company the world's third largest palladium producer, the company said.

December 9, 2016

Global oil and gas exploration likely to return to profitability in 2017

Dr Andrew Latham, vice president of exploration at Wood Mackenzie said: "The industry has a good chance of achieving double digit returns in 2017. Smarter portfolio choices and lower costs…

December 9, 2016

Fresh shake-up at Rio Tinto in aftermath of bribery probe

Russian-Canadian Vera Kirikova will become human resources group executive while Simone Niven will assume the corporate relations group executive post.

December 8, 2016

Coking coal price savaged – biggest drop in 17 months

Just as quarterly benchmark negotiations between miners and Japanese steel mills kick off, the coking coal price comes off the boil.

December 8, 2016

Cenovus resuming Christina Lake oil sands expansion, boosts capex

Construction of the 50,000-barrel-a-day expansion will begin in the first half of 2017, the company said.

December 8, 2016

Trump could fuel a nuclear energy boom in 2017

For the vast untapped potential of the nuclear energy industry and the uranium that feeds it, this could contribute to a market-disrupting revival that no longer bows to fear and…

December 8, 2016

Anglo American about to make key decision on South African assets sale

While the miner is not longer being pressed to include its platinum assets in the divestment plan, the issue of how to package mines and which ones to include, remains…

December 8, 2016

Protectionist Trump policies to crash dollar, gold and bitcoin to soar

Many people seem to think Trump is going to "fix" the US by invoking the isolationist, nationalist, and oft failed economic policy of protectionism.

December 8, 2016

Risk of potential oil tanker spill ‘close to zero’ — experts

Pipeline ruptures, bunker fuel spills pose a greater risk than a major oil tanker spill, they say.

December 8, 2016

The bottom for uranium stocks is in!

Uranium stocks are about to go nuclear and you read it here first at Palisade Research!