August 11, 2015

Fission Hits Broad High-Grade Mineralization at Eastern Edge of Triple R Deposit (Line 1125E)

Six New High-Grade Holes on zones R600W and R780E

August 11, 2015

China’s surprise currency move is more bad news for Canadian commodities

Stock markets in Canada and the United States fell sharply on the news that China had allowed the yuan to drop 2%.

August 11, 2015

Japan resumes producing nuclear power

The country has restarted its first nuclear reactor since the Fukushima disaster in March, 2011.

August 11, 2015

How AlphaNorth’s Steve Palmer copes with the commodity blues

Commodity markets change cyclically, and there is money to be made buying undervalued precious metals and energy juniors, including the handful of companies Palmer names in this interview with The…

August 10, 2015

Canada’s Nova Scotia pulls plug on renewable energy plan

The Atlantic province has ended a program that guaranteed small-scale energy producers a sustainable fee for their electricity, and gave citizens an incentive to use renewable energy.

August 10, 2015

Here is how Rio Tinto intends to cut costs by $1 billion

The mining giant is watching every single expense, including those related to safety equipment.

August 10, 2015

Coal, nuclear, and renewables expected to boost Vietnam’s electricity capacity: EIA

Vietnam is poised to significantly transform its electrical power generation mix over the next two decades as it modernizes the country's agrarian economy to become a more industrialized nation.

August 10, 2015

Support for pipelines up amongst British Columbians: poll

This increase may be related to the shift in government’s attention toward LNG

August 10, 2015

Obama: Iranian sanctions relief ‘not a game-changer’

In an interview broadcast Sunday, President Obama acknowledged that Iran would benefit economically from the nuclear weapons agreement that his administration negotiated with Tehran, but contended that it would not…

August 9, 2015

A critical look at ‘Uranium: Twisting the Dragon’s Tail’

A week or so before the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, I watched a curious documentary on PBS.