April 29, 2015

Have natural gas prices bottomed?

Last Friday we finally got confirmation of where all the natural gas supply has been coming from as Cabot (COG) reported its earnings.

April 29, 2015

Mining for canaries in China

Mining for profits in the coal business usually involves mining actual coal. Hong Kong-listed Yanzhou Coal Mining found another source.

April 29, 2015

Cliffs US sales beat estimates, turns a profit in Q1

But the miner revised down its 2015 U.S. iron ore sales and production volume estimate to 20.5 million tons, from its previous guidance for 22 million tons

April 29, 2015

Letterman blames prickly personae on mining roots

"You don’t need to be all that warm when you’re born and raised in Linton, Ind., and working in a coal mine. They weren’t hiring coal miners on the basis…

April 28, 2015

Cleanup companies mired in mining sector’s woes

Many wastewater-treatment businesses struggling to make sales, attract investment

April 28, 2015

Canadian oil sands set to benefit from low crude output

Western Canadian Select crude, North America’s best-performing grade in the past month, may strengthen further as reduced drilling frees up pipeline room.

April 28, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: America’s most dangerous jobs

Graphic Products outlines dangers for loggers, fishermen and more.

April 28, 2015

Finding Value in Declining Commodity Prices

Amazingly enough, precious metals are the best-performing commodities sub-sector so far this year, having collectively lost 2.5 percent.

April 28, 2015

Oil sands woes set to deepen as shaky petro-dynasty risks defeat

One of the world’s longest-running political dynasties is on the brink of losing power, threatening to make life tougher for companies toiling in Canada’s oil patch.

April 27, 2015

Russia first to test 10Gen uranium enrichment centrifuges

Rosatom, Russia’s nuclear agency, confirms scientists are testing 10th generation centrifuges. No other country even possesses 9th gen tech, putting Rosatom years ahead of the competition.