June 11, 2014 A bear raid on gold – Is that about to happen? After some considerable selling of gold from the SPDR gold Exchange Traded Fund in the preceding months, early in 2013, Goldman Sachs came out with a warning that the gold…
June 11, 2014 SNL Energy: Vanguard, T. Rowe price top coal institutional investor rankings for Q1 While first- and second-ranked Vanguard and T. Rowe Price saw year-over-year declines in the market value of the firms' respective publicly traded U.S. coal company investments, the aggregate market value…
June 10, 2014 Canadians losing enthusiasm for building closer ties with Asia In 2013, 45% of Canadian surveyed said they felt Chinese investment would benefit Canada. In 2014, that number dropped to 35% in 2014, the lowest in a decade.
June 10, 2014 The Bakken gets bigger – likely a lot bigger Oil producers are now “cracking the code” on the Torquay, or Three Forks formation below the Bakken, and coming up with incredible economics—these wells are paying back in only seven…
June 10, 2014 BHP Billiton a step closer to selling-off non-core operations World's largest mining company said to be unloading all of the non-core units acquired after the merger with Billiton 13 years ago.
June 10, 2014 BHP’s Mount Arthur coal mine evacuated on bomb threat The incident comes on the heels of jobs reductions announced last week, which affected about 50 contractors.
June 10, 2014 Germany to resume fracking by 2015 under tougher environmental norms After a two-year moratorium,, Germany is ready to allow fracking and so reduce the country's dependency on Russian energy.
June 10, 2014 Fresh job cuts at Rio’s Rossing Uranium mine in Namibia This is not the first time Rio Tinto axes jobs at this mine. In 2013, it sacked 276 workers, following losses on reduced demand for the metal.
June 9, 2014 US Energy Department said to have illegally transferred uranium to private firm Report claims officials did not have legal authority to transfer millions of dollars worth of uranium resources to the only local company that uses American-developed technology to enrich the commodity.
June 9, 2014 Feds open door to more uranium mining in Southwest Colorado Mining along the wild canyon country Dolores River could resume any time now that the U.S. Department of Energy last month extended a leasing program covering 25,000 acres in the…
Copper at heart of probable Rio bid for Glencore: RBC A premium of 15% to 30% to Glencore’s early January share price could get the deal done, RBC analyst said. January 18, 2026 | 06:47 am
