December 1, 2013

INFOGRAPHIC: Venture crisis

For a free market to be successful, capital must be able to flow to new ideas and endeavours.

November 29, 2013

The one thing I’m so thankful for as an investor

I am so thankful that buy-and-hold investing still works.

November 29, 2013

Mexican drug lords get firm grip on country’s mines

Mexico's notoriously violent drug barons have turned to mining to both expand and diversify their sources of revenue.

November 29, 2013

The HUI has penetrated its June lows, gold and silver to follow

The June low for the gold mining sector was believed to the bottom for gold miners and as such presented a buying opportunity for the precious metals community.

November 29, 2013

Shell preached to World Bank about coal

"We were talking to them about the impact their policies have on the energy mix of the world."

November 29, 2013

China addresses coal overcapacity

Cheap imports, domestic overproduction.

November 28, 2013

Japan loves coal: Consumption jumps 26% in October

As the world's largest importer of  liquefied natural gas, this could have implications for the sector.

November 28, 2013

Spain gets serious about shale

Spain's production of liquid fuels and natural gas is practically zero but the country could be the next shale producer.

November 28, 2013

High profits or low profits, tensions with governments rise

Over the past decade, the number of disputes that have resulted in international arbitration has increased tenfold for the oil and gas sector and fourfold for the mining industry. And…

November 28, 2013

Canada’s Ontario joins global ‘war on coal’

Province introduces next week legislation aimed to ban the burning of coal and the building of new such plants.