July 20, 2013

Central bankers make the best terrorists

Fed chairman Ben Bernanke this week had to backtrack on explosive statements about QE.

July 19, 2013

Atlas Copco suffers weak demand for mining gear

The company expects third quarter overall group demand to stabilize.

July 19, 2013

Friday feeding frenzy for gold stocks

Is this the turning point for battered gold counters?

July 19, 2013

The Shanghai gold surprise

The physical gold market continues to develop in the most wonderfully counterintuitive way.

July 19, 2013

Recruiting in the mining industry: New challenges for employers – it’s not only pay that counts

The mining industry employs 308,000 workers or 1 in every 55 Canadian jobs.

July 19, 2013

Whitehaven Coal’s legal woes

Environmental group sues former environment minister over coal mine approval.

July 18, 2013

Miners not benefiting from increased US coal consumption

US power stations are burning more coal, but its coming from stockpiles and falling exports.

July 18, 2013

Copper, diamonds boost Anglo’s results ahead of strategy review

Anglo American is likely to report a 31% profit drop next week, when CEO Cutifani unveils key strategy for the underperforming mining group.

July 18, 2013

Sirius Minerals delays potash mining plans in English national park

The miner had expected to begin production in late 2016, with initial output of 5 million tonnes per year.

July 17, 2013

Africa exploration activity set to more than halve in 2013

Only 250 drill reports for the continent over the first five months.