May 24, 2013

Riding a copper horse

There are many reasons to be bullish on copper.

May 24, 2013

Gold and silver market morning

The silver price remains steady waiting for a clear direction from gold. It will take a breakout from gold to make silver move strongly, either way.

May 24, 2013

Aussie coal workers walked off the job

More than 200 workers at Australia's Newcastle port, the largest thermal coal export facility in the world, walked off the job this morning.

May 24, 2013

New securities law in Mongolia cleans path for Tavan Tolgoi IPO

The new law can be the solution cash-strapped state-owned developer of Tavan Tolgoi has been looking for years.

May 24, 2013

Open pits and craters change the landscape but civil engineers improve society

We are charged with using the forces of nature for the benefit of mankind.

May 23, 2013

Russia’s EuroChem to start production at two potash mines in 2017

In the long term, company expects potash demand to resume.

May 23, 2013

Dollar indices: research rubbish?

Investors relyon indices to help understand how a market is moving, and perhaps even how it might move in the future.

May 23, 2013

Surrey Board of Trade endorses controversial coal expansion

Fraser Surrey Docks has applied to Port Metro Vancouver to handle an additional four million tonnes of coal.

May 23, 2013

Energy – balancing the bonanza: Interview with Mark Thoma

If you want an objective view of energy, ask an economist, who can tell you what to expect to pay at the pump in the coming years, and why, as…

May 23, 2013

Suicide bombers attack Areva uranium mine in Niger

One employee dead and 14 wounded.