December 21, 2012

Fracking activities polluted Alberta’s groundwater: ERCB

Leaked fluid from fracking activities polluted groundwater after a “serious” incident at a well site near Grande Prairie, a city in the northwestern part of the Canadian province of Alberta,…

December 21, 2012

HD Mining’s Murray mine boosts B.C. economy

HD Mining, the Vancouver-based company that in early October sparked controversy with its plan to hire 2,000 Chinese miners for its proposed Murray River Project, is one step closer to…

December 21, 2012

Brazil doubles gold reserve to highest level in 12 years

Brazil increased gold reserves for a third month in November to double the country’s holdings since August, reaching levels not seen since November 2000.

December 21, 2012

Resource nationalism assumes more insidious forms

Tactics shift from frank expropriation of assets to increased royalties and stricter procurement requirements

December 21, 2012

Expect the gold bull market to pause in 2013

Many gold analysts are forecasting much higher gold prices in 2013. In this interview Rohit Savant, senior commodity analyst at the CPM Group, says he believes all of the positive…

December 21, 2012

Weaker dollar giving gold a small boost

After a weaker day yesterday, gold was marginally stronger in early trade and appeared to be picking up a little more ahead of NY opening due to a weaker dollar.

December 21, 2012

Southern parvenu seizes control of New York Stock Exchange

Metals and energy trader clinches historic deal with NYSE Euronext.

December 20, 2012

A coal factsheet for the future

Here are some of the other startling highlights from the IEA’s Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2012 Factsheet.

December 20, 2012

Is BHP’s Jansen Potash Mine destined to flop?

With wide-eyed ambition, BHP Billiton hopes its Jansen project will change the potash industry

December 20, 2012

Despite 2012 commodities slump emerging market demand set to fuel higher, more volatile prices

"In a resource-constrained world, value creation moves towards the owners of resources" is the conclusion of a new report from McKinsey