September 16, 2012 Metal prices to crater in three years due to Chinese re-balancing A belated rebalancing of the Chinese economy will lead to a collapse in commodities prices by 2015 according one of the West's leading experts on the PRC's economy.
September 16, 2012 Natural gas is the trigger I was confident that the Fed had already begun printing. That seemed quite evident by the overall action in the commodity markets, the dollar, and the fact that stocks were…
September 16, 2012 INFOGRAPHIC: Japan’s debt crisis InformedTrades looks at the economic hole Japan has dug itself, especially since it gave up nuclear energy and started importing energy.
September 16, 2012 How China drives commodities down Australia's resources minister, Martin Ferguson, has caused a stir with his assertion that the country's mining boom, one of the biggest drivers of its economic growth, is "over". As he…
September 16, 2012 IMG wrestles with cons of coal block cancellation The governments high-level panel looking into the controversial coal block allocations for captive mining has decided against cancelling three...
September 16, 2012 Forget the fracking revolution, uranium still works: interview with CEO of Uranium Energy With record low natural gas prices and utilities switching to coal to take advantage, MINING.com asked Uranium Energy’s (NYSEAMEX:UEC) CEO Amir Adnani last month whether uranium is also struggling under…
September 16, 2012 Mining giants cut jobs Coal miners are cutting 900 jobs in Australia, in the latest sign that falling commodities prices and rising costs are taking their toll on the mining sector.
September 16, 2012 Canada lost mining jobs over the last ten years: NDP Peter Julian, Canada's natural resources critic, claims that the mining sector has lost jobs over the last 10 years and would like to right the resource sector by pushing it…
September 15, 2012 How investors can protect themselves in a politicized economy Right on the heels of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, the recent Casey Research Summit in Carlsbad, California, focused on a timely theme: "Navigating the Politicized Economy."
September 15, 2012 Yeah, we got bankers In July of 2011, I was one of the first to bring to your attention to the incredible fact that the US Federal Reserve had secretly given away $16 TRILLION…
Chinese copper smelter, Antofagasta agree to record low fees Tough negotiations reflected a market facing abundant refining capacity but tight global ore supplies. December 22, 2025 | 12:20 pm