July 11, 2012 Madrid, Spain mining riots for coal subsidies While the United States Congress debates HR4402, a bill which would make it easier and cheaper to mine in the United States, Spanish coal miners are protesting cuts by the…
July 11, 2012 More pain for SouthGobi shareholders Embattled SouthGobi Resources (TSX:SGQ) shed over 4% on Wednesday bring its losses since April to 40%, after announcing its Mongolian subsidiary SGS has filed a notice of investment dispute with…
July 11, 2012 Short supply, high demand for platinum group metals Labor problems and low prices have platinum mines closing up shop in South Africa, and the potential for acquisitions is ripening.
July 11, 2012 Is gold stuck in Bizzaro Land? In the Seinfeld episode “The Bizarro Jerry,” Elaine meets a group of people who are complete opposites of Jerry, George, Kramer. The show provides a rather striking similarity to today’s…
July 11, 2012 Franco Nevada Corporation: a gold play for the long term "This is a company with a business model that is extremely difficult to argue with. Franco Nevada has a diversified portfolio of high margin, cash flow producing assets principally in…
July 11, 2012 Botswana’s diamond exports almost double According to preliminary data released by the Bank of Botswana (BoB) on Monday, Botswana's May diamond exports were nearly 20% down from May 2011, a time when a global diamond…
July 11, 2012 Xstrata-Glencore merger to be decided Sep 7 Giant miner Xstrata has set Sep. 7 as the day for its shareholders to vote on the $26 billion takeover by Glencore, giving the commodities trader six weeks to reach…
July 10, 2012 China data upsets markets, gold Worries about China and the possibility of a hard landing weighed on markets and commodities.
July 10, 2012 As our monetary system has become so corrupt, it is important to hold physical gold Our modern day monetary system has been pervaded by greedy, power seeking liar’s, thieves and cheats.
July 10, 2012 REE stocks are down but not out: Siddharth Rajeev Equity investing is squarely in a risk-off phase and few sectors have been hit harder than junior mining.
Alrosa flags smaller-than-expected decline in annual diamond output Alrosa is the world's largest producer of diamonds, accounting for around a third of global output. December 23, 2025 | 07:20 am
