June 24, 2012 BHP Billiton provides $1b silver lining The flagging fortunes of Australia's manufacturing industry have meant the Illawarra region has had a pretty rough trot over the past couple of years. Front and centre was the decision…
June 24, 2012 Coal export terminals would bring jobs, execs say There's no doubt global energy companies and railroads see profits if Washington and Oregon welcome coal exports. But coal backers say they'll bring large-scale benefits, including thousands of construction and…
June 24, 2012 Smaller coal miners operate below cost As many as 10 percent of Indonesian coal producers are operating mines below cost after prices for the commodity slumped amid weaker Asian demand, according to Australia & New Zealand…
June 24, 2012 Coal losing U.S. power struggle America is shoveling coal to the sidelines. The fuel that powered the United States from the industrial revolution into the iPhone era is being pushed aside as utilities switch to…
June 24, 2012 Larry Webster: Circling the wagons for coal It was a beautiful California-ish June day at the mouth of Poor Farm Holler. For those of you don't know where Poor Farm Holler is, it is the next one…
June 22, 2012 Why stocks outperformed all other gold investments Companies with gold in the ground now will be the ones to prosper. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Ian Gordon discusses where he thinks the Dow will bottom and…
June 22, 2012 Six percent can draw gold from the moon Following many years of net annual sales in the 400 to 500 tonne range, central banks, underweighted in gold and overweight in dollars and euro’s, became net buyers of gold.
June 22, 2012 Fortescue takes the Federal Government to court Fortescue Metals has lodged a challenge in the High Court of Australia against the Federal Government's Minerals Resource Rent Tax on constitutional grounds.
June 22, 2012 Colombia goes ‘all in’ setting aside 17.6 million hectares for mining The lands will be open for mining licenses, but a majority of them are in protected zones, so officials would have to carefully pick specific regions to auction.
June 22, 2012 Drug tests coming to the oil sands this fall Despite misgivings by unions, random drug and alcohol testing for oil sands workers will get underway later this year. The Drug and Alcohol […]
ERG signs long-term gallium supply deal with Mitsubishi Kazakhstan, which currently produces no gallium, is set to become the world's second-largest producer. December 20, 2025 | 08:34 am
