June 14, 2012

Indian firm in talks to buy Colombian coal mine stake for $1 billion

The Aditya Birla group is looking to buy the rights to between 20% and 40% of the coal produced by Drummond's Colombian coal mines to feed its $5 billion aluminium…

June 14, 2012

Anglo American: Met coal pricing affected by supply issues, not demand

US miners are filling the supply gap left by Australian miners.

June 14, 2012

In Rio, we need to be ambitious, and realistic, about energy access

The key issue at the negotiations from the WCA’s perspective is access to energy. It is one of the issues that really demonstrates what some see as being achievable in…

June 14, 2012

Uranium focus as reactors restart

June 14, 2012

Argentina mine exports grind to a halt on foreign exchange rules

Argentina's mining exports have virtually ground to a halt and companies are stockpiling gold, copper and other minerals due to foreign exchange rules that are impossible to comply with, a…

June 14, 2012

Judge issues ruling in case challenging issuance of radioactive materials license for Pinon Ridge Mill

Energy Fuels announced today that Denver District Court Judge John N. McMullen ruled in favor of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Energy Fuels, Inc. on the…

June 13, 2012

Euro debt crisis is good for gold and silver: Sprott Money Manager

Charles Oliver, a senior portfolio manager for Sprott Asset Management, is keeping the faith that gold and silver stocks will eventually benefit this year as Europe and the U.S. continue…

June 13, 2012

It’s time to ‘buy low’ on rare earth stocks: Byron King

Resource developers, especially in the rare earths space, are suffering from the market's obsession with immediate results, says Byron King. Nonetheless, he argues, large-scale demand for high-tech metals remains. The…

June 13, 2012

Coal’s good year and uranium’s worst year

Last year coal was the the only fossil fuel to record above average worldwide growth at 5.4%, while nuclear power consumption was off 4.3%, the largest decline on record, said…

June 13, 2012

The Duvernay shale is a colossal oil and gas play

In many ways the oil industry is a fashion industry, and in 2011 the exciting new model on the investment bankers’ catwalk was the Duvernay shale.