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.

June 13, 2012

BHP’s already eye-watering Olympic Dam expansion bulked up again

World number one miner BHP Billiton on Wednesday bought additional exploration plots near its Olympic Dam mine and $30 billion expansion project.

June 13, 2012

Oil sands ETF debuts

Sustainable Wealth Management has become the latest company to partner with Exchange Traded Concepts to debut an ETF, announcing this week the launch of the North American Oil Sands ETF…

June 13, 2012

Mining companies should chase more M&As – JPMorgan

Asset manager at JPMorgan, Neil Gregson, says mining companies should pursue more takeovers as escalating costs prompt them to slow spending on expansions.