May 28, 2012 The euro and the gold price – potential fallout consequences For many years now gold and silver -by its pattern of following gold wherever it goes- have been treated by traders, investors and central banks as a 'counter to the…
May 28, 2012 Chinese coal, iron ore defaults prompt mystery Over the last two weeks, Chinese consumers of thermal coal and iron ore have been defaulting on their contracts, sending prices sharply down.
May 28, 2012 As the financial collapse approaches, should you go all-in on gold and silver? Should you put all of your assets - your hard currency, your 401K, your stock portfolio - into gold and silver now, before it's "too late?"
May 28, 2012 Gold eases higher in slow holiday trade Gold futures eased higher in slow U.S afternoon trade Monday, but were off the highest levels of the session amid ongoing concerns over political turmoil in Greece and growing fears…
May 28, 2012 Brazil’s Vale to sell all of its Colombian coal assets for over $400 million Mining giant Vale said on Monday it will sell its coal assets in Colombia to CPC, a unit of Colombian Natural Resources, for $407 million.
May 28, 2012 Market Chatter: Oil India Eyes Stake in ConocoPhillips’ Canada Oil Sands State-run explorer Oil India is looking at buying stake in ConocoPhillips' (COP.N) oil sand assets in Canada, as well as the Gabon assets of France's Maurel et Prom, Finance Director…
May 28, 2012 Pro-coal group allegedly paid fake activists to wear its shirts at EPA hearings The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held 12 hours of stacked hearings in Chicago on Thursday, allowing the public to express their opinions (mostly adulation according to The Huffington Post)…
May 28, 2012 Australian mining community outraged by government’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers Australia’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers at the Roy Hill project in the Pilbara on Friday has sparked heated critics by local unions and the…
May 27, 2012 Big miners playing game of chicken as marginal producers sink below break-even Smaller miners are waiting for production cutbacks by the market leaders to prop up prices the way Saudi-Arabia comes to the rescue of oil producing nations whenever the crude price…
May 27, 2012 Glenstrata takes shape this week The prospectus giving details of the creation of a $90 billion mining and commodities trading behemoth will find its way to the inboxes of shareholders this week.
CHARTS: New study shows global mining is now a brownfield industry The rise of brownfield mining and the fall in grassroots exploration is reshaping global mineral supply with the early 2020s marked as turning point. January 22, 2026 | 01:08 pm
