February 9, 2015

Mining tycoon executed in China

Total of five executed.

February 7, 2015

It’s time for the government to investigate Adani’s Australian coal scheme

These reports today should be a loud warning for any investors and financier.

February 6, 2015

Investigation of Adani’s giant Australia coal project urged

“Its use of offshore, low-tax jurisdictions in relation to its Australian operations, and the apparent uncertainty about ownership of the Abbot Point Port lease, raise questions about the ability of…

February 6, 2015

How junior mining companies hit the reset button

If a junior mining company is in a dire enough situation, they may hit the “reset” button and rollback their stock.

February 5, 2015

Mongolia text poll impact: Dust off your exploration plans

Mongolia may give up government shareholding in mining projects altogether.

February 5, 2015

Obama pulls plug on $1.65 billion carbon-capture project

The DOE says there was some benefit from the $116 million already spent.

February 4, 2015

Mongolian verdict sends chill through mining community

Banned from travel since 2012, three SouthGobi workers, a coal firm owned Vancouver's Turquoise Hill, are now going to jail for 5-6 years for tax evasion.

February 3, 2015

Lots of new fees for hardrock miners in BLM budget

"It will definitely put a lot of marginal producers out of business."

February 3, 2015

Roubini gives a talking to gold bugs, other ‘pseuds and hacks’

Dr Doom explains why the predictions of "Austrian economists, radical monetarists, gold bugs, and Bitcoin fanatics" have been so "spectacularly wrong".

February 2, 2015

Weak 2014 numbers worsen an already bad outlook for coal companies

Some coal-industry executives insist—despite all the evidence that suggests otherwise—on an inevitable turnaround in the years ahead.