March 19, 2014

JPMorgan gets $3.5bn after Mercuria buys its commodities unit

Deal places European trader among world’s top commodity titans.

March 19, 2014

Ottawa reshuffle: Canada gets new Minister of Natural Resources

Former minister becomes Finance Minister.

March 19, 2014

Juniors see Australia’s new tax incentive as a lifesaver

Currently 19% of Aussie geoscientists are unemployed, compared with fewer than 2% three years ago.

March 18, 2014

Jeb Handwerger: China isn’t slowing down, it’s buying up (resources, that is)

Headlines about a Chinese economic slowdown may get good web traffic, but the real story is that China is buying up uranium and other resources around the world.

March 18, 2014

Rick Rule: Coming natural resource market will ‘elate or terrify you’

Bear markets lead to bull markets; and this bear market will end at some point.

March 17, 2014

Great Panther back to work at its silver mine in Mexico

The silver producer recovered its main administration building and plant facility on Thursday.

March 16, 2014

BHP’s Mackenzie vows ‘substantial’ cash returns to shareholders by June

The only stumbling block is the firm's $27bn net debt, which BHP expects to drop below $25bn in three months, removing the final hurdle.

March 16, 2014

Rio Tinto to pay an extra $75 million in taxes on new rulings

The miner is warning the multitude of new legislation could send compliance costs soaring by tens of millions of dollars for global companies.

March 16, 2014

India’s Goa freezes third phase of iron ore e-auction

Due to slump on prices for the steel-making material.

March 14, 2014

Rio Tinto’s Sam Walsh scores $9m after pay increase in first year

The figure includes salary, a cash bonus, shares and other benefits for the man who was able to take Rio Tinto from a US$3 billion loss to a US$3.7 billion…