June 29, 2015

Rocket explosion a fresh blow to asteroid mining ambitions

Sunday's fiasco was the third major failure for America's commercial space industry in less than a year.

June 25, 2015

Dismal state of TSX-V in two crushing graphs

Bear market is more than 1,000 days old and nearly 1,200 companies have dropped off the Toronto venture market.

June 25, 2015

Royal Nickel shares jump after Dumont permit

Final regulatory hurdle before construction can start at $2.8 billion nickel project in Quebec, Canada.

June 19, 2015

Western Areas buys Glencore’s Cosmos Nickel Complex for A$24.5 million

Growth strategy.

June 19, 2015

The bugs that boost leaching

Bacteria, those microscopic organisms, are among the unlikely heroes for researchers and mining companies working to establish economic methods to access difficult to extract or low value ores.

June 16, 2015

Chris and Michael Berry: What the boomers got wrong—and right—about natural resource investing

The Gold Report, quizzed Chris and Dr. Michael Berry, authors of the Disruptive Discoveries Journal, on how investing has changed over the years in the gold, silver, niche metals and…

June 15, 2015

Rick Rule: When interviewing companies investors should start by asking—”What’s your liquidation value?”

Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott US Holdings, recounts how a small mining event led to a career-changing investment.

June 9, 2015

South32 mulls writing down stake in South African manganese venture

It may reduce the value of its 60% stake in the Samancor Manganese joint venture, as it keeps furnaces shut due to low prices for the commodity.

June 8, 2015

Low metals prices force Canadian First Nickel to idle Ontario mine

The company said the mine will either be put on "care and maintenance" for a possible restart or closed.

June 3, 2015

Safe and efficient asteroid mining

One of the most frequent questions I get is regarding how and where asteroid mining will happen. As in golf, asteroid miners “will play it as it lays.”