January 27, 2014

Implats and Transition Metals strike platinum in Ontario

Discovery-focused Transition Metals says it has intersected 'significant' platinum group metals mineralization at its Sunday Lake, a joint venture with the world's second biggest platinum producer, Impala Platinum.

January 26, 2014

The safety of gold

A bad week for markets as Thursday and Friday saw heavy heavy selling and we have now broken a very bearish pattern.

January 23, 2014

Gold strike in South Africa on hold pending court ruling

Platinum belt already paralyzed.

January 22, 2014

Impala Platinum shuts down mine ahead of strike; gov’t tries to mediate

Platinum miners to strike Thursday; combined, the affected companies produce more than half the world's platinum.

January 21, 2014

Mining strikes coming to S. Africa may cause permanent damage to industry

Labour action would halt production at the world's top three platinum producers.

January 20, 2014

VIDEO: Rosetta comet-chasing spacecraft wakes up

First spacecraft to land in a comet wakes up from 10 years of hibernation.

January 17, 2014

NASA wants your name in its first asteroid mission, leaving in 2016

Selected names will be etched on a microchip aboard the spacecraft headed to the asteroid Bennu in only two years.

January 15, 2014

Colossus tries to stay afloat with creditor protection

The company will pursue a sale process and restructuring through a debt-for-equity swap.

January 13, 2014

Is space mining commercially viable?

A researcher from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics says there are likely 'few' ore-bearing asteroids.

January 7, 2014

This cheap sector set to outperform in 2014

The investment strategy in these industrial metals is to determine whether or not demand is fundamentally increasing or decreasing. It’s quite clear that industrial use will continue to rise.