April 21, 2016

Miners spending again: $50 billion capex in five months

Confidence returns to mining sector as announced capital outlays surge to $108 billion – greenfield project spending up three-fold in first quarter.

April 19, 2016

Rare earth price bulls are back

Shares in world's top miner of high-tech raw materials surge on speculation Beijing is stepping in to support rare earth prices.

April 15, 2016

Slow growth, production cuts, divestment expected for Europe mining sector

Analysts outline five key themes resources companies in Europe will have to deal with in the next few months.

April 15, 2016

Afghan mineral wealth being looted by strongmen, experts say

Afghanistan has reserves of coal, copper, iron ore, zinc, mercury, rare earths, gems such as rubies and emeralds, gold and silver worth about $3 trillion.

April 13, 2016

Gren Thomas: Mining legend talks rare earths, diamonds, and gold

Gren shares the story of his part of the discovery of diamonds in Canada which has led to a billion dollar business.

April 8, 2016

Tesla’s plans fire up lithium shares

It’s Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk’s stated ambition to produce 500,000 electric cars by the end of this decade.

April 7, 2016

Canada unveils final anti-corruption law for the extractive sector

Estimated to cover the nearly 2,000 natural resource companies whose businesses are registered in Canada or trade on Toronto’s stock exchange.

April 6, 2016

Canadians to develop space mining tool

Deltion Innovations aims to design a drill that would prospect for water, ice and resources on the moon and beyond.

April 4, 2016

INFOGRAPHIC: Receding Arctic ice unlocking fathomless mineral resources

If you don’t mind frost and cost.

April 1, 2016

Mining’s Q1: The best it’s gonna get?

Iron ore rally looks robust, but uranium approaches ten year lows.