July 7, 2015

These are the top business risks mining and metals firms face

Getting — and keeping — a social license to operate, as well as resource nationalism, remain among the top five business risks for the industry.

July 7, 2015

Stansberry’s Matt Badiali shares his guide to avoiding pitfalls in the climb to resource investing heights

Successful resource investors have to make their way past a lot of money pits before they find a stock that will make it to the top.

July 6, 2015

Primary and recycled rhenium supplies stable, ‘engine revert’ increasing rapidly

Roskill publishes new market outlook for rhenium; forecasts that rising demand for rhenium in aero engines will likely be satisfied by increasing supply of secondary rhenium contained in ‘engine revert’…

July 2, 2015

Two lithium juniors combine in $80 million deal

Achieve more at scale.

July 1, 2015

US Gov’t offers $20 million to projects aimed at recovering rare earths from coal

The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has been investigating the economic feasibility of recovering the coveted elements from coal.

June 26, 2015

US bankruptcy judge refuses Molycorp request for loan

Molycorp Inc failed to get approval from a U.S. Bankruptcy judge on Friday to borrow about $44 million at the rare earth producer's first bankruptcy hearing.

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

Molycorp, Inc. signs restructuring support agreement with key creditors

The agreement provides for a financial restructuring of the Company's $1.7 billion in debt and provides up to $225 million in gross proceeds in new financing to support operations while…

June 25, 2015

Battery grade graphite set for record year

China’s output of spherical graphite has continued to go from strength to strength in Q2 2015 on the back of strong lithium ion battery demand from Asia.

June 23, 2015

Paul Renken’s gold, graphite and REE names poised for gains

In this interview with The Gold Report, Renken suggests some of his favorite graphite and rare earth names, as well as a handful of gold equity picks.