January 22, 2014

Key metrics before you invest: ‘Skin in the game’ and ‘smart money’

When searching for opportunities in the junior sector, we like the focus to be on quantitative and empirical data.

January 15, 2014

Afghanistan’s rare earth element bonanza

It's also the “Saudi Arabia of lithium."

January 12, 2014

China’s rare earth industry is still dominated by illegal operations

Despite a two year campaign aimed at cleaning the sector and removing all unlawful operations, China has admitted that its rare earth industry still suffers greatly from pollution, smuggling, and illegal…

January 10, 2014

Ex Chevron mining, Molycorp CEO bets Niocorp next niobium gem

The man at the helm of Molycorp for 15-plus years, who helped to ignite a mania in the rare earths industry just five years ago, has bet big on a…

January 8, 2014

Resource rich countries make up over 50% of the “extreme risk” jurisdictions to invest

Study also says that Myanmar is the country where the business environment improved the most last year.

January 8, 2014

How contrarians play bear markets in resources: Rick Rule

Your willingness to buy a stock should not be diminished by the fact that it has fallen in price. In everyday purchases, we want to buy things that are selling…

January 8, 2014

Canada wants 20% of global rare earth market by 2018

Private and public partnerships envisaged to break China's grip on the market.

January 6, 2014

China consolidates REE industry

China's largest rare earths producer has bought nine regional mining companies.

January 1, 2014

Supply worries cloud 2014 mining outlook

But bubbly stock markets could see investors return to the sector as 2013's plunge in commodity prices make metals and minerals look cheap.

December 31, 2013

‘Midas touch’ bacteria, gold roller coaster and risky countries among top stories of 2013

While 2013 will go down as the one when gold stop glittering and miners were forced to tighten their belts, our readers favoured a wide range of stories.