December 2, 2013

China to search for rare earths in the Moon

The “Jade Rabbit,” China's first lunar rover, is equipped with a round-penetrating radar to measure the Moon's soil and crust.

December 2, 2013

Don’t disrupt our famous breeding: Aussie zoo to miner

Alkane Resources' zirconium and rare earths project, if approved, would be built near Dubbo.

December 1, 2013

INFOGRAPHIC: Venture crisis

For a free market to be successful, capital must be able to flow to new ideas and endeavours.

November 28, 2013

High profits or low profits, tensions with governments rise

Over the past decade, the number of disputes that have resulted in international arbitration has increased tenfold for the oil and gas sector and fourfold for the mining industry. And…

November 27, 2013

On the trail of juniors with blue-sky potential: Eric Coffin

In this interview with The Gold Report, the publisher of Hard Rock Analyst explains that new discoveries with high margins are the essence of the junior, and he considers eight…

November 27, 2013

Global exploration budgets down 29% in 2013

Canada accounted for just over 13% of the total, the smallest share in 14 years. The DRC made it to the top 10 mining destinations for the first time.

November 27, 2013

Australia’s mining boom is over

The country is seeing a transition from the investment phase to the production phase and this transition is 'only just the beginning.'

November 26, 2013

Understanding the rise of China

If the sweeping economic reforms planned by Chinese leaders during the Third Plenum can be our guide, it looks to be a promising decade for global investors.

November 26, 2013

CHARTS: Investor confidence returning to the mining industry

But based on the large numbers of juniors to begin 2014 with no funding, experts say the level of drilling activity could be the lowest in years.

November 20, 2013

Cyber attacks are miners latest major threat

They can even affect the prices of certain commodities, study warns.