October 1, 2015

Commodities terrible, terrible quarter in just one chart

Unless you were hiding out in rough rice or lean hogs, commodities were not your friend in the third quarter of 2015.

October 1, 2015

China’s astonishing rise in one simple chart

When compared to the US, the world's largest economy for 150 years, China's ascent is even more startling because it took place over such a short time-span.

October 1, 2015

Silver standard plans up to US$12.6m to advance to feasibility Golden Arrow’s Chinchillas project for a business combination with Pirquitas Mine

"Combining these two neighboring assets offers compelling benefits and allows us to accelerate the development of Chinchillas while benefiting from the existing infrastructure and cash flow being generated at the…

September 30, 2015

Mining protests turn deadly in Peru

State of emergency declared at Las Bambas.

September 29, 2015

The fortunate problem of being a junior with too many targets

ATAC Resources is developing Canada’s only Carlin-type gold district in the Yukon.

September 29, 2015

Navigating the post PPL No. P15-IV-01 workplace examination

The current metal/non-metal examination regulation falls far short of this important benchmark (clarity in terms of its requirements).

September 29, 2015

Number crunching: The impact of China’s currency devaluation

Today's infographic looks at the impact this had on global currencies using three different timeframes: 1 day, 1 week, and 1 month.

September 29, 2015

Australia’s minerals sector facing skills crisis

The mining industry is now losing highly skilled professionals as they pursue alternative work.

September 28, 2015

World’s first deep sea mining proposal ignores consequences of its impacts on oceans

As the deep sea mining industry chases investors at the Asia Pacific Deep Sea Mining Summit, a new critique by the Deep Sea Mining Campaign reveals indefensible flaws in the…

September 28, 2015

Swiss gold rigging probe won’t have price impact

The Swiss competition commission is investigating seven large banks for manipulating precious metals prices.