June 11, 2015

Mine financing: 2015 off to dismal start

A third of money raised is destined for Canadian projects while Australia's share of global total drops to only 5%.

June 11, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: Geopolitical risks are climbing – interstate conflict is top risk in 2015

Over the last decade economic events or environmental issues came out as top risks to the world according to the annual WEF survey. Not this year.

June 10, 2015

EPA releases EJSCREEN, an environmental justice screening and mapping tool

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released EJSCREEN, an environmental justice screening and mapping tool that uses high resolution maps combined with demographic and environmental data to identify places…

June 9, 2015

Uranium got you down? Better days are ahead: Cantor Fitzgerald Canada’s Rob Chang

Chang foresees volatility as the 2020 uranium deficit draws closer and demand for the limited stockpile drives the price up.

June 6, 2015

Momentum: The marker that matters

The 12 Top Pick companies at the Metals Investor Forum all share an essential trait: momentum. Despite all that the markets have thrown at them, they continue to pragmatically advance…

June 5, 2015

Most US mining and natural resources jobs lost in six years

Mining and logging was the big exception in Friday's payroll numbers with 18,000 jobs lost in May, the worst month since the global financial crisis.

June 4, 2015

The world’s top 40 miners saw returns hitting decade-low in 2014 — report

They shed $156 billion in market value last year, or about 16% of their combined worth, according to PwC.

June 2, 2015

IMAGE GALLERY: Potash ponds in the Utah desert

To the non-expert eye they may seem a set of mirages, but these turquoise-purple-pink visions are what ground-level potash ponds look like near Arches National Park.

June 1, 2015

Fission Expands R600W Zone; Step Out Hits 14.84% U3O8 Over 3.5M

High-grade mineralization at R600W continues to show strong similarities to Triple R deposit

May 28, 2015

Life hasn’t come back to Canada’s mining sector just yet — report

Mining equities didn’t fare very well in Ernst & Young's most recent Canadian Mining Eye report.