Big tech companies pledge to keep kids out of cobalt mines
Two separate business groups focused on electronics supply chains have launched initiatives to try to stop children from mining cobalt in the DRC.
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Tiny Australian junior gets permit for Greenland’s first large new mine
Ironbark Zinc Limited (ASX:IBG) is developing one of the world's largest lead-zinc deposits.
Trump win ignites hope for stalled Alaska copper, gold mine
Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. expects the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to announce in the first quarter of 2017 that it will let the application process proceed for the controversial project.
Iron ore price hits three-week low
But forward curve currently pricing 2017 at around $70 per tonne – around 25% higher than 2016’s year to date average.
Global executives renewed optimism about Chinese economy
A new survey shows those heading some of the world's largest corporations are increasingly sanguine about China hitting growth targets.
Bush Trumps Reagan
The optimism that has followed the election of Donald Trump has pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average to the threshold of 20,000, a level that will be both a nominal record and a symbolic milestone.
Stockpools & Kitco put the fun back in investing
The boom and bust mining cycle can be a daunting obstacle for investors new to the world of mining and mineral exploration, but what if a potential investor could play the markets without risking their money?
CHART: China’s economy growing fastest since 2013
Turnaround in GDP expansion in world's top commodity consumer over the past few months "almost as sharp as in 2009" says new study.
U.S. shale is now cash flow neutral
The IEA says that in the third quarter of 2016, the U.S. shale industry became cash flow neutral for the first time ever. That isn’t a typo.