A resource-dependent economy has its price, and in Canada's case, it means a poor report card for protecting the environment.

In recent weeks readers and followers of various gold centric websites have been bombarded with bearish commentaries from pundits and analysts forecasting a correction.

"It is not clear at this time that the current prices are either sustainable or sufficient".

It was just over a year ago that Tony Simon, President of Seguro Consulting, brought to our attention the initial problem of the zombie miners (definition referred to mining exploration companies that had negative working capital and therefore did not meet the Continuous Listing Requirements (CLR) for the TSX and TSX-V stock exchanges).

Mick Davis's private equity firm not on shortlist featuring Vale, Mosaic and Eurochem for $1.5 billion phosphate and niobium operations in South America.

Speculators and investors alike are returning as awareness spreads of how radically undervalued silver is compared to prevailing gold prices.

The Finland-base supplier posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit and new orders, as miners are not spending much on grinding mills and crushers.

The famous De Beers office at Charterhouse St., adjacent to the Hatton Garden diamond district, is one of the assets Anglo is considering to sell to cut its debt burden.

The new method would allow for specialized plants, which are critical for biodiversity, to be re-established faster around old iron ore mines.