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Casey gathers top gold experts to share secrets for making money in any market

When the bears are attacking and "stuckholders" are looking for shelter, that is the time to call on the experts who have found a way to make money in up and down years.

The Gold Report | March 24, 2015 | 8:50 am

Here is what it looks like when mining trucks drive across frozen lakes

In the farthest reaches of northwestern Canada, there are few people and fewer roads. When winter comes, fuel, explosives, and heavy equipment move north in an unusual way: via trucks driving on frozen lakes.

NASA Earth Observatory | March 24, 2015 | 8:31 am

Freeport axes dividend by 84% amid weak commodity prices

The copper and gold miner will pay a dividend of 5 cents.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 24, 2015 | 7:30 am

Putting Uganda on the global mining map

Following a $75m national mineral survey, Uganda has proposed a wide range of tax breaks ahead of a planned mining and exploration licensing round.

Diana Taremwa Karakire | March 24, 2015 | 6:19 am

Mining for copper just got a lot cheaper

A new study shows the costs of mining for the red metal have steadily declined over the past three years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 24, 2015 | 5:00 am

Oil sands faces its biggest test in extended downturn

The collapse in the market for Canada’s heavy crude below $30 a barrel last week is hammering home a harsh reality for the nation’s oil-sands producers: There’s no one to save them this time.

Bloomberg News | March 24, 2015 | 2:00 am

Atlas Copco exhibited new Tier 4 Final XAS 185 portable compressor at The Rental Show

The new Atlas Copco XAS 185 portable compressor gives contractors a reliable source of compressed air for a variety of jobs, including operating pneumatic tools and sandblasting.

Atlas Copco | March 23, 2015 | 4:41 pm

Chile’s court says Barrick’s Pascua-Lama has not damaged glaciers

The country's Environmental Court handed Monday a major victory to Barrick’s besieged Pascua-Lama gold, copper and silver project, straddling the border with Argentina.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 23, 2015 | 11:00 am