March 16, 2011

Uranium punters wade back in

The Australian's Tim Boreham weighs in on the uranium stock crash: How many more images of steam billowing from nuclear reactors and reports of on-again, off-again fires can investors endure…

March 16, 2011

PGM demand falls on Japan crisis

With some of the world’s top auto makers forced to stop vehicle production because of the nuclear crisis in the country, demand […]

March 16, 2011

No plans for force majeure – Sumitomo

Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd Japan's third-biggest steelmaker, said it had no plan to declare force majeure on input deliveries. The company has suspended operations of the two giant blast furnaces…

March 16, 2011

What’s going to happen to uranium stocks?

The balloon in uranium stocks has suddenly been popped by the imminent threat of a nuclear reactor meltdown in Japan. Jonathan Ratner from The Financial Post looks at what could…

March 15, 2011

Nuclear renaissance will survive despite Japanese crisis – Cameco

As Japan teeters on the brink of a disaster at its Fukushima DaiIchi nuclear power plant, Cameco chief Jerry Grandey suggests the […]

March 15, 2011

$245 billion injected into Japan’s markets

Japan has injected $245 billion into their markets to keep liquidity high.

March 15, 2011

Uranium stocks take a thrashing

While the jury remains out on exactly what went wrong at certain tsunami-and earthquake-impacted nuclear power reactors in Japan, investors took decisive action on Monday, selling down listed uranium stocks…

March 14, 2011

Quake aftermath: Gold futures rise; palladium, platinum fall

Gold futures rose for the second straight session as Japan’s strongest earthquake on record boosted demand for a haven asset, reports Bloomberg. Palladium fell for an eighth straight session, the…

March 14, 2011

Quake halts production at Japanese steelmakers

Reuters is reporting that FE Steel, the world's No 5 steelmaker, on Monday halted production at a plant near Tokyo and global fourth-ranked Nippon Steel suspended operations at two small…

March 14, 2011

Fukushima crisis creates big fallout in Australian uranium stocks

Australian uranium counters took a substantial hit on Monday in the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in […]