May 24, 2014

Govind Friedland to IPO GoviEx Uranium

The company plans to use the net proceeds to pay for an environmental and social impact assessment as well as a pilot plant for its Madaouela uranium discovery in Niger.

May 24, 2014

Energy stocks no bear refuge

The lofty US stock markets have stalled out, looking more and more top-heavy with each passing day. This is spawning growing unease among prudent investors, who sense the long-overdue major…

May 23, 2014

Bargain hunters descend on uranium stocks

More bad news for the uranium market this week did not deter bargain hunters from returning to the sector in a big way on Friday chasing up shares across the…

May 23, 2014

EPA sued over process that could block Pebble Mine in Alaska

The suit says the agency may kill the project before mine plans are finalized or it’s evaluated through the permitting process.

May 22, 2014

Petronas CEO warns BC against ‘unrealistic expectations’ on LNG

The B.C. government’s annual three-day LNG Conference opened May 21 in the shadow of an announcement that Russia had signed a $400 billion, 30-year deal to supply natural gas to…

May 22, 2014

Gold miners consolidate in South America

On May 21, 2014 Rio Alto Mining (RIOM-NYSE) announced that it would buy Sulliden Gold (SUE-TSX.V) in a deal valued at $300-million, creating a Peru-focussed gold miner.

May 21, 2014

Pierre Lassonde: Mining cycles are good for royalty companies and investors

Director and former chairman of the World Gold Council discusses the significance of the shift in gold ownership from West to East, the problem of mining scale and the results…

May 21, 2014

Iron ore port strike worries lift prices from two-year low

Iron ore prices came back from the dead Wednesday on worries over a shutdown of Australia's largest export port.

May 20, 2014

CHART: Unnerving slide in iron ore price continues

This year iron ore is down 27% hitting a fresh low of $97.50 on Tuesday, echoing 2011 and 2012 when the price dropped by a third in a matter of…

May 20, 2014

LNG projects could generate $200 billion in investment in BC, EY estimates

By 2020, the British Columbia government hopes to see three major liquefied natural gas plants on the West coast of B.C. – something professional services firm EY estimates would generate…