May 14, 2012 Benign neglect: Black Ops II, Obama and Molycorp Even by the not very high standards of current US political discourse, the polemic is a little thin on logic.
May 13, 2012 Gold takes it on the chin…what’s next? There was a strong reaction last week to the elevated debt crisis in Europe, with commodities and equities being indiscriminately sold. Gold fell 3 percent this week, losing its safe…
May 13, 2012 Chart of the week: where global industrial production is coming from Many have compared today’s economic recovery to the slow, stagnant growth Americans lived through in the 1970s.
May 13, 2012 Indonesian Ni Ore export tax levied 20pct The Indonesian government enforced an export tax system effective May 6th 2012 in which 20% export tax is levied on 14 mineral products of Indonesian origin including nickel ore. As…
May 13, 2012 China posts 10 pct rise in Q1 gold output (MENAFN) China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that during the first quarter, the country's production of gold rose 10 percent from a year earlier, reported Xinhua News.The ministry…
May 11, 2012 Do Eric Sprottt and China still believe in gold? It has been a difficult week for precious metals, as gold and silver both experienced their lowest closes of the year.
May 11, 2012 Molycorp stock is following rare earth prices over a cliff Molycorp was forced to sell rare-earth oxides from Mountain Pass for 20% cheaper than during the December quarter last year. The company's stock is now worth 60% less than this…
May 11, 2012 Why Canada’s deal with China could spark a uranium exploration boom The fast-growing nuclear industry has never been open to China and will create a boom in Canada’s Athabasca Basin for uranium explorers.
May 11, 2012 The gold in mining: Canada’s B.C. sector thriving, thanks in large part to China The head office is just one among 800-odd mining companies clustered in downtown Vancouver. But even in a group so large it serves as the backbone of the city’s business…
May 11, 2012 Uranium prices to hit rock bottom this year With the price of uranium down about 25% from levels reached before the Japanese earthquake and nuclear disaster in Japan last year, the least the industry wanted to hear was…
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
