April 3, 2013

Over $60,000 worth of copper wire stolen in Utah leaves highway in the dark

Largest copper heist in Utah memory affected a stretch of Salt Lake City highway.

April 2, 2013

Why Rick Rule bought $280m of platinum and palladium

When Rick Rule pairs lower grades, labor strife and inefficient mines with the relentless demand for platinum and palladium, his result is an investment thesis that could pay off for…

April 2, 2013

Alberta company prevents environmental fracking disasters

An Alberta company has pioneered a new process that has major implications to making hydraulic fracking, safer, less environmentally intrusive, and more efficient.

April 2, 2013

ABB to supply gearless conveyor drive system for world’s largest underground copper mine in Chile

ABB’s new gearless conveyor drive system to provide process efficiency and equipment reliability for Codelco’s El Teniente copper mine at 2,300 meters above sea level

April 2, 2013

SRK opens Hong Kong office

The new office strategically positions SRK to take advantage of rapidly growing demand for resource consulting services in the region.

April 2, 2013

The end of the gold era: SocGen report

More bearish gold calls.

April 2, 2013

Australia grants environmental permit to first uranium mine in the country’s west

It will be the country’s sixth uranium producer, but the first in Western Australia.

April 2, 2013

Fresh delays hit Glencore-Xstrata $76 billion mega merger

New deadline for completion is May 2.

April 1, 2013

Four miners that could make money at the margins—and one that probably won’t

Christos Doulis travels the world for Stonecap Securities looking for mining companies that can contain costs; companies that can't contain costs because of rising labor and energy bills are not…

April 1, 2013

Jim Rogers’ North Korea bet

Jim Rogers makes a case for buying North Korean coins.