April 5, 2012

CEO buys at Paramount Gold

Between March 28 and 29, Paramount Gold and Silver (PZG-T2.44-0.05-2.01%) CEO Christopher Crupi bought 100,000 shares in the public market at an […]

April 5, 2012

Canadian oilsands output skids in March

Production at Canada’s biggest oilsands projects, run by Suncor Energy Inc and Syncrude Canada Ltd, tumbled in March after unscheduled outages of major processing equipment, prompting investors to push the…

April 5, 2012

Rare earth supplies in U.S. to meet defense needs, Pentagon says

Domestic rare earth supplies will meet the U.S. defense industry’s needs by 2013 for the materials that go into military motors and electronics, according to a Pentagon report sent to…

April 5, 2012

Healthy polar bear count confounds doomsayers

The debate about climate change and its impact on polar bears has intensified with the release of a survey that shows the […]

April 5, 2012

World’s oldest copper mine hits production milestone

Cyprus Mail reports the world's oldest producing copper mine has passed 50,000 tonnes of the red metal.

April 5, 2012

MEGA Graphite announces CEO’s resignation

MEGA Graphite Inc. (MEGA), announced today that Paul Ogilvie, Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of Mega Graphite Inc. has resigned his position as CEO and Director.

April 5, 2012

Jewellery stocks down since gold duty hike

Jewellery stocks have been on the backfoot ever since the Budget 2012-13 announced measures to discourage gold imports that have added significantly to the country's current account deficit.

April 5, 2012

Bottom fishing lifts gold on session

Gold futures bounced from their lowest level since mid-January Thursday; bottom fishing supported prices ahead of Friday's non farm payroll data.

April 5, 2012

Alcoa to curtail refining capacity

Alcoa (NYSE: AA) announced today that the Company will reduce its annual alumina production capacity by approximately 390,000 metric tons to align production with smelter curtailments Alcoa announced earlier this…

April 5, 2012

Pro gold and anti gold: columnists at Reuters and the Economist duke it out

Felix Salmon, uber-blogger and columnist at Reuters, takes on the Economist's Matthew Bishop, author of In Gold We Trust?, on gold's value versus currencies, bonds and stocks.