February 1, 2012 China enhances position as world No. 1 gold producer – but where’s it all going? China's gold output rose again in 2011 confirming its position as global No. 1 producer, but is it surreptitiously taking all its domestic production into its reserves?
February 1, 2012 Copper emerges as star performer-Scotiabank Commodity Price Index Scotiabank economist, Patricia Mohr, suggests the gold bull run is intact with Scotiabank's Commodity Price Index price forecast revised up to an average of $1,750 for 2012.
February 1, 2012 Field geologists, meet your robotic replacements NASA is developing a robotic concept vehicle for bulk loading and remote exploration.
February 1, 2012 Petrobank selling May River property for $225 million Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. (TSX: PBG) announced on Wednesday that it reached an agreement with Grizzly Oil Sands Ulc. to sell May River property.
February 1, 2012 Platinum industry attacked from many angles: Aquarius Platinum CEO Aquarius Platinum CEO, Stuart Murray, announced frustration with the platinum industry due to strikes, regulatory hurdles and PGM oversupply.
February 1, 2012 Rare earth metals—not your father’s mining biz: Byron King The non-Chinese rare earth metals sector is not dying, insists Byron King, editor of Outstanding Investments and Energy & Scarcity Investor. However, a rare earth miner's path to success significantly…
January 31, 2012 Black day for Verde as investors see red over Brazil potash project preliminary economic assessment Verde Potash shares fell $1.66 or 19.4% to $6.90 on Tuesday, recovering from even steeper losses earlier in the day, after the company released a preliminary economic assessment report for…
January 31, 2012 Pitchstone’s Uranium exploration plans for 2012 - Namibia Licence Renewals Completed- Analyses Received for Namibia Drilling- Dome Airborne Geophysical Survey Contract Signed- Athabasca Exploration Underway
January 31, 2012 Scotgold expects licence for Loch Lomond gold-silver mine in May Scotgold Resources announced Tuesday it expects to receive a mining lease from the Crown for the Cononish gold and silver project, the only one of its kind in the UK,…
January 31, 2012 A how-to video on hydraulic fracturing EnergyfromShale released a good, basic video showing how hydraulic fracturing is carried out.
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