August 26, 2011 Gold production in China set to climb over 10 pct While China's demand for gold is expected to surge to around 25% of global production, the world's largest producer is also ensuring a huge domestic stockpile of the precious metal.
August 26, 2011 Chen Lin: Betting on gold and silver stocks Chen Lin stumbled into investing. While working on a doctorate at Princeton, he turned $5,411 in his wife's retirement account into $1.5 million. In his newsletter, What is Chen Buying?…
August 26, 2011 The mining sector’s two biggest risks: country risk and resource nationalism Today many governments are looking at ways to get more money from miners as companies report record profits. The higher the returns and the higher the profits, the greedier governments…
August 26, 2011 Official oil sands pipeline approval a step closer Confirming details leaked to the Washington Post on Wednesday the US State Department said on Friday a proposed $7 billion extension of the Keystone pipeline to US Gulf Coast refineries…
August 26, 2011 Production issues should underpin copper: Commerzbank Supply issues should provide some support for copper, particularly as Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold workers in Indonesia plan a strike at the huge Grasberg mine, says Commerzbank.
August 26, 2011 Head of Portland gold firm indicted for fraud The head of a Portland gold and silver investment company was indicted on 13 counts of mail fraud, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Friday.
August 26, 2011 New Zealand open-cast coal mine wins approval A proposed open-cast coal mine on West Coast conservation land has gained resource consents because of its economic benefits. West Coast Regional Council released the decision yesterday to grant consents…
August 26, 2011 Cameco kicks off uranium consolidation with $527 million cash buyout of Hathor In a sign that consolidation in the uranium sector is gathering pace, world number one uranium producer Cameco announced on Friday it is extending a $527 million cash offer to…
August 26, 2011 Oilsands Quest forced to extend begging bowl to battered investors once again Oilsands Quest stock was trading below the rights offer price of 20c at the open on Friday after announcing it was extending a rights offer to advance its Axe Lake…
August 26, 2011 Major power users book into nuclear Generators and major users of power in Belgium have come together in a consortium called Blue Sky to contract supplies of nuclear power.
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am
