10 Most Interesting Silver Stocks – Part 2

2011/05/29

3. Alexco Resource Corp. (TSX:AXR) Alexco Resource is Canada’s newest silver producer.  The company is focused on the Yukon Territory of Nor... Read more »

10 Most Interesting Silver Stocks – Part 3

What’s at the root of silver’s volatile ride in 2011? We can’t blame it on the Hunt brothers so let’s blame it on China. On Ap... Read more »

10 Most Interesting Silver Stocks – Part 4

8. Pan American Silver Corp. (TSX:PAA) Pan American Silver is the world’s second-largest primary silver producer and has its sights set on Fres... Read more »

Bad news is good news for potash stocks

2011/05/26

The World Meteorological Organization predicts global food output may be impacted as climate change brings more extreme weather over the next decade.... Read more »

Investors enraptured with gold

2011/05/24

After reaching a recent high of $1,577 on April 30th, the price of an ounce of gold reversed course and dropped dramatically, hitting a low of $1,462 ... Read more »

The ghosts of Bre-X: mining in Indonesia today

2011/05/19

On March 19th, 1997 Michael de Guzman, the exploration manager for would-be miner Bre-X, jumped from an Alouette helicopter flying eight-hundred feet ... Read more »

Sprott still bullish on Silver

2011/05/17

Eric Sprott, founder of Toronto-based investment firm Sprott Asset Management, is generally considered to be of Canada’s best investment manager... Read more »

Gold + Silver + Copper + Zinc = Eritrea

2011/05/15

Eritrea, a funnel shaped country that borders The Red Sea, was, because of its unstable political history, a bit of a mystery to the international min... Read more »

Dogs of the downturn: worst performing TSX 60 miners in May

2011/05/13

Blink and you may have missed it. If the recent downturn in commodities is coming to an end, as some suggest, it was a brief correction. While the rec... Read more »

Is the bubble about to pop for Canadian rare earth stocks?

2011/05/12

Is rare earth metals mania another bubble that is about to pop, or a genuine shift in the supply demand curve? That question is the crux of a heated d... Read more »

Northwest Transmission Line unplugged?

2011/05/10

On May 8th, 2011, just two days after the federal government gave the environmental thumbs-up on the Northwest Transmission Line (NTL), two B.C. Firs... Read more »

Junior abandons “anti-mining” Panama

2011/05/05

On February 11th, Erin Ventures (TSXV:EV), a Victoria based junior miner, reported a mysterious website had surfaced belonging to a company called ... Read more »

Base Metals 101

2011/05/01

Welcome to the May edition of the Highgrade Review. This month’s issue is completely dedicated to base metals: copper, iron, nickel, lead, and zinc.... Read more »

10 Base Metal Stocks to Watch in 2011 – Part 1

Base metal mining companies have, for many years, operated in the shadows of precious metal miners. But with increasing demand from China and develop... Read more »

10 Base Metal Stocks to Watch in 2011 – Part 2

3. Mirabela Nickel Ltd. (TSX:MNB) By the end of 2008 Nickel prices had fallen by 80% from their May 2007 high of just over (US) $52,000 per tonne. In ... Read more »

10 Base Metal Stocks to Watch in 2011 – Part 3

Iron is the most commonly used of all metals and accounts for the majority (est. 95%) of the world’s total annual metal production. China conti... Read more »

10 Base Metal Stocks to Watch in 2011 – Part 4

8. Invernia Inc. (TSX:IVW) April showers do not always bring May flowers. On April 5th, 2011 Ivernia’s shares were halted and the company announced ... Read more »

Copper M&A Mania – who’s next?

2011/04/28

Copper record highs means the base metal is making headlines most every day; merger and acquisition mania is now in full flight. MiningFeeds.com take... Read more »

Thermal coal gaining steam

2011/04/24

Thermal coal is gaining steam. When thermal, which is the cheapest and most common type of coal, is burned its steam powers turbines that generate ... Read more »

Quadra FNX celebrates a Sudbury Tuesday Night

2011/04/20

In the mining circles of Sudbury, Ontario it takes a lot to raise an eyebrow. The resource business has been ingrained in the town for a long time. Lo... Read more »