Energy Critical Elements

2012/03/09

A Report by the APS Panel on Public Affairs and the Materials Research Society coined the term “energy-critical element” (ECE) to describe a class... Read more »

PDAC 2012 – Mining Milestones in March

2012/03/05

After meeting with mining companies for the past two days at the annual PDAC convention in Toronto, we’re pleased to present a list of upcoming ... Read more »

Junior Mining Financing Down 24% in 2011

2012/03/01

From Metals Economics Group’s (MEG) Exploration Activity Services, the dollar amount of junior financings declined 24% in 2011 to $21.5 billion fro... Read more »

Gold & Silver Drop as QE3 on Back Burner

2012/02/29

Today, the U.S. Commerce Department said the economy grew at a slightly faster pace in the final three months of last year. It expanded at a 3.0 perce... Read more »

Gold Demand Trends

2012/02/21

The World Gold Council (WGC) reaffirmed the power of the Love Trade in its 2011 Gold Demand Trends report released this week. Gold demand grew 0.4 per... Read more »

Junior Gold Mining Stocks on the Move

2012/02/18

As the European debt crisis captured headlines around the world the markets, as expected, were volatile this week. And resource stocks, in particular,... Read more »

European Debt Crisis – What’s Next?

2012/02/15

Greece’s predicament just became substantially worse. Frustrated by missed deadlines and last minute twilight dealings, Euro zone finance official... Read more »

Graphite: Supply and Demand

2012/02/14

In 2010 a European Commission included graphite among the 14 materials it considered high in both economic importance and supply risk. The British Ge... Read more »

Cashed-Up Catfish Report

2012/02/08

We are delighted to bring you the MiningFeeds bottom fishing report. And to catch these fish, you don’t need to know how to noodle. Noodling is ... Read more »

Mining M&A Increase Expected in 2012

2012/02/06

Solid fundamentals, strong balance sheets and an appetite for growth is expected to drive M&A in the global mining and metals sector in 2012, says... Read more »

Rare Earth Elements are Critical Minerals

2012/02/04

The U.S. Department of Energy, in its Dec. 2011 report entitled Critical Materials Strategy examined the role that Rare Earth Elements (REEs) and ot... Read more »

Coal Price Outlook 2012

2012/02/01

Coal in Asia is unlikely to recover in 2012 from its first decline in three years as electricity-price controls in 2011 prompted Chinese and Indian ut... Read more »

Interlisted Gold Stocks Shine

2012/01/28

Gold is not vital to human existence, in fact, it has relatively few practical uses. But its unique atomic properties and its imperishable lustre hav... Read more »

Silver Stocks & Bullion Gaining Ground

2012/01/26

Silver stocks and silver bullion have been on the upswing over the last month – the shiny white metal has tacked on more than 20 percent. Today,... Read more »

China’s Demand for Copper Expected to Rise

2012/01/24

Base metals were the laggards among commodities last year, with copper one of the worst performers, losing 21 percent. Global consumption of copper in... Read more »

Impala Platinum CEO Resigns

In my mind’s eye, I have this picture of David Brown; with a glass of New Year’s champagne in one hand and the last bars of ‘Auld La... Read more »

Week in Review: Gold, Silver & Base Metals

2012/01/21

Canadian fund manager Eric Sprott said this week he was bullish on precious metals and bearish on cyclical commodities like base metals. Sprott said,�... Read more »

Uranium Stocks – Full of Energy

2012/01/19

As we settle into a new year, one sector has demonstrated it’s full of energy: uranium. After what was an unequivocal terrible year in 2011, the... Read more »

2012 – Mining Sector Activity on the Rise

Metals Economics Group (MEG) Pipeline Activity Index (PAI) increased in November to reach its highest level since March 2011, thanks to another record... Read more »

Is Copper set to Rally in 2012?

2012/01/09

History says that government policy shifts can have a tremendous affect on the economy and the markets. While no one can predict the future, you can u... Read more »