The world's economic myths, especially…
Gold soars to record highs…
The preference for gold miners these days has been to sell assets. Just this week, major bullion producer Barrick Gold said it will likely sell six…
Zinc had been shaping up as one of the bright spots in commodities. But news late last week suggests that the current downtrend in the zinc…
I wrote last week about how the copper market is starting to adjust to lower prices. With a number of significant mines closing down amid…
Investors don’t make money by investing with the herd and, historically, great wealth has been generated through proper forecasting and investing counter-cyclically. Rather than look at oil and gas majors…
I've been tracking India's plans to revolutionize its gold markets for several months now. And last week we got the final stroke in this saga. That…
It's interesting the spin major media puts on events in the resource sector. Like this week -- when one of the big discussion points was a…
I've written over the past year of my high hopes for one of the world's most under-explored -- and high potential -- nations. Madagascar. This…
While oil prices in the U.S. plummeted below $39, Canadian explorer Madalena Energy has forged ahead with a strong Q2 showing and preparations for its first horizontal multi-stage frack…
How long will it take before metals prices start to rebound? No one knows for sure -- but one of the indicators to watch is when…
Big news this week in the platinum sector. Confirming that this space is seeing some of the most critical shifts anywhere in the natural resources world.…
I wrote earlier this month about speculation that investment funds were circling mining operations in Chile. And this week, the rumours were confirmed. As reported…
One of the biggest legal shifts in the mining business recently has been conflict minerals law in the U.S. And this week, the rules took another…
And the last two days we got a flurry of news confirming this trend in motion. First from the world's largest producing nation, South Africa. Where…
Return on average capital employed has emerged as a key measure of efficiency in capital-intensive industries, especially in the energy sector. However, what initially seems to…
I wrote two weeks ago about substantial production cuts coming in platinum. And now it looks like the situation is about to get more dire. That's according to a…
For the last few months it's seemed like few investors wanted to touch natural resources. But now a flurry of activity appears to be emerging in…
The South African mining sector is no stranger to labor unrest. With a six-month strike in the country’s platinum industry last year having reduced output by…
The recent decline in commodities prices has stung a lot of companies and investors. But at least one firm is now benefitting from the downturn in…
Signs of major problems in the platinum sector last week -- showing that low prices and difficult production conditions are finally catching up with supply. The…
Very welcome news yesterday for one of the world's largest copper mining districts. That's the Kupferschiefer of Poland -- a deposit that produces 425,000 tonnes of…