The U.S. dollar has been…
Some funds have become obsessed…
Fintech, aided by the emergence…
Back from a week in the wilds of Myanmar (more on that in Prime Meridians this coming weekend). To find a lot of action happening…
The recent rally in gold prices has been a welcome bright spot in metals. With prices soaring from $1,050 per ounce early in January to nearly…
The mining industry got some much-welcomed good news late last week — from one of the world’s most important copper-producing centers. And then, abruptly, had it…
When it comes to gold in northern Africa, the focus has always been on places like Ghana and Burkina Faso. With growing exploration activity pushing into neighboring countries like…
I wrote in late January about 175 mining and energy firms being placed on watch for credit downgrades — potentially signalling a wave of financial…
One of the world’s biggest mining events kicked off yesterday: the Mining Indaba in South Africa. And one of the initial presentations at this big show provided some shocking numbers…
As I’ve been discussing the last several months, reforms in India’s mining and exploration sector have been coming quickly of late. And this week things appear to have reached…
Experts at Johnson Matthey said last month that platinum is likely to post a bigger-than-expected supply deficit for 2015. And news this week suggests that…
Very interesting drama unfolding in one of the world’s top mining nations the last few weeks. That’s Indonesia — where a top copper miner is grappling…
The world lost a great mine this week: the Century zinc operation in Australia. Where the operator, China’s MMG, shipped the final loads of concentrates that…
The New Year is bringing some seismic shifts across the natural resources industry. With a huge swath of mining and energy companies being warned this week on coming changes to…
In the minerals sector — all the way from exploration projects up to mining operations — it’s critical to know who the potential buyers are for…
The global economy is slipping into recession. The evidence is showing up in all the usual ways: slowing output growth, slumping purchasing-manager indexes, widening credit spreads, declining corporate earnings, falling…
A lot of eyes in the global gold sector on India the last few months. Looking to see what effect radical new plans in the bullion business here might have…
Unexpected news in the platinum market this week. With key consumer Japan saying that it’s buying surged to a record in 2015. Japan’s biggest bullion seller, Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo, reported…
New copper production has been hitting the market fast and regular of late. And this week we got news that yet another massive mining project…
Copper is officially below $2 per pound. And that’s caused a flurry of activity in the world’s top-producing nation for the red metal. Chile. Concern over…
The best way to make money as a mining investor is by owning a company that has exploration success, or being on the right side of…
Interesting reports emerging this week from the world’s largest gold-consuming nation: India. Where it appears buyers are increasingly looking to a new part of the world to secure bullion supply.…
Confirmed this week — 2015 was a record year for natural resource investment. With data from private equity analysts Preqin showing that resource funds raised…