The U.S. dollar has been…
Some funds have become obsessed…
Fintech, aided by the emergence…
Mine sales are continuing to accelerate around the world. With names emerging this week in one of the biggest sales going in the copper industry right…
Great start to the year for one of the world’s best up-and-coming mining spots. Myanmar. Late in December, lawmakers in the country signed new amendments to…
The government of world-leading copper nation Chile did something this week it’s never done before. It published data on copper production costs for nearly its entire mining industry.…
Copper prices have moved up a little the last few days, after nearing $2.05/lb during the past week. But news from two countries this week suggests…
The World Gold Council recently reported that production costs for the global gold industry have dropped nearly 20% over the last two and a half years.…
Very interesting reports emerging from China’s mining sector late last week. Suggesting that the sector is struggling with some major issues, and needs serious help in…
Most mining investors probably missed a small but potentially critical item this week — from local press in one of America’s most important re-emerging mining districts.…
The recent discovery of a ‘super well’ in Argentina’s prized Vaca Muerta shale has further raised the stakes in this market-defying venue, positioning the only junior…
The U.S. government’s recent mercury pollution regulations have created a new multi-billion-dollar energy industry for next-generation, low-cost mercury emissions control tech, with the first beneficiary…
India’s recent gold monetization scheme is one of the biggest events for the global gold market in years. And we’re now three weeks into the program — and getting an…
The natural gas market is growing interesting. Not in North America where prices continue to languish — but internationally, where the fall in oil has caused…
When a nation develops a new mining code, it’s usually a good thing — today, new and more progressive regimes are in the works in several parts of Africa, like…
The copper market got a serious warning late last week. From a leading insider in the planet’s largest producing nation for the red metal. That’s Chile…
Copper prices have hit their lowest levels in 6 years the last few weeks. For many players in the industry that's triggered cutbacks in production and…
As I've said before, one of the things I love most about writing Pierce Points is: the letter keeps me in touch with some of the best professionals going in…
The global coal industry has fallen into its most depressed state in decades, possibly ever. But as production contracts and mines close, we're getting to a…
Oil prices may be languishing in the mid-$40 range but that has not stopped the mergers and acquisitions market from heating up in the already hot…
At a time when global oil prices are slumping, the death knell sounds for Keystone XL, and major oil sands projects are scrapped, America’s first-ever environmentally-friendly…
We finally got our first look at one of the most important developments this year for gold investment: India's gold monetization and sovereign gold bond schemes.And it…
A new joint venture aimed at reviving sleeping giant oilfields is now up and running and ready to distribute what is described as ‘revolutionary’ Plasma…