Finance

Jan 25, 2016 at 09:35 | Dave Forest

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…

Jan 22, 2016 at 09:38 | Dave Forest

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…

Jan 19, 2016 at 09:46 | Dave Forest

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…

Jan 14, 2016 at 09:39 | Dave Forest

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…

Jan 13, 2016 at 11:52 | Tommy Humphreys

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…

Jan 11, 2016 at 09:50 | Dave Forest

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.…

Jan 07, 2016 at 09:54 | Dave Forest

Confirmed this week — 2015 was a record year for natural resource investment. With data from private equity analysts Preqin showing that resource funds raised…

Jan 05, 2016 at 09:47 | Dave Forest

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…

Jan 04, 2016 at 10:22 | Dave Forest

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…

Dec 24, 2015 at 09:44 | Dave Forest

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.…

Dec 23, 2015 at 09:40 | Dave Forest

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…

Dec 22, 2015 at 10:26 | Dave Forest

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.…

Dec 14, 2015 at 10:06 | Dave Forest

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…

Dec 10, 2015 at 11:07 | Dave Forest

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.…

Dec 09, 2015 at 12:21 | James Burgess

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…

Dec 01, 2015 at 17:32 | James Burgess

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…

Nov 27, 2015 at 10:22 | Dave Forest

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…

Nov 25, 2015 at 09:34 | Dave Forest

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…

Nov 24, 2015 at 09:36 | Dave Forest

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…

Nov 23, 2015 at 09:54 | Dave Forest

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…