Finance

Sep 22, 2015 at 09:57 | Dave Forest

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…

Sep 21, 2015 at 16:02 | Henry Hewitt

The View From Hubbert’s PeakIn 1971, the American President put an end to a 2,500 year trend; the Wall Street Journal called it “Nixon’s Worst Weekend.” Considering the…

Sep 21, 2015 at 11:24 | James Burgess

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Sep 21, 2015 at 09:47 | Dave Forest

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…

Sep 18, 2015 at 09:28 | Dave Forest

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…

Sep 15, 2015 at 10:20 | James Burgess

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…

Sep 14, 2015 at 10:15 | Dave Forest

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…

Sep 10, 2015 at 09:42 | Dave Forest

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…

Sep 09, 2015 at 09:47 | Dave Forest

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…

Sep 08, 2015 at 18:21 | James Burgess

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…

Sep 08, 2015 at 10:13 | Dave Forest

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…

Aug 28, 2015 at 10:17 | Dave Forest

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.…

Aug 26, 2015 at 10:11 | Dave Forest

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…

Aug 21, 2015 at 10:18 | Dave Forest

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…

Aug 20, 2015 at 11:22 | Dave Forest

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…

Aug 18, 2015 at 11:39 | Ryan Opsal

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…

Aug 14, 2015 at 10:58 | Dave Forest

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…

Aug 11, 2015 at 10:13 | Dave Forest

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…

Aug 03, 2015 at 09:33 | Dave Forest

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…

Jul 30, 2015 at 09:43 | Dave Forest

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…