The World Bank forecasts slower…
The world's economic myths, especially…
Interesting concurrence of events the past week. With not one, but two countries announcing plans for major overhauls in the mining sector. Those are the West…
The most intriguing news on the world stage this week came from uranium. Where a longtime no-go mining nation looks to be on the verge of…
A couple of updates. One quick, and one at greater length. First, from the energy sector of East Africa — where I discussed Monday how
There was good news in the Uranium sector this week in the form of a report that working conditions appear to be improving for the world’s…
Major issues are emerging in the world’s largest copper-producing nation this week. In Chile a key union of copper miners has called a strike for today,…
More signs of major shifts in the platinum sector this week. With press in South Africa reporting that major producer Anglo American is close to a…
Last week, I talked about big changes afoot in the world’s top gold-consuming nation, India. With the government there imposing a surprise sales tax on…
China has been an unofficial price-setter for most metals over the past decade. And this week, the country became an official participant in setting prices for one of the world’s…
I wrote a few weeks ago about record slowdowns in gold sales across India. With buyers in the world’s number-one consuming nation holding off on…
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…