Dave is Managing Geologist of the Pierce Points Daily E-Letter.
Readers the world over are still busy crawling through information from the “Panama Papers” leak — which has revealed how high-profile persons around the globe…
For nearly six weeks, the global gold market has been missing its largest buyer. With gold purchases across the nation of India being paralyzed by…
There was a very interesting note buried within a report this weekend from the Wall Street Journal on gold M&A from Chinese mining firms. It…
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…
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…
A couple of updates. One quick, and one at greater length. First, from the energy sector of East Africa — where I discussed Monday how…
Critical and unexpected development with one of the world’s largest natural projects the last couple days. With a major court decision putting the future of…
There’s been a lot of gloom about the oil and gas sector lately. With many firms slowing or completely stopping project development. But this week…
I’ve been trying to choose a Friday story in liquefied natural gas (LNG) — where events have been coming fast and furious worldwide. But this…
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…
As I discussed last week, there’s been carnage in the coal sector of late. With major producers like Peabody Energy teetering on the brink of…
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…
Despite the U.S. saying no to Atlantic drilling, the news wasn’t all bad for the oil and gas business this week. Even as the Obama…
Short but ominous note from the world’s largest uranium-producing nation this week. Suggesting that some unpleasant surprises could be coming for the mining sector here.…
Historic day in the coal sector yesterday. With one of the world’s largest producers saying that it may soon disappear completely. That’s Peabody Energy. America’s…
One of the biggest stories in offshore oil and gas recently has been a potential opening of the U.S. Atlantic to drilling. With lawmakers having…
Change is coming rapidly in the global coal sector these days. With key producer Indonesia reporting this week that exports from its South Kalimantan region…
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…
Oil and gas data experts Evaluate Energy showed yesterday that U.S. E&Ps took a huge hit in 2015. With the value of total proved reserves…
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…