Dave is Managing Geologist of the Pierce Points Daily E-Letter.
Government moves are going ahead that could affect a key commodities market. Crude oil. That’s in former major producing nation Libya. Where the country’s national…
Gold has subsided that last two months — giving back much of the stellar gain the metal enjoyed at the beginning of 2016, to a…
On Tuesday, I wrote about BP betting big on a new LNG export hub in West Africa. And news yesterday shows there’s a lot more…
The world’s largest copper miner, Chile’s Codelco, dodged a bullet this past week when management got an early labor deal signed with workers at the…
Brazil’s Petrobras and partners produced their billionth barrel of oil from presalt fields this month. Underlining one of the biggest shifts to happen this decade…
Nickel prices have hit year-highs the last several weeks. Topping $5 per pound for the first time since the third quarter of 2015. And news…
Valuation of resource projects is becoming a hot topic in regulatory circles. With the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this year investigating ExxonMobil’s…
Warnings of a potential surge coming in global copper prices this week. Emerging from a place few observers in the space are focused on. The…
More unsettling rumours circulating for the gold market this past week. With local press issuing a brief but dire warning on demand in the world’s…
Iran is now officially pre-qualifying E&Ps for an offering round of oil and gas projects. Putting fields up for bids to foreign operators for the…
Big deal reached this past week in one of the world’s rising-star nations for copper production. Peru. It didn’t get much press, but one of…
The recent U.S. election has been one of the biggest news items the world over this month. And the change of presidents is also having…
This coming year could be a surprisingly exciting time for oil and gas developers. Yes, energy prices are depressed right now. But not everyone sees…
Oil prices have been rallying this week on hopes of a supply cut from OPEC. But even without a rise in the global price, news…
It’s been a tough week for the U.S. oil and gas industry, with the Department of Interior annulling 25 leases in Colorado’s Mancos shale (for…
Good news for mining finance this week. With Australia’s EMR Capital announcing it has raised $860 million for a second investment fund targeting gold, copper,…
Gold majors aren’t doing a lot of exploration these days. With leading producer Newmont saying last month it is focusing on just three places globally…
America’s energy scene has been in massive flux since the “shale miracle” broke in 2010. And these past weeks, the U.S. oil and gas industry…
It's been a wild year for India's gold importers. With the government moving on a variety of initiatives to reduce shipments into the country --…
The current downturn in the global oil and gas sector is yielding some innovative approaches to project finance. And one nation this week came up…