Push to liquidate Murray will close coal mines, union says

Readers may be surprised to learn that precious metals mines are well behind two uranium cash cows.

Uranium has been the most-hated commodity since 2011 - and the Global X Uranium ETF has been pummeled over 90% in a brutal bear market.

Operating Engineers in the U.S. and Canada stand ready to build this essential piece of North American energy infrastructure.

The company has spent at least $2.5 billion on the project, whose total cost if built would be at least $10 billion due to delays and permitting costs.

Mines minister Mosebenzi Zwane noted that 19 of the 73 miners who died in South Africa last year lost their lives at operations run by those companies.

We've been bullish on oil prices and published a piece last April predicting an energy shortage. I continue to think that is where we're headed.

The miner reported broadly higher output in the fourth quarter across all divisions, except for copper, which suffered from lower grades and strikes.

The company, Africa's largest iron ore producer, expects profits to more than double this year on the back of higher iron ore prices and a weak rand.

Steel the US has traditionally exported to TPP countries is high in value–added, which is exactly the kind of product that helps keeping the high-cost local steelmaking business afloat, analysts warn.