Miners, commodities traders brace for La Niña

Canada's Leader of the Opposition, Thomas Mulcair, again attacked the oil sands industry by saying that, because of the way it raises the value of the Canadian dollar, other parts of the country are paying a price for the prosperity enjoyed by natural resource sectors, such as the oil sands in Alberta.

A takeover of the 134-year old LME – responsible for 80% of the global metals futures trade – is expected to become official this week amid talk of manipulation and distorted pricing in the copper market. Some traders are fingering Swiss giant Glencore while others believe China has managed to corner the market.

"I think gold is a great thing to sew into your garments if you're a Jewish family in Vienna in 1939, but I think civilized people don't buy gold. They invest in productive businesses."

Four months after having its Keystone XL pipeline project rejected by the Obama Administration, TransCanada Corp. is taking another crack at the $7.6-billion project.

Japan will find itself without nuclear power for the first time since 1970 as the last of its currently operating nuclear reactors prepares to go offline.

Hydraulic fracturing companies must publicly disclose the chemicals they use, according to new regulations announced by the U.S. Department of the Interior.

A weak job's report weighed on oil, which dropped below $100, a first since February.

Once tinted by drug cartels and civil war, Colombia is now one of Latin America’s fastest growing markets and, according to the World Bank, the most secure country in the region in which to do business. Since yesterday, the country also has a new national mining agency, which is already looking for foreign investments to expand existing production and explore areas where rich deposits of key resources are suspected.

In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Senior Analyst Jocelyn August discusses looming events in a select group of natural resource stocks that are expected to move as information flows out.