September 23, 2012

Coal fight looms, Keystone-like, over US Northwest

Call it the Keystone of coal: a regulatory and public relations battle between environmentalists and U.S. coal miners akin to the one that has defined the Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline.

September 23, 2012

Eastern US coal will need a year before signs of recovery

It will be 12 to 18 months before there will even be any signs of a recovery in the eastern US coal sector says Monty Boyd, a major Caterpillar supplier…

September 22, 2012

2,900 mines closed down in China’s coal and rare earth region

Inner Mongolia, a semi-autonomous region in the north of China, has shut down nearly 900 coal mines and 2,000 other mines as part of a 7-year effort to better manage…

September 22, 2012

A lost world of junior mining opportunities

When Leily Omoumi, a gold analyst with Scotiabank in Toronto, turns her engineer's eye on a mining company, she can translate insight into profits for investors.

September 22, 2012

Drill baby drill, the secret to prospect generation

Prospect generators Duane and Morgan Poliquin of Almaden Minerals Ltd. have a business model that works: find a prospect.

September 21, 2012

Gold miners will take 20 tonnes off hedge books this year

For the third consecutive quarter, the gold market saw net de-hedging, with the hedge book falling by 188 koz or 6 tonnes.

September 21, 2012

Xstrata gets an extra week to decide on Glencore merger

Diversified miner Xstrata (LON:XTA) and commodities trader Glencore International (LON:GLEN) have now until October 1 to decided on the $36 billion lauded merger.

September 21, 2012

INFOGRAPHIC: The coal boom’s impact on BC

CTV BC has put together a vivid visual summary of the impact of the mining boom on both the economy and environment of British Columbia.

September 21, 2012

Aussie resource sector job cuts continue with Rio’s retrenchments at Clermont

Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) continues the recent spate of mining sector retrenchments with job cuts at its Clermont thermal coal mine in Australia's north-east.

September 20, 2012

India’s Crisis: a catalyst for change?

Engines of the world economy. That was the moniker analysts gave to the world’s largest emerging economies not too long ago.