August 26, 2012

Pipeline politics gripping Canadians across the country

Canadian history is packed with riveting battles over natural resource developments, including the oilsands, dams, mining, salmon fishing and old-growth forest clear-cutting.

August 26, 2012

Latin America’s China addiction: China’s soft landing impacting regional growth

Over the past decade, many Latin America countries have experienced phenomenal economic growth as a result of one of the greatest commodity […]

August 26, 2012

Indian iron ore mining mess – Belekeri illegal export much higher

Bangalore Mirror reported that the details in the Central Empowered Committee’s report on illegal mining could well be just a little ripple […]

August 26, 2012

A pity prosperity depends on mining

Reducing mining investment is not collateral damage from the carbon tax: it is integral to achieving its objective of shrinking the carbon […]

August 25, 2012

Plane chartered to survey coal mining site missing in Indonesia with 4 people on board

Searchers were hunting Saturday for a small plane missing on Borneo island with an Australian and three other people on board, Indonesian officials said.

August 24, 2012

Contrary gold futures

While traders hold futures guys in high esteem, they are just as susceptible to groupthink as everyone else. They are actually a powerful contrary indicator for gold.

August 24, 2012

Rinehart’s $6.4 billion coal mine project gets the green light

Environmentalists such as Greenpeace have condemned the mine's approval as claiming, it will mean an unacceptable rise in vessels passing the Great Barrier Reef, impacting air quality and native flora…

August 24, 2012

Ready, steady, gold

In anticipation of the ECB and the Federal Reserve deciding to stimulate the economy through an infusion of newly created paper money gold prices have started to recover and head…

August 23, 2012

TransCanada’s Keystone XL a step closer after Texas ruling

TransCanada's Keystone XL oil pipeline won a small battle Wednesday night as a Texas judge ruled in favour of the firm passing through a farm, after the owner took the…

August 22, 2012

Dix wants to take BC back to a two-track regulatory process

BC Opposition Leader Adrian Dix vows to leave the joint regulatory framework set up by the BC Liberals that is reviewing the Northern Gateway pipeline and set up his own…