July 23, 2012

Gold prices on hold as the US dollar strengthens

Our acquisition programme has been on hold for some time now as gold and silver prices consolidated and the mining sector failed to sparkle. Gold has temporarily been sidelined by…

July 23, 2012

Summer shopping opportunities for mining equities abound

Equity valuations have so far failed to keep pace with rising bullion prices, but that makes for some outstanding investor opportunities among a few particularly well-positioned juniors that Rick Mills…

July 22, 2012

Calls for fundamental reform of Australian mining tax

One of Australia's leading intellectuals and a former adviser to the country's incumbent Labor Party has called for far-reaching reforms to the resource giant's mining tax and GST.

July 22, 2012

Nova Scotia pro-mining incentives called ‘aggressive’

In an effort to stimulate mining exploration in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, the local government has started offering grants of up to $100,000 to mineral prospectors and exploration…

July 22, 2012

Kenya’s $100 million coal mining in danger

The future of a planned coal mining in the Kitui County in Kenya, worth more than $100 million (Sh$8.5 billion), hangs in the balance following opposition by local leaders and…

July 22, 2012

Alberta pipeline review to assure Canadians, minister says

A review of pipeline regulations ordered today by the Alberta government is not specifically meant to reassure critics of the Northern Gateway pipeline but if it does, all the better,…

July 22, 2012

Morgan Stanley close to sell commodity-unit stake to Qatar

Morgan Stanley, the sixth-largest U.S. bank by assets, is close to seal a $1 billion deal with the Qatar Investment Authority to sell its commodities business.

July 21, 2012

No signs of the mining boom ending for Australia any time soon: studies

There is no end on sight to the mining boom in Australia, a country which mineral resources sector value is expected to reach $122.6 billion by 2016, growing at an…

July 20, 2012

CoAL will need more capital to get Makhado project running, analyst says

Coal of Africa (CoAL) will require more capital to fund its Makhado coking coal project in South Africa’s Limpopo province, even after securing around $60 million of new debt and…

July 20, 2012

Has Peabody Energy become the perfect stock?

But Peabody has a big advantage over rivals Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI ) and Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR ) : it's profitable and should stay that way well into…