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Chris Mancini’s high-quality gold miners that have positioned themselves well in the downturn

Mancini advises investors to go for the best of the best: gold miners with cash flow, great balance sheets, low costs and good management.

The Gold Report | May 11, 2015 | 1:28 pm

Rio’s new coal chief sees commodity recovery in the ‘very’ far distance

Jean-Sébastien Jacques thinks it will take three to four years for thermal coal prices to recover.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 11, 2015 | 6:15 am

Peru sends troops to quell mine protest

The Peruvian government has deployed troops near the Tia Maria copper project, to deal with the deaths of a protester and a policeman over the past week.

Andrew Topf | May 10, 2015 | 4:08 pm

Copper, iron ore prices hold up despite China trade shock

Overall Chinese imports plummeted 16% in April as coal enters free-fall, but iron ore's decline was modest and copper shipments jumped 5%.

Frik Els | May 8, 2015 | 1:33 pm

Rick Rule: Mathematics of a resource portfolio

Tekoa and Rick get into the ‘nuts and bolts’ of speculating in exploration stocks.

Sprott's Thoughts | May 8, 2015 | 6:13 am

Cherry picking season

Prospecting, whether for precious or base metals, is of course the integral first step in the process of discovery, walking the bush and hammering rocks means boots on the ground.

Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd | May 8, 2015 | 4:58 am

Famed mining speculator Rick Rule on takeovers, technology and politics

Today we are talking about liberty, social media and the securities business with Rick Rule, the best communicator in the mining investment business, and the chairman of Sprott USA, the world’s leading natural resources and precious metals investor.

CEO.CA | May 7, 2015 | 9:31 am