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Momentum: The marker that matters

The 12 Top Pick companies at the Metals Investor Forum all share an essential trait: momentum. Despite all that the markets have thrown at them, they continue to pragmatically advance their projects towards increased shareholder value.

Gwen Preston - Resource Maven | June 6, 2015 | 12:07 pm

Most US mining and natural resources jobs lost in six years

Mining and logging was the big exception in Friday's payroll numbers with 18,000 jobs lost in May, the worst month since the global financial crisis.

Frik Els | June 5, 2015 | 12:40 pm

The world’s top 40 miners saw returns hitting decade-low in 2014 — report

They shed $156 billion in market value last year, or about 16% of their combined worth, according to PwC.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 4, 2015 | 3:00 am

IMAGE GALLERY: Potash ponds in the Utah desert

To the non-expert eye they may seem a set of mirages, but these turquoise-purple-pink visions are what ground-level potash ponds look like near Arches National Park.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 2, 2015 | 10:00 am

Life hasn’t come back to Canada’s mining sector just yet — report

Mining equities didn’t fare very well in Ernst & Young's most recent Canadian Mining Eye report.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 28, 2015 | 9:55 am

INFOGRAPHIC: Nuclear takes back seat in United States, but drives the bus in China

The vast majority of nuclear reactors in the US have been steaming along for decades and are approaching their decommissioning date.

Visual Capitalist | May 27, 2015 | 8:55 am

China eyes Canadian uranium miners — report

China needs supply for its 22 operating reactors and the other 24 currently are under construction.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 26, 2015 | 11:20 am

One step forward, two steps back for uranium: report

Uranium investors are being urged to exercise caution in the short term due to three events which could affect the prices of the nuclear fuel and the companies that mine it.

Andrew Topf | May 24, 2015 | 3:07 pm

Struggling Argentina expects US$14 billion in mining exports

The return to higher exports would be driven in part by at least 16 major projects likely to go into production within five years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 21, 2015 | 2:10 pm

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