US seeks to boost output of 35 minerals, reduce import reliance

Uranium spot prices have shown more life recently, says David Sadowski, mining equity research analyst at Raymond James, and he expects upward pressure to continue as utilities resume buying to meet future needs. In this interview, he tells The Energy Report the time is ripe to invest in uranium company stocks.

The mining industry employed more than 380,000 people in 2013, accounting for one in every 47 jobs in Canada.

"It will definitely put a lot of marginal producers out of business."

It’s a common stat in the sector: only 1 in 1,000 discoveries becomes a mine. But David Harquail, president and CEO of Franco-Nevada, takes that sobering fact one step farther.

The decision caps off a dreadful month for South Australia’s mining sector.

The technique, known as biomining, is already being tested here on Earth as a sustainable treatment of ores and mine waste.

The smart money is waiting for fire sale prices before jumping into metals and mining. Or worse; has simply lost interest in the sector.

This young dynamo entered the business straight out of university and is now running Skyharbour Resources (SKY.V). Skyharbour is a uranium junior holding a very prospective land position(over 390,000 hectares) in the prolific Athabasca Basin.

Organization predicts a rare occurrence in 2015: a decline in all nine commodity indices with industrial metals falling another 5%; precious metals down 3%.