Jim Rogers says Myanmar is an ‘astonishing opportunity’

While the long-closed and suppressed country of Myanmar holds elections and starts to haltingly open up, Jim Rogers says the country has an amazing potential, similar to China when it first undertook its economic revival.

Michael Allan McCrae | March 25, 2012 | 4:01 pm

What a Mulcair win means for miners

Canada has a fresh face leading the government in waiting, and Thomas Mulcair may be the most pragmatic choice to lead the left-leaning NDP.

Michael Allan McCrae | March 25, 2012 | 2:01 am

John Paulson’s Mali headache

Beaten up gold investor, John Paulson, is a significant Randgold investor who is getting pulled down by trouble in Mali.

Michael Allan McCrae | March 24, 2012 | 8:13 pm

First Nations say Manitoba should hurry up mining files

Governments of all levels have been criticized by the slow pace of regulatory approval for mine and exploration permitting. Now First Nations groups, according to an editorial in the Winnipeg Free Press, are levelling the same criticism against the Manitoba government.

Michael Allan McCrae | March 24, 2012 | 7:08 pm

Why lawyering up for Latin American is better in Canada

Law-ranking powerhouse, Chambers and Partners, writes in an editorial that Canadian lawyers are best equipped to help companies manage projects in Latin […]

Michael Allan McCrae | March 24, 2012 | 6:49 pm

UK government joins the gold bandwagon, top is declared

Commentator Steve Peel declares that if the UK government sold all its gold at the bottom of the market, bullion must have reached a top if the country is buying again.

Michael Allan McCrae | March 24, 2012 | 5:59 pm

Thirteen year old gold sale has cost UK GBP11 billion

Gordon Brown's sale of 400 tons of gold in 1999 has cost the United Kingdom GBP11 billion, said the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, in his 2012 budget speech.

Michael Allan McCrae | March 21, 2012 | 7:27 pm

Cash starts to disappear and privacy advocates worry

Sweden has come the furthest in getting rid of printed currency, but what do people lose when all transactions become traceable?

Michael Allan McCrae | March 20, 2012 | 4:25 pm

Enormous container ship has limited choices to unload cargo

The MSC Fabiola, with a carrying capacity of 11,000 containers, docked last week in the Port of Long Beach, one of a few shipping facilities in the U.S. that can handle the enormous new vessels.

Michael Allan McCrae | March 20, 2012 | 4:13 pm

Rex Murphy goes to Fort McMurray

Rex Murphy takes his Sunday morning talk show, CBC Radio’s Cross Country Checkup, to Fort McMurray.

Michael Allan McCrae | March 18, 2012 | 9:40 pm

Lack of water on the moon may drive thorium energy

Thorium, a touted alternative to uranium energy, may get an entirely different push to broader usage: scientist trying to come up with a technology that could power a future moon colony.

Michael Allan McCrae | March 18, 2012 | 9:20 pm

Mexico grows its middle class

While stories about drug lords and illegal immigrants hog the headlines, Mexico is quietly building a middle class, and that's a good thing for miners and investors.

Michael Allan McCrae | March 18, 2012 | 7:00 pm

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