Coeur d’Alene withdraws $350 million note offering due to weak markets

Coeur d'Alene Mines (NYSE:CDE) says that the captial markets have deteriorated, and the silver miner won't be proceeding with its previously announced debt offering.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 4, 2012 | 5:39 am

Gold is unleashed and it’s heading to $3,500: Jim Sinclair

Jim Sinclair, the man who called for $1,650 gold in 2001, writes that the recent events in England was the last chain holding back gold, and now bullion is heading higher, way higher.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 4, 2012 | 4:27 am

MLA, mining historian Bill Barlee remembered

One of British Columbia’s best known historians, host of Gold Trails and Ghost Towns, passed away in Victoria on June 14. He […]

Michael Allan McCrae | July 3, 2012 | 5:29 am

Three reasons renewables may be for real this time

Peace in the Middle East and renewable energy are the same: discussed at length but never seem to arrive.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 2, 2012 | 10:36 pm

Obama’s rough ride in coal country

NPR talked to residents of Mingo County, a coal region in West Virginia. Voters predominantly believe that the current administration in the White House is running a "War on Coal" and the region they grew up in is getting left behind.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 2, 2012 | 10:13 pm

Coal slag heap designated World Heritage site

France's Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin—along with its mining pit, workers' quarters and yes, slag heap—now joins The Great Wall and the Great Barrier Reef on UNESCO's World Heritage list.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 2, 2012 | 6:12 pm

Anglo American expects earnings to decrease by 20%

The world's largest producer of platinum, Anglo American (LON:AAL), says it will be reporting a 20% earnings decline when it reports its next six-month period.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 2, 2012 | 5:39 pm

Mushrooms stopped coal formation 300 million years ago

Scientists may have solved the riddle why so little coal seemed to form after the end of the carboniferous period.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 1, 2012 | 8:42 pm

Barkerville before and after the fire

For July 1 celebrations, the National Archives of the UK uploaded several hundred photos of Canada to Flickr, including pictures of Barkerville, British Columbia's most famous frontier town.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 1, 2012 | 6:41 pm

Five people dead after fire breaks out in Gold Fields’ mine

Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) said it is shutting down KDC West mine after an accident claimed five employees' lives.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 1, 2012 | 6:13 pm

Australia’s carbon emission tax kicks in

After years of political wrangling, the Minerals Resource Rent Tax or MRRT takes affect as the country's largest polluters will now pay A$23 for every tonne of greenhouse gas they produce.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 1, 2012 | 4:26 pm

Japan restarts first nuclear reactor since crisis

Ohi nuclear plant’s reactor No. 3 was restarted on Sunday, the first nuclear reactor to power back up after Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 1, 2012 | 10:06 am

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