Cobalt

"It is not clear at this time that the current prices are either sustainable or sufficient".

It was just over a year ago that Tony Simon, President of Seguro Consulting, brought to our attention the initial problem of the zombie miners (definition referred to mining exploration companies that had negative working capital and therefore did not meet the Continuous Listing Requirements (CLR) for the TSX and TSX-V stock exchanges).

Confidence returns to mining sector as announced capital outlays surge to $108 billion – greenfield project spending up three-fold in first quarter.

Shares in world's top miner of high-tech raw materials surge on speculation Beijing is stepping in to support rare earth prices.

Analysts outline five key themes resources companies in Europe will have to deal with in the next few months.

Afghanistan has reserves of coal, copper, iron ore, zinc, mercury, rare earths, gems such as rubies and emeralds, gold and silver worth about $3 trillion.

Gren shares the story of his part of the discovery of diamonds in Canada which has led to a billion dollar business.

It’s Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk’s stated ambition to produce 500,000 electric cars by the end of this decade.

Estimated to cover the nearly 2,000 natural resource companies whose businesses are registered in Canada or trade on Toronto’s stock exchange.