Planetary Resources’ first spacecraft begins testing asteroid prospecting technology
The Arkyd 3 Reflight (A3R) will spent its three-month orbiting mission sending back data to a group of scientists based at the firm’s headquarters in Redmond, WA.
The Arkyd 3 Reflight (A3R) will spent its three-month orbiting mission sending back data to a group of scientists based at the firm’s headquarters in Redmond, WA.
Don't hold your breath kid. It’s bleak out there and we have a 10-year super commodity bull to work off this time.
"There are probably 300 data points available around a typical truck or shovel at a mine site. Not one of those data points relate to the value of that asset being carried."
"I think in general the investor who are interested in a development stage company tend to be the same group of investors. But if they are looking for that allocation in PGMs, they don't have many options to look at outside of South Africa or Russia. It means there are small group of companies who are our peers."
Billions wiped from mining sector as gold, silver prices fall and copper, iron ore prices plummet to 2009 levels amid Chinese stock market collapse.
Roskill publishes new market outlook for rhenium; forecasts that rising demand for rhenium in aero engines will likely be satisfied by increasing supply of secondary rhenium contained in ‘engine revert’ produced from end-of-life gas turbine parts.
Copper will remain an irreplaceable component in our ever-expanding energy needs.
Bacteria, those microscopic organisms, are among the unlikely heroes for researchers and mining companies working to establish economic methods to access difficult to extract or low value ores.
The Gold Report, quizzed Chris and Dr. Michael Berry, authors of the Disruptive Discoveries Journal, on how investing has changed over the years in the gold, silver, niche metals and energy space, and what they are investing in today to make sure they survive to see the next cycle.
A mothballed nickel mine in Tasmania is slated to re-open, thanks to a cash injection from the Tasmanian state government, which also granted a mining lease to an iron ore company hoping to move its project forward to production.