Great Panther Silver stock on a tear after blow-out quarter

Shares in Vancouver-based Great Panther Silver on Wednesday continued to soar after the company reported record revenues and profits a day earlier. Shortly before the close the company which owns 100% of two silver mines in Mexico was up 8.5% in a broadly weaker market and on a tough day for other silver counters. Tuesday's results showed net income up $6m to $7m for the first quarter and a 95% increase in revenues to $15.5m. The company listed in February this year and raised $24.2m in April in a closed equity offering. A day before the results announcement investor site Motley Fool said the counter was "poised to pop."

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Frik Els | June 15, 2011 | 4:55 pm

Gold to hit $5,000 as production and new discoveries continue to dwindle

Buying in China and India, central banks increasing reserves and particularly dwindling gold production could potentially drive the gold price to US$5,000/oz says a new report by investment bank Standard Chartered. The report, which studied 375 mines around the world, also shows that while exploration budgets have steadily risen since 2002 (with the exception of 2009) in response to rising prices, the rate of new gold discoveries have continued to decline.

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Frik Els | June 15, 2011 | 4:55 pm

Coal now accounts for 30% of global energy use, highest since 1970

According to the latest BP Statistical Review of World Energy coal consumption grew by 7.6% in 2010, the fastest global growth since 2003. Coal now accounts for 29.6% of global energy consumption, up from 25.6% 10 years ago and the highest since 1970. Chinese consumption grew by over 10% and China last year consumed nearly half of the world’s coal. In contrast just 1.8% of global energy consumption comes from renewable sources such as hydroelectricity, biofuels, wind and nuclear power stations. The comparative figure a decade ago was 0.6%.

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Frik Els | June 15, 2011 | 4:51 pm

Richard Karn: 50 specialty metals under supply threat

The Emerging Trends Report is 18 months into a planned 4-year circumnavigation of Australia, investigating specialty metal projects and recommending ASX-listed companies to clients. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, we caught up with ETR Managing Editor Richard Karn shortly after he delivered the keynote address to the 2011 Energy and Resource Symposium for an update on the specialty metals market down under.

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The Gold Report | June 14, 2011 | 7:35 pm

HK limo company closer to $931m takeover of two Australian iron ore juniors

Perth-based iron ore junior FerrAus is set to accept Hong Kong limousine and investment company Wah Nam International's $170m takeover offer after the HK company gained a controlling stake in another miner in the region Brockman Resources. ASX-listed FerrAus said last month it will consider reversing its rejection of Wah Nam's bid because of the logic of developing FerrAus and Brockman neighbouring deposits together. Ferraus stock added over 5% on Tuesday, while Brockman had lost more than 12% at the close of the Australian bourse.

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Frik Els | June 14, 2011 | 4:29 pm

Endeavour Mining Reports Q1 2011 cash flow from mine operations of $6.6 million and on track to product 84,000 ozs in 2011

Endeavour's Youga Mine in Burkina Faso produced 20,056 ounces of gold during Q1 2011 at cash cost of $664 per ounce sold1. Endeavour reiterated its production guidance for 2011 with a production target of 84,000 ounces of gold at cash cost of approximately $600 per ounce sold1. At March 31, 2011, the Corporation had cash & equivalents and marketable securities of $196 million and was debt-free.

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Canadian News Wire | June 13, 2011 | 2:32 pm

Coal ash regulation: In the back pocket of polluters

Okay, so we’ve established the hazards of coal ash. There is no doubt that arsenic, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, lead, selenium and other toxic metals have no business in our drinking water. So why are 44 of our elected leaders calling on the Obama administration to treat coal ash as a NON-hazardous waste?

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mothernaturenetwork | June 13, 2011 | 4:56 am
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Two miners killed at Canadian nickel operation

Two workers died after they were hit by waste debris being removed from Brazilian miner Vale's (VALE5.SA) Stobie underground copper-nickel mine in Sudbury, Ontario, officials said on Thursday. The employees were working in a shaft about 1,000 metres below the surface on Wednesday evening when the accident occurred, and were dead when rescuers reached the scene, the company said.

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Mineweb | June 10, 2011 | 5:20 am

The charges against big nickel

In 1946, in New York City, the Anti-Trust Division of the Department of Justice filed a complaint against Inco and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, International Nickel Co. Inc. Canada's Inco, at the time, owned 90% of the world's nickel ore and supplied 90% of U.S. nickel needs.

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Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd | June 9, 2011 | 9:56 pm