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By Brian Sylvester |
February 25, 2013
Henk Krasenberg, founder of the European Gold Centre, is back from the INDABA Mining Conference in South Africa with plenty to report. He has seen a sea change in mining in Africa over the last few years.
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By JT Long |
September 21, 2012
Got a rare earth deposit? Great. Got a mine? Even better. But do you have a processing plant? No? That could be a problem. The market doesn't understand how complex and expensive solid-phase rare earth extraction can be.
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By John Browne |
August 23, 2012
In the face of growing fears of a renewed global plunge into economic depression and a climate of low apparent price inflation, investors might expect precious metals to be falling in price. Instead, gold and silver continue to hover around a relatively high levels.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
May 22, 2012
While it might not look like it now, the most investable trend over the next 20 years is going to be in the resource sector, the renewable and non-renewable resources, the minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass.
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By Brian Sylvester |
April 20, 2012
Graphite is the "Next Big Thing" for resource investors, but as in any sector, due diligence is a prerequisite for success. The graphite market specialist with Industrial Minerals in London lists which companies to watch in this emerging industry.
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By Jon Nadler |
February 3, 2012
The near-term in Europe might be darker than many currently anticipate (as reflected in January’s asset-buying euphoria) if we take note of certain underlying trends. An injection of liquidity has not resulted in an injection of loans into the region’s faltering economy, for example.
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By Adrian Ash |
January 12, 2012
Is it mere coincidence that, just ahead of the traditionally strong gold buying season of Lunar New Year, Bejing moved to shut down all gold trading exchanges other than the officially-recognized Shanghai Gold Exchange and Shangai Futures Exchange?
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By Jon Nadler |
June 24, 2011
Gold's steepest fall in nearly two months took place on Thursday as the commodities' sector also took a hit in values. Friday morning's trading action saw more follow-through selling in the precious metals' complex.
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By Karen Roche |
June 24, 2011
Dreams of success seldom come true in the risky junior exploration sector but investors drive gold stock prices up into multiples of their true value as Global Resource Investors founder Rick Rule and Exploration Insights author Brent Cook see it.
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By Jeffrey Nichols |
May 19, 2011
Simply put, we have had too much money chasing goods and services. But there's more to the story than just too much money. Commodity prices are rising because people living in emerging economy nations are seeing unprecedented growth.