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By Chris Munford |
May 18, 2012
Together in a good year the industry spends about $2 billion more than it generates in earnings and takeovers. In a bad year the industry loses $8 billion more than it generates, Rick Rule of Global Resource Investments warned, in what he termed the “price loss ratio.”
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By JT Long |
April 26, 2012
The editor of Kaiser Research Online sees 2015-2020 as a critical time for rare earth projects. Any later, he argues, and companies who have not reached production will be out of the game.
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By Chris Munford |
December 1, 2011
The rise in precious metals prices in recent years reflects a world of increased uncertainty, just as it did in 1980 when gold last spiked. But whereas prices quickly fell again three decades ago, that has not been the case this time.
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By JT Long |
November 28, 2011
A $3,000/ounce gold spike could boost equity valuation and the, editor of Kaiser Research Online, shares the catalysts that could propel gold and silver stock prices higher in 2012.
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By David Zeiler |
November 17, 2011
Despite a severe pullback in the prices of many rare earth metals mining stocks, constricting supplies and rising demand eventually will bring big profits to the select few companies sitting on rich deposits.
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By JT Long |
November 9, 2011
The Kaiser Research Online editor handicaps the players on the end-user, producer and investor side-believe it or not, China may have the largest stake in developing sources outside its borders.
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By Brian Sylvester |
June 7, 2011
Just what are critical metals? They are sometimes referred to as "strategic" or "technology" metals, but clear definitions for these terms often prove elusive and routinely depend on to whom you're talking.
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By Karen Roche |
May 24, 2011
Advances in energy and agriculture are creating demand for previously ignored metals such as scandium, tellurium and indium. The mining analyst and editor of Kaiser Research Online, explains the science behind some overlooked stocks.
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By Jack Lifton |
January 24, 2011
Canada has little internal domestic demand for the rare earths, but it has or controls not only more deposits of rare earths than any other country, but also significant operational expertise in processing rare-earth ores to high-purity metals.
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By Sally Lowder |
December 20, 2010
China's domination of the rare earth industry has led to very real fears about the future supply of these strategic metals. The head of Medallion Resources explains the supply bottleneck and how his company is working to solve it.
