Warren Buffett has often shot down gold as an investment when the topic has come up in the past. Over prolonged periods, the “magical metal was no match for the American mettle.” according to Buffett, who is no fan of the “unproductive asset” that is gold.Gold has become a hot topic again, with tensions building the Middle East. While many folks see gold as an excellent ins...Read More
Photo courtesy of Tugliq Energy and Raglan Mine, a Glencore Company, 2019 award recipient.The Art of mining, PwC Canada's annual photography contest celebrating the Canadian mining industry at home and abroad is back.Canadian mining companies are reimagining the way they work to prepare themselves for growth in the long term. The speed of technological change is unrelenting, and the industry is f...Read More
Piles of Salt, Salar de Uyuni Bolivia Luca Galuzzi - Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Investment in battery manufacturing plants and electric vehicle factories continues to boom around the world, but for now the market for lithium shows no signs of emerging from a four-year slump. Prices for the raw material used in lithium-ion batteries fell again at the end of last year, according to the D...Read More
Credit: BDG International Inc. New ocean shipping regulations could have a big impact this year.Under International Maritime Organization (IMO) rules that came into effect on Jan. 1, emissions from fuel used in ocean carriers cannot exceed a sulphur content of 0.5%.With current sulphur content at about 3.5%, the coming switch to low-sulphur fuel is enormous, both as an undertaking and in its far-...Read More
High grade silver sample from Castle mine. Image from Canada Cobalt Works. Canada Cobalt Works (TSXV: CCW) announced Friday that assays from the second wedge hole at the Robinson Zone at Castle East, a new grassroots high-grade discovery in Ontario adjacent to three past producers, have returned 70,380 g/t silver (2,053 oz/ton) over 0.30 meters within a broader zone of 1.4 meters 20,136 g/t...Read More
Fosterville operation in Australia. Photo by Kirkland Lake Gold Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX, NYSE: KL) has announced record gold production for the fourth quarter and full year 2019. Production in Q4 2019 reached 279,742 ounces, an increase of 21% from the 231,217 ounces for the same period in 2018, driven mainly by record quarterly production at the Fosterville mine in Australia.Full-year production...Read More
Significant power disruptions and adverse weather saw Tharisa produce 342,500 tonnes of chrome concentrate (up 0.2%) and 34,400t of PGMs (down 9.5%) in Q4.Read More
GoviEx Uranium Inc. (TSX-V: GXU; OTCQB: GVXXF) https://www.goviex.com/ is a mineral resource company, focused on the exploration and development of uranium properties in Africa. GoviEx's principal objective is to become a significant uranium producer, through the continued exploration and development of its flagship mine-permitted Madaouela Project in Niger, its mine-permitted Mutanga Project in Z...Read More
The U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) market is the fastest-growing and most potentially profitable sector of fossil fuels for both individual investors like you and me and the American economy as a whole. It's big.But there's one major obstacle that threatens to disrupt the U.S. LNG market over the next few years: Russia.Let me back up for a moment...LNG is a recently developing market. But it is...Read More
I'll be the first to say, I really admire Elon Musk...He's one of those wunderkinds who are reaching for peaks that we haven't reached as humans: affordable space travel, electric cars, and of course - the best damn flamethrowers around.Musk is not only one of the world's most powerful people, but also one of the richest. At last count, he is worth a whopping $23.6 billion, making him the 40th ric...Read More
The court analysed three rulings issued in 2019 and concluded there was no clear and express prohibition in the country's constitution against undertaking popular votes about mining, that Ecuador'sRead More
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