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March 2, 2016

Eritrea looks to build mining sector to kick-start economy

Eritrea expects to have four mines in operation by 2018 producing gold, copper, zinc and potash as one of Africa's poorest nations looks to build an industry that can kick-start its economy, a top mining official told Reuters.
February 9, 2016

Mining to get worse before it gets better

The heads of major miners expect the downturn to get worse before it improves, as the industry begins tearing through existing cash reserves.
January 27, 2016

The periodic table of commodity returns

At the beginning of each year, U.S. Global Investors puts out a fantastic visualization called the Periodic Table of Commodity Returns.
January 25, 2016

Oil, Asian stocks rout deepen miners wounds

Global stocks sank to their lowest levels since 2013 on Wednesday, hit by yet another drop in oil prices and the IMF’s lower growth forecast for China, which is leading equity markets to one of their worst monthly performances ever.
January 20, 2016

One small step for mining’s new frontier

ONCE a figment of science fiction films, the sometimes risky notion of mining in space may soon become a reality if asteroid mining hopeful Planetary Resources has its way.