Australia’s gold sector has been warned that companies with good projects here or overseas will increasingly be targeted for acquisition as the global gold market undergoes significant transition because of cost and exploration pressures. Addressing the 2007 Paydirt Australian Gold Conference in Perth, World Gold Analyst Editor and Publisher, Paul Burton, said the pattern of […]

RBC Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada, has issued a research report that concludes that demand is likely to outstrip supply over the next three to five years, resulting in continued support for diamond prices. The report identifies that strong and growing demand for diamond jewellery will lead […]

Recent data released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) document a substantial increase in uranium production for 2006. EIA’s 2007 first quarter Domestic Uranium Production Report, released May 7, recorded a 53% jump in uranium production in 2006 compared with the 2005 production level.
According to the report, US uranium concentrate production totalled 4.1 Mlb in […]

Rare Earths prices increased 12% over the Chinese May day holiday, according to Lynas Corp and its Mount Weld rare earths composition price passed through the $10/kg mark by jumping from $9.43/kg to $10.58/kg in one week. The company also noted that Baotou mixed rare earths carbonate production has been halted due to water issues and in Sichuan […]

Work is proceeding to plan on the world’s largest commercial exploration programme for high grade seafloor massive sulphide systems being conducted on N autilus Minerals’ exploration licenses in territorial waters of Papua New Guinea. Nautilus has completed fieldwork for the environmental baseline study at the Solwara 1 Prospect and discovered three new sea floor massive […]

Solid Energy has just published its 2006 Environmental Report, highlighting that, for the first time since measuring and reporting its environmental performance, the company met its overall policy objective of having a net positive effect on the New Zealand environment with a 3% overall improvement (or reduction in total effect). However, the company has highlighted […]