Citigroup turns bearish across the board (November 17, 2008)
Vancouver– In a new commodity outlook Citigroup Global Markets predicts all base metal markets moving to surplus in 2009, meaning trough cycle prices will dominate through 2009.
Asia
Anatolia’s capital costs at Copler down 10%
Vancouver – Lower commodity prices are driving down phase I costs of Anatolia Minerals’ (ANO-T) Copler gold p…
China’s period of five consecutive years of 10%-plus GDP growth is over
As chief economist for non-Japan Asia at Credit Suisse First Boston in Hong Kong and a former senior regional econo…
Uranium price will rebound: analysts (Part 5)
In view of recent declines in commodity markets in general, and the uranium market in particular, securities analys…
Lydian keeps proving up Amulsar in Armenia
Lydian International (LYD-T) continues to prove up the potential of an often over-looked nation when it comes to mi…
Severstal and Chalco cutting output (November 03, 2008)
Severstal, Russia’s largest steel maker, is slashing output in Russia, the U. S. and Europe by 25-30% amidst slowing demand, according to a report by Bloomberg news.
Jinshan hitting gold in China’s Gansu province
Not only is Jinshan Gold Mines (JIN-T, JINFF-o) one of just a handful of foreign mining companies producing gold in China, but the Canadian junior also has some good exploration prospects.
Uranium price will rebound: analysts (Part 2)
Nick Carter, vice-president at Roswell, Ga.-based uranium consultancy Ux Consulting says that the recent steep drop…
Uranium price will rebound: analysts (Part 1)
“A roller coaster ride” would be one way to describe the uranium spot price in recent years, rising to US$136 per l…
North American Tungsten cancels US$19.4M private placement with Chinese enterprise
North American Tungsten (NTC-V, NATUF-o) has cancelled a private placement of about 13.4 million units in the company at a price of $1.45 per unit that was part of a strategic alliance agreement with …
Jinshan is upbeat on China’s Gansu province
Not only is Jinshan Gold Mines (JIN-T, JINFF-O) one of just a handful of foreign mining companies producing gold in…
SouthGobi finds more coal near Ovoot Tolgoi (October 20, 2008)
Field reconnaissance and trench work in Mongolia have paid off for SouthGobi Energy Resources (SGQ-V, SGQRF-o), which has found yet more coal just 10 km southeast of its producing Ovoot Tolgoi coal mi…