Commentary: FX hedging is vital to managing risk in 2014
Although we have only just ventured into 2014, already it’s clear the financial market landscape is set to deviate tremendously from the conditions we became accustomed to last year.
Volume 100 Number 3 Mar 3 - 9, 2014
Capstone misses but analysts remain upbeat
Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) may have missed on earnings, but its operations are performing well, and it expects good things to come from its recently acquired Pinto Valley copper–moly mine in Arizona.
Verde Potash scores major funding from Brazilian government
VANCOUVER — It has been just over five years since Verde Potash (TSX: NPK; US-OTC: AMHPF) staked its Cerrado Verde potash project in western Minas Gerais, Brazil, with the goal of meeting the country’s growing fertilizer demand. And…
Japan sees reactors in future, uranium investors rejoice
It didn’t come as a total surprise, but the Japanese government’s pronouncement that nuclear reactors will be part of its future offered uranium miners and investors alike the shot in the arm that has been so long overdue.
Augusta blasts Hudbay’s ‘lowball’ hostile bid
Augusta Resource’s (TSX: AZC; NYSE-MKT: AZC) board calls the unsolicited takeover offer by Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) “grossly opportunistic” and “lowballed,” and urges shareholders to reject the…
Kaiser: Zinc uptrend could benefit these three juniors
Like many metal-market observers, John Kaiser of Kaiser Research Online sees opportunity in zinc.
Editorial: Gold hops back into the saddle
Gold prices are showing renewed vigour as March begins, with spot prices rising to four-month highs above US$1,340 per oz. at press time, building on the Valentine’s Day crossing of the US$1,300 threshold.