Opinion/Commentary


Source: China government statistics, TWh = terawatt hour, Mt = megaton

Commentary: China’s declining coal dependence

The latest energy-market numbers from the Chinese government show an acceleration of a remarkable phenomenon that emerged from 2012 to 2014. The bottom line today is that the traditional nexus between real gross domestic product (GDP) growth,…






A 130-kilowatt photovoltaic system installed at a Nevada high school. Credit: Black Rock Solar

New technologies push industrial silver consumption

The following is an edited executive summary from Glistening Particles of Industrial Silver, a report prepared for the Silver Institute by CRU Consulting. To view the full report, visit www.silverinstitute.org.


A worker inspects zinc ingots at Nyrstar's Overpelt zinc smelting plant in Belgium. Credit: Nyrstar

Wood Mac sees stronger prices for copper, nickel, zinc

Falling energy and metal prices are leaving many investors in the mining space anxious about what lies in store next year. Julian Kettle, head of metals and mining research at Wood Mackenzie in London, recently took time to speak to The…


Patricia Mohr, vice-president of economics and commodity market specialist at Scotiabank.

Scotiabank’s Patricia Mohr looks ahead to 2015

Patricia Mohr, vice-president of economics and commodity market specialist at Scotiabank in Toronto, will release her metal price forecasts for 2015 in her annual year-end report at the end of December. But she agreed to share some of her…




Commentary: Australia, its economy and mining

You can expect a salary of A$150,000 or more as a truck driver at a remote iron ore project in Australia. The country has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the economic boom in China, having grown continuously for more than two decades….


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