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Here’s Why Markets Are Waking up to the French Election

By Craig Wilson This post Here’s Why Markets Are Waking up to the French Election appeared first on Daily Reckoning. Just as it was looking like France was finally narrowing in on three candidates for its presidential elections — another political earthquake has struck. The unpredictability of the French election could shock the market, global

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Burkina Faso gold mine to build solar hybrid power plant

By analyst By Andrew Topf IAMGOLD (TSX:IMG) is taking a further step towards diversifying its power needs into renewable energy, with a plan to install at 15-megawatt-peak (MWp) solar power plant at its Essakane mine in Burkina Faso. Announced yesterday, the Toronto-based company has signed a power purchase agreement to begin developing the solar plant

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Cameco explores sale of U.S. uranium mines as six-year slump drags on

Reuters | March 6, 2017 2:26 PM ET             Canada’s Cameco Corp, the world’s second-biggest uranium producer, is exploring the sale of its U.S. production facilities, its chief executive said on Monday, as a six-year slump in the industry drags on. Cameco, which has been cutting costs and curbing production,

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