Melissa Pistilli has been reporting on market-shaking news in the resource and mining investment sector for over five years and has been with the Investing News Network since 2008. She has written on a wide variety of topics, from managing political risk in the mining industry to manipulation in the silver market. Formerly the managing editor of the Investing News Network, Melissa now serves as a senior reporter writing for Lithium Investing News and Uranium Investing News. She is most interested in the impact of global economics, politics and sociocultural influences on the commodities markets, and this shows in her reporting. Melissa holds a bachelor’s degree in English education as well as a master’s degree in teaching of writing, both from Humboldt State University, California. She currently resides at the heart of Canada’s mining industry — Vancouver, British Columbia.
Rob Chang, Canada metals and mining analyst at Cantor Fitzgerald, told Uranium Investing News what may propel the uranium market out of the current slump and gave his top uranium equity picks.
Jim Paterson, CEO and director of Kivillaq Energy, discusses the significant progress and successes at the company’s Angilak uranium exploration property in Nunavut Territory, Canada.
The uranium spot price plunged $1.35 this past week, to $40.90 per pound, as a lack of market activity and reports of new problems with Chinese imports prompted sellers to lower offer prices
The Patterson Lake region of Saskatchewan has become the target of a staking rush following a series of excellent drill results on the Patterson Lake South property, which is held by Alpha Minerals and Fission Energy.
Ongoing problems at the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant aren’t helping Japanese citizens’ perceptions of nuclear power’s safety.
Lackluster uranium spot market activity over the past few months is leading impatient investors to wonder if 2013 will truly be uranium’s comeback year.
Acquiring potable water resources and maximizing the value of oil and gas resources are the two most salient reasons for the push toward nuclear power generation in the Middle East.
