Over 30,000 people had their electronic devices searched without probable cause or a warrant by Customs and Border Protection in 2017. This is a 50% increase from 2016.Most of the searches took place at airports when travelers were leaving the country. And 80% of those searched were not American citizens.I happen to think anyone on American soil deserves every protection under the Bill of Rights....Read More
Onward Toward DefaultPeople are hard to please these days. Clients, customers, and cohorts - the whole lot. They're quick to point out your faults and flaws, even if they're guilty of the same derelictions. The age-old art of assigning blame - in this case complemented by firm knowledge of the proper way to prosperity (see lower right corner). Jack Lew not only sees the future with perfect cl...Read More
When Kate Smits was an engineering student at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, she struggled to find a mentor.She had great professors and a great experience overall. But she never found that mentor, that female engineer she could look to and say, "Hey, there's someone who looks like me. I want to be like that."What she did find, though, is a passion for STEM education and breaking...Read More
Published on: Jan 8, 2018 | by finfeedCastillo Copper (ASX:CCZ), an ASX-listed base metal junior focusing on copper, cobalt, zinc and nickel, has announced the unexpected discovery of five geological anomalies at its Cangai Copper Mine following electromagnetic surveying.The EM results indicate there are potentially significant, highly mineralised sulphides within the areas identified, and could a...Read More
Canada's Cruz Cobalt (TSX-V:CUZ) plans to go all in at its projects in North America in 2018, particularly at its three British Columbia-based properties, as the junior miner bets on the growing demand for ethically sourced cobalt, a key ingredient in the batteries used in electric vehicles."We plan to be active on all of our Canadian and US cobalt projects in 2018," the company's president James...Read More
Diamond miners have started the year off on the right foot as two Africa-focused producers announced Monday the recovery of three huge diamonds, each bigger than 100 carats.Gem Diamonds' (LON:GEMD) unearthed a 117-carat and a 110-carat D color Type IIa diamonds at its flagship Let??eng mine in Lesotho, bringing the number of 100-carat-plus stones the company has found at the operation since ea...Read More
A prospective rare earths mine that could become a longterm supplier of neodymium and praseodymium has been green-lighted by the state Environmental Protection Authority (EPA).Arafura Resources (ASX:ARU) on Friday received approval from the Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority (EPA), after an assessment process lasting more than two years. The EPA found that the risks from mining...Read More
Chairman of G?(C)camines emphasized, in the name of the Board of Directors, only the reconstruction of a strong national mining actor will be able to transform the wealth of the Congolese soil into wealth for the Congolese peopleLUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 8, 2018The 2017 financial year has just ended with the concrete materialization of an awaited commitment: the inauguratio...Read More
The most hated group of people in history isn't women.It isn't African-Americans.It isn't homosexuals.And it's not any religious group.The most hated group of people in history is the ultra-wealthy. It's the top 0.01%.Now, before you start sending hate mail, please consider the numbers first...Women represent more than half of the total population. Women aren't even a minority in terms of populati...Read More
Over 30,000 people had their electronic devices searched without probable cause or a warrant by Customs and Border Protection in 2017. This is a 50% increase from 2016.Most of the searches took place at airports when travelers were leaving the country. And 80% of those searched were not American citizens.I happen to think anyone on American soil deserves every protection under the Bill of Rights....Read More
Over 30,000 people had their electronic devices searched without probable cause or a warrant by Customs and Border Protection in 2017. This is a 50% increase from 2016.Most of the searches took place at airports when travelers were leaving the country. And 80% of those searched were not American citizens.I happen to think anyone on American soil deserves every protection under the Bill of Rights....Read More
The Ras Lanuf Oil and Gas Processing Company (RASCO) welcomed on Sunday rulings in favor of the Libyan National Oil Corp (NOC) in international arbitration cases over the 200,000 bpd Ras Lanuf refinery, and said it hoped to restart work in the second half of this year.Read full newsRead More
Several big mining companies are bringing new projects online, while others will see production decline in the year ahead.Read full newsRead More
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The Central American nation of Belize, in a move to protect the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere, has banned the offshore extraction of oil and gas in its maritime territories.Read full newsRead More
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DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:00 PM) - A massive explosion shook the rebel stronghold of Idlib late on Sunday, as a car bomb exploded within the city. According to oRead full newsRead More
China on Friday tightened limits on critically important energy supplies to North Korea and stepped up other trade restrictions under intensified U.N. nuclear sanctions.Read full newsRead More
China is pushing to limit consumption of coal, which is used to produce most of its electricity.Read full newsRead More
A prospective rare earths mine that could become a longterm supplier of neodymium and praseodymium has been green-lighted by the state Environmental Protection Authority (EPA).Arafura Resources (ASX:ARU) on Friday received approval from the Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority (EPA), after an assessment process lasting more than two years. The EPA found that the risks from mining...Read More