One Young World Counsellor Mary Robinson, Ireland's first female President, encourages young leaders to take part in Call on COP. Call on COP is the most global action on Climate Change in 2015. At the One Young World Summit 2015, young leaders from every country in the world will address their Heads of Government on mainstream media two weeks before the Paris Climate Conference - COP21.Each Call...Read More
The HR INSPIRED Conference is the UK & Europe's leading business to business conference for senior HR Executives.For information on attending our next conference go to www.hr-inspired.com or email info@inspiredconferences.comFor information on attending our next conferences go to www.inspiredconferences.com/conferences/ or email info@inspiredconferences.com Twitter - @inspiredconSpeaker : Angus Ri...Read More
One Young World delegate Guangtong Liu calls on Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to support green initiatives and set up acarbon trading initiaitive. www.oneyoungworld.com/calloncopChina consumes half of the world's coal and emits close to twice the amount of carbon as the USA. This has led to a 44% increase in droughts in China and rising sea levels that threaten the densely populated coastline.Read More
One Young World delegate William Luk calls on the Hong Kong government to take concrete actions to combat climate change, and to set an example for businesses and civil societies. Climate change will exacerbate Hong Kong's heat waves and water scarcity. www.oneyoungworld.com/calloncopRead More
French President François Hollande was quick to declare a state of emergency in the wake of Friday's bloody terror attacks in Paris. But what does the "etat d'urgence" mean for the country and its citizens as they go about their daily lives? The state of emergency measures are set out in a 1955 law and are designed to be used in "cases of imminent danger resulting fro...Read More
Saudi Wahhabi dilemma in spotlight after Paris attack … Saudi Arabia's harsh religious tradition is seen by many outsiders – and some Saudi liberals – as a root cause of the international jihadist threat that has inflamed the Middle East for years and struck in Paris last week. However, while Riyadh has cracked down hard on jihadists at home, jailing thousands, stopping hundr...Read More
French President François Hollande was quick to declare a state of emergency in the wake of Friday's bloody terror attacks in Paris. But what does the "etat d'urgence" mean for the country and its citizens as they go about their daily lives? The state of emergency measures are set out in a 1955 law and are designed to be used in "cases of imminent danger resulting fro...Read More
Saudi Wahhabi dilemma in spotlight after Paris attack … Saudi Arabia's harsh religious tradition is seen by many outsiders – and some Saudi liberals – as a root cause of the international jihadist threat that has inflamed the Middle East for years and struck in Paris last week. However, while Riyadh has cracked down hard on jihadists at home, jailing thousands, stopping hundr...Read More
Since May, the metal has lost around 25% of its value, due to the increasing strength of the US dollar and weaning demand in China.Copper prices extended losses on Tuesday, hitting a fresh six-year low as the terror attacks in Paris added to concerns about the global economy that have caused a month-long selloff.On Tuesday morning, the red metal dropped to below $4,600 per tonne on the London Meta...Read More
The next time a mining company decides against dry-stacking as a too-costly alternative to tailings ponds, its directors and shareholders may want to consider what a tailings pond breach could cost companies like Imperial Metals Corp. (TSX:III) or BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE:BHP).Up until November 5, the August 4, 2014, tailings pond failure at Imperial's Mount Polley copper mine had been the worst su...Read More
US Fed likely to tighten before year end … The US Federal Reserve is on track to raise rates before year end, with a pick-up in economic activity and positive dialogue emerging from the central bank – Investor DailyDominant Social Theme: The economy is booming. Hike, hike, hike. It's all we can do.Free-market Analysis: The tightening talk is picking up. Principal Global Investors m...Read More
France identifies Paris attacks mastermind, seeks coalition to fight ISIS … France identified a 27-year-old Belgian who once boasted about killing "infidels" and fought for the Islamic State group in Syria as the mastermind of the Paris attacks, and President Francois Hollande vowed Monday to forge a united coalition capable of defeating the jihadists at home and abroad. – Ch...Read More
US Fed likely to tighten before year end … The US Federal Reserve is on track to raise rates before year end, with a pick-up in economic activity and positive dialogue emerging from the central bank – Investor DailyDominant Social Theme: The economy is booming. Hike, hike, hike. It's all we can do.Free-market Analysis: The tightening talk is picking up. Principal Global Investors m...Read More
France identifies Paris attacks mastermind, seeks coalition to fight ISIS … France identified a 27-year-old Belgian who once boasted about killing "infidels" and fought for the Islamic State group in Syria as the mastermind of the Paris attacks, and President Francois Hollande vowed Monday to forge a united coalition capable of defeating the jihadists at home and abroad. – Ch...Read More
Quick bite with New York Times best-selling author Joel Fuhrman, M.D., who has specialized in nutritional medicine for 25 years, on the danger of taking medications.Read More
Shares in top gold miner Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX, TSE:ABX) added more than 1% on Monday, making the most of gold breaking its fall to trade just above five year lows around $1,180 an ounce at the start of the week. It was revealed in filings to the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday that Soros Fund Management, a company founded by legendary hedge fund billionaire George Soros, had liqu...Read More
LAGOS, Nigeria, November 16, 2015/ - CSR-in-Action, Nigeria's premier business and ethical networking platform and consultancy for sustainability, has announced plans to host governments, captains of industry, experts and investors in the country's capital, Abuja, to stimulate meaningful exchange of ideas on how to unlock over $100bn potential in the extractive industries within the next four ye...Read More
More images from Ag??ncia Brasil FotografiasVale (NYSE:VALE) said on Monday that it would take several years for Brazil's Doce river to recover following a deadly tailings dam burst at an iron ore mine it jointly owns with BHP Billiton (LON:BHP, ASX:BHP).In an update Friday, BHP revealed that mine tailings-a mix of water, iron and other waste materials such as silica - extended 440 kilometres...Read More
With revenues of $50 billion a year and operations at the ends of the earth, few companies are in a better position to take the pulse of the global economy and the resource sector in particular than Caterpillar.The world's number one heavy equipment manufacturer has been hit hard by the decline in mining and construction - sales are down more than $15 billion from its peak just four years ago and...Read More
Krause and his team, which includes archaeobotanists and a large number of students from Goethe University, have been researching in the area for 15 years. (Image courtesy of Dr. R? 1/4 diger Krause)German researchers have detected traces of mining activity in Central Europe dating back to the Bronze Age, which resumed later in the early Middle Ages.Using the C14 method, which classifies the age o...Read More