The importance of going beyond environmental considerations when planning the lifecycle of mines to include socioeconomic considerations was among the topics raised at the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) at its annual general meeting, hosted by UNCTAD at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on 27-29 October 2015.While mining continues to play a key...Read More
Thirty years of stock market crashes – and the signs they were coming. Is another stock market crash around the corner? … As the stock market struggles to recover from "Black Monday" in August, many investors are wondering how long it will be before the market regains the levels seen before the crash … Here we look at seven of the stock market setbacks of the past 30 ye...Read More
Whatever the Chilcot Inquiry finds will be as irrelevant as Tony Blair himself … though the families of fallen troops will disagree. There are things that we know we know, and what we know we know about Iraq we knew from the start. … We also know that whatever Chilcot concludes will lead Mr Tony neither to The Hague nor to salvation from his wretched half-life as an emblem of national...Read More
Thirty years of stock market crashes – and the signs they were coming. Is another stock market crash around the corner? … As the stock market struggles to recover from "Black Monday" in August, many investors are wondering how long it will be before the market regains the levels seen before the crash … Here we look at seven of the stock market setbacks of the past 30 ye...Read More
Whatever the Chilcot Inquiry finds will be as irrelevant as Tony Blair himself … though the families of fallen troops will disagree. There are things that we know we know, and what we know we know about Iraq we knew from the start. … We also know that whatever Chilcot concludes will lead Mr Tony neither to The Hague nor to salvation from his wretched half-life as an emblem of national...Read More
October 16, 2015 -- Randy Reifel, President and Director of Chesapeake Gold Corp. (TSXV: CKG | OTCQX: CHPGF) in an ...Read More
(Image courtesy of Peru's Government photo archives)Peru's former president Alan Garc?-a has kicked off his campaign for a third term with a promise to deliver economic growth of at least 6% a year mainly by attracting more mining investment.The 66-year-old long-time leader of the centre-left American Popular Revolutionary Party, said he planned to achieve such goals by reducing red tape to a min...Read More
Australian junior miners have decided to battle the capital drought afflicting the sector by turning to the Internet to raise funds.The growing practice, known as crowdfunding, consists on soliciting small amounts of money from a large number of people in order to fund a project or venture. But small miners and explorers have been somehow deprived of the innovative method in Australia due to some...Read More
Macro financial expert Doug Casey contends, "I think the Depression has already started, and I call it the Greater Depression because it's going to dwarf what happened between 1929 and 1946.It's already started.We are just in the eye of the storm, but we are leaving that now.What should the average person do right now?You've got to liquidate right now, while it's still possible.You should get rid...Read More
Image: Thierry EhrmannThe end of China's one-child policy has grabbed all the headlines, but the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (to give its full designation) also outlined the direction of the world's second largest economy over the next five years.China's 13th five-year plan running from 2016 - 2020 is the first one approved by Xi Jinping...Read More
Kal Tire Chile's administration office and OTR tire retread and repair facility.Vernon, British Columbia-Kal Tire's Mining Tire Group officially opened today a new OTR tyre retread and repair facility near the port city of Antofagasta, in the heart of Chile's mining industry."Kal Tire has been supporting the Chilean mining industry for many years," says Pedro Pacheco, vice president operations, Ka...Read More
Construction at Eldorado's Skouries mine and processing plant.Canada's Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD) (NYSE:EGO) logged Friday a third-quarter loss of $96.1 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.The Vancouver, British Columbia-based miner said it lost 13 cents per share, and that total losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 1 cent per share. Revenue for the period...Read More
Why are the eight tunnel boring machines (TBMs) used in London's mega Crossrail project all named after women (Phyllis, Ada, Elizabeth, Victoria, Jessica, Ellie, Sophia and Mary)? Why is the infamous TBM stuck underneath Seattle for the last two years called (Big) Bertha and why is Alice tunneling Vancouver's new Evergreen Line?Gizmodo's Factually picks up on a Los Angeles Times article, abo...Read More
If it wasn't already clear, the junior companies that explore, develop, and mine the world's metals are struggling. PwC recently recapped the malaise of these companies in its latest Junior Mine 2015 report, along with highlighting some success stories of those that have been able to bypass the onslaught.The report, which looks at the Top 100 junior mining companies traded on the TSX Venture excha...Read More
Colombia seeks to legalize medical marijuana products … Colombia's Health Ministry seeks to allow for the manufacture and sale of medical marijuana products in Colombia, local media reported Wednesday. Health Minister Alejandro Gaviria reportedly stated that he is working on a decree to allow for the commercialization of medical cannabis products. – Colombia ReportsDominant Social...Read More
Iraq and Syria conflicts will see US putting boots on the ground after all … It was President Barack Obama's big promise: before he left office, America would be done deploying forces to fight other people's wars … And now what's happening exactly? – UK IndependentDominant Social Theme: US peacemakers are to withdraw from enemy combat zones as soon as possible, or at...Read More
Colombia seeks to legalize medical marijuana products … Colombia's Health Ministry seeks to allow for the manufacture and sale of medical marijuana products in Colombia, local media reported Wednesday. Health Minister Alejandro Gaviria reportedly stated that he is working on a decree to allow for the commercialization of medical cannabis products. – Colombia ReportsDominant Social...Read More
Iraq and Syria conflicts will see US putting boots on the ground after all … It was President Barack Obama's big promise: before he left office, America would be done deploying forces to fight other people's wars … And now what's happening exactly? – UK IndependentDominant Social Theme: US peacemakers are to withdraw from enemy combat zones as soon as possible, or at...Read More
Eric Coffin's new video presentation from the Vancouver Subscriber Investment Summit 2015, Is a Bad Market Good for Gold Stocks?, can be viewed below:Click here to watch the video nowSince the last issue the "optimistic scenario" has been the clear winner. Traders continue to expect the Fed to hold off. That has been enough to keep NY trending higher though the trajectory is flattening out....Read More