On Friday I wrote to you explaining the reasons I believe the rise of socialism in America is inevitable.To summarize: Human development is not linear. Progress occurs as ideals swing from one extreme to another. And the pendulum of American ideals has begun swinging away from crony capitalism and toward a form of socialism.Today I want to follow that up by talking with you about exactly the type...Read More
On Friday, June 14, Adam Savage - of MythBusters fame - will premiere his new show, "Savage Builds," on the Discovery Channel. The well-known TV personality, author, self-proclaimed obsessive maker of things" and last year's Homecoming Distinguished Lecturer, will start the show off by building his very own Iron Man suit - with an assist from Mines faculty and students. Savage appeared on The Ti...Read More
The Sunday, June 9 edition of The Denver Post featured a story on how a Colorado School of Mines professor and his students helped Adam Savage 3-D print a real-life Iron Man suit for his new TV show, "Savage Builds."Craig Brice, director of the advanced manufacturing program at Mines, spoke with Post reporter John Wenzel for the article. "Savage Builds" premieres with the Iron Man episode on June...Read More
Semafo (TSX: SMF; US-OTC: SEMFF) kicked off the year by delivering an inferred resource of 2.1 million tonnes grading 5.35 grams gold per tonne for 361,000 contained oz. gold for its Bantou Zone project, 170 km south of its producing Mana mine in Burkina Faso, the West African nation's third-largest gold mine.News of the maiden resource estimate was followed by Semafo's acquisition in May of Savar...Read More
At The Northern Miner's Canadian Mining Symposium, held at Canada House in London, U.K., Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) president and CEO Steve Letwin and Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI) executive chairman Peter Marrone participated in a panel session entitled "Mid-Tier Excellence," with Northern Miner senior staff writer Trish Saywell as moderator. Below is the full transcript of the session, held on May 2...Read More
QE (Quantitative Easing) 'til Infinity is here.Just last month, I told you that "there is a good case to be made that April could be the bottom for the gold price, leading to a seasonally strong June through September."That was on May 12, 2019. Here's a chart showing what's happened since.This latest rally has been met with the kind of skepticism that makes my contrarian heart smile.Much like the...Read More
"@Wendys why no vegetarian burgers or options? I used to love the spicy chicken, wish you would do a spicy vegetarian option. What happened to the black bean and quinoa test option?"Read full newsRead More
Over 1 million Hong-kongers (according to the organizers; 240K according to the police), or one in seven, flooded Hong Kong's streets on Sunday to oppose a proposed extradition bill that would allow Beijing to take people from Hong Kong to stand trial in mainland China.Read full newsRead More
"Asian Idea Generator Weekly: An 80-Year Old Hong Kong Beverage Company, Screening For Predictability And An Unusual Aviation Proxy https://t.co/A7ZnUTpfLm"Read full newsRead More
...and it will have knock-on effects in the EU as well.Read full newsRead More
Chinese incentives and regulations steering towards nickel-bearing NCM and NCA cathodesRead full newsRead More
What's better than GOLD?In the wake of two mega-mergers that have reset the gold industry, one small detail has delighted Mark Bristow, Barrick Gold Corp.'s chief executive officer: His company's ability to secure the rights to trade its stock under the ticker GOLD in New York.Barrick and newly merged Newmont Goldcorp Corp. are in a race to lure back generalist investors who fled the gold sector y...Read More
The Democratic Republic of Congo's state-owned mining company rejected allegations that there are discrepancies in its financial statements, saying it paid $263 million in tax advances over a five-year period.Congo is the world's biggest miner of cobalt, used in rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles, and Africa's main copper producer. State miner Gecamines has often faced criticism for its...Read More
A paper published in the journal Resources Policy states that bonus schemes for middle management employees in mining companies play a role in tailings dams failures.According to the research article, such compensation packages actively encourage managers to cut costs and increase production, as the material decisions that put into motion such measures lay in their hands and positive results would...Read More
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a tie! The current expansion already goes on 120 months, the same as the economic boom lasting from March 1991 to March 2001. However, in the previous edition of the Market Overview, we suggested that the current expansion still has room to run. After all, the ongoing boom is very long, but this is because it is very weak. If the US economy is to replay the robust rec...Read More
Scientists at the US Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory created ultra-low density gold, silver and copper foams to give physicists better X-ray sources to employ in experiments at the National Ignition Facility.This facility is a large laser-based inertial confinement fusion research device that uses lasers to heat and compress a small amount of hydrogen fuel with the goal of inducing nuclear...Read More
We highlight four gold mining ETFs and stocks that have led the market in May.Read full newsRead More
We highlight four gold mining ETFs and stocks that have led the market in May.Read full newsRead More
The TSX is awash with gold stocks, but separating the solid gold tickers from the fairy gold that turns into dead leaves overnight is far from a simple task. That’s why we’ve picked out the following three Canadian gold stocks for the careful investor. Featuring a range of defensive qualities mixed with growth and value for money, these are today’s best picks for a new precious m...Read More
"Resource Big News Roundup: Searchlight Stakes High-Grade Kulyk Lake Rare Earth Project; IsoEnergy Expands Larocque East Uranium Property Through Staking https://t.co/22yQ1ibPC5 #resource #mining #exploration #investing"Read full newsRead More