Gwen Preston of http://www.resourcemaven.ca/ discusses the recent downturn in the US markets and it's effect on the mining sector. She informs us that the recent Chinese market 'crash' is actually a correction in an over-inflated stock market, in reality the Chinese economy is doing fine. China is building an enormous number of nuclear reactors which is a strong signal to be looking into the urani...Read More

[Visit the Sling Shot website]http://www.HowMuchYaBench.net[Subscribe to Power Magazine] http://ThePowerMagazine.comThe world's strongest man, Brian Shaw, teaches you how to build your biggest, strongest overhead press.[Brian's YouTube] https://www.youtube.com/user/SHAWSTRE...[instagram] @shawstrength, @marksmellybell, @silentmikke[twitter] @marksmellybell, @silentmikkeRead More

A video tribute to 2016 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee, Robert Friedland.Read More

Glencore's Middelburg South Africa chrome smelter. Image: GlencoreA feeble attempt at a rally yesterday evaporated on Friday with the copper price hitting a fresh six-and-half year low of $1.9365 a pound ($4,270 a tonne) after falling nearly 2% in New York. Following a 26% decline in 2015, copper is already down 9% this year and worth less than half its peak as commodity investors choose to ignore...Read More

BHP's Fayetteville Shale, Arkansas, USA. (Image courtesy of BHP Billiton)Mining giant BHP Billiton (ASX, NYSE:BHP), (LON:BLT) logged Friday its largest-ever write-down, a roughly US$7.2 billion pretax charge on its extensive US shale assets, as a persistent downturn in commodities continues to hurt the mining and energy sectors.The fresh disappointment from the company's $20 billion foray into the...Read More

Gold King Mine discharge. (Image from archives)The state of New Mexico plans to sue the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over last year's toxic Colorado mining spill that sent 3 million gallons of waste into the Animas and San Juan rivers.In a notice of intent to sue filed by the state Thursday, officials claim the EPA is to blame for the the consequences of the blowout at the abandoned...Read More

For more information or to register: http://www.subscribersummit.comAt our last event, a number of leading producers, explorers and service companies presented to over 250 retail and institutional investors. Market caps range from $10 million to over $1 billion-with all companies having been hand-picked by the editors as timely investments.Presentations are limited to 10 minutes-as it's the two ho...Read More

Yellen May Let the Economy Run Hot … Fed officials could forgo another rate increase in March, a possibility reflected in futures markets where the probability of no change at that time is around 58 percent. A pause would fuel expectations of a much slower series of rate hikes than the four that policymakers projected for 2016. Short- and long-term interest rates would drop, resulting in che...Read More

President Obama's amazingly emotional speech on gun control … President Obama delivered a deeply personal and emotional appeal to the country to help curb gun violence on Tuesday at the White House. For Obama, who is often criticized for his overly clinical approach to heated issues, his tone – sad and mad in relatively equal measure – was remarkable. Toward the end of his re...Read More

Yellen May Let the Economy Run Hot … Fed officials could forgo another rate increase in March, a possibility reflected in futures markets where the probability of no change at that time is around 58 percent. A pause would fuel expectations of a much slower series of rate hikes than the four that policymakers projected for 2016. Short- and long-term interest rates would drop, resulting in che...Read More

President Obama's amazingly emotional speech on gun control … President Obama delivered a deeply personal and emotional appeal to the country to help curb gun violence on Tuesday at the White House. For Obama, who is often criticized for his overly clinical approach to heated issues, his tone – sad and mad in relatively equal measure – was remarkable. Toward the end of his re...Read More

I Need Thee Every Hour (Parratt)Text by: Annie Sherwood Hawkes 1872Tune:Parratt by: Walter Parratt 1904Source: Episcopal 1940 Hymnal #438Here is my complete recording of the Episcopal 1940 Hymnbook: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...1 I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord;No tender voice like Thine can peace afford.2 I need Thee every hour, stay Thou nearby;Temptations lose their power...Read More

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (January 14, 2016) - Evok Innovations ("Evok"), a unique partnership between the BC Cleantech CEO Alliance and two Canadian energy companies, Cenovus Energy and Suncor Energy, launched today. Evok is a new cleantech fund which aims to accelerate the development and commercialization of impactful energy solutions to address the most pressing environmental and economic c...Read More

The area where Pebble mine would be built, 320 km southwest of Anchorage, within the Bristol Bay watershed. (Image courtesy of Northern Dynasty Minerals)A government probe into the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rejection of massive copper-gold mine project in Alaska, has found 25 months of missing emails from the account of an employee who is believed to have played a major role in de...Read More

Construction of a concrete batching plant at Skouries mine. (Image courtesy of Eldorado Gold)Greece's left-wing government is asking Canadian Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD) (NYSE:EGO) to resume halted mining operations and preserve jobs currently in the line as a condition for the two parties to continue talks on the country's biggest foreign investment.Environment and Energy Minister, Panos Skourletis,...Read More

Chief executive Sam Walsh expects 2016 to be "an even tougher year" than the last. (Image: Screenshot from IBM's video)Rio Tinto (LON, ASX:RIO), the world's second largest miner, has put a freeze on salaries for all employees, in a fresh attempt to weather tough market conditions marked by a continuing slump in commodities prices.Chief executive Sam Walsh told employees that expenses for travel an...Read More

The US dollar has been on a tear.And for miners in certain jurisdictions, this has helped operators immensely, especially when coupled with lower fuel prices, which typically accounts for 15-20% of overhead.With traditional inputs being purchased with the weakening local currency, and gold being sold for the appreciating dollar, some operators in Australia have been able to improve their bottom li...Read More

El Rev. Lowell Davis es el Superintendente de las Asambleas de Dios en Panam?? desde ela??o 1978.Con una reconocida trayectoria ministerial a Nacional e Internacional, Usado por Dios para llevar el evangelio hasta lo ??ltimo de la Tierra.Read More

US Treasury to track cash buyers of prime real estate … The US Treasury has launched a test programme to track all-cash buyers of high-end real estate in New York and Miami, amid fears that the US property market has become a favoured destination for foreigners looking to launder ill-gotten assets. – Financial TimesDominant Social Theme: To stay on top of criminality demands savvy dete...Read More

Malinee Wanduragala, a British volunteer worker, wants to see rugby spread to schools across the country Laura Pitel Conjure up an image of an Afghan woman and it is unlikely that the vision will involve her tackling, scrummaging or rucking. Even though the Taliban was forced from power more than a decade ago, many women must still fight for the most basic rights and freedoms. With the help of a B...Read More