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Half of them say their businesses would permanently close within a year unless the business environment improves, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday.Continue...Read More
We talk about the Repo Market turmoil and which bank is actually the catalyst of it, QE4 and it's permanency, the difference between shadow banking and derivatives markets and we debate whether or not Bitcoin is cash or is an asset, and lastly his affinity towards blockchain over crypto currencies. We also touch briefly on Veritaseum and Reggie Middleton's SEC case of fraud and his thoughts on the...Read More
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Debswana's Orapa Mine.Botswana's diamond mining giant, Debswana, is closing its Damtshaa mine, and will scale down production at Orapa No.1 operation for the next three years as it battles a continued downturn in the global diamond market, local paper Southern Times reports.The company - a 50/50 joint venture between De Beers and the Botswana Government - had forecast production of 22 million c...Read More
Los Pelambres remains Antofagasta's flagship mine, producing over 55% of the total group output.(Image courtesy of Antofagasta PLC)A Chilean court evaluating an appeal from London-listed Antofagasta (LON:ANTO) to a March decision that forces the company to demolish the dam wall for Los Pelambres copper mine, could soon make a final decision, local paper Diario Financiero reports (in Spanish).The c...Read More
Why the Fed's historic rate hike is good news and bad news for the economy. Yellen says rate hike shows Fed's confidence the U.S. economy is strengthening … — LA TimesDominant Social Theme: The Fed takes care of the economy, and this is the way it must be.Free-Market Analysis: The good news is that the economy is recovering, according to this article. The bad news is that the F...Read More
Why Hillary Clinton's 'Likeability' May Not Matter to Voters in 2016 … Hillary Clinton's candidacy will test an important proposition in presidential politics: Do voters cast ballots for candidates they don't necessarily like? Mrs. Clinton isn't hanging her candidacy on the idea that she's especially personable. The thrust of her campaign is that in precarious tim...Read More
Why the Fed's historic rate hike is good news and bad news for the economy. Yellen says rate hike shows Fed's confidence the U.S. economy is strengthening … — LA TimesDominant Social Theme: The Fed takes care of the economy, and this is the way it must be.Free-Market Analysis: The good news is that the economy is recovering, according to this article. The bad news is that the F...Read More
Why Hillary Clinton's 'Likeability' May Not Matter to Voters in 2016 … Hillary Clinton's candidacy will test an important proposition in presidential politics: Do voters cast ballots for candidates they don't necessarily like? Mrs. Clinton isn't hanging her candidacy on the idea that she's especially personable. The thrust of her campaign is that in precarious tim...Read More
No charges will be laid by the provincial government due to the failure of the Mount Polley tailings dam, said the B.C. chief mines inspector."The chief inspector found that the mine and its engineers employed weak practices on the mine site and many recommendations go to new standards and guidelines to improve these practices," said the Ministry of Energy and Mines in a news release."Weak practic...Read More
A look back at mining and metals in 2015 through MINING.com's most popular stories of the year. Click on the arrow on the right to scroll through the timeline of events.Read More
Fed raises rates for first time in 9 years … The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade on Wednesday, signaling faith that the U.S. economy had largely overcome the wounds of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. The U.S. central bank's policy-setting committee raised the range of its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to between 0.25...Read More
Obama Tells New American Citizens Why Immigration Is 'Part of What Makes Us Exceptional' … On Tuesday morning, 31 people from 25 countries became American citizens while standing in the same room as the original Bill of Rights, which celebrated its 224th birthday today. They were very excited. Muhanned Ibrahim Al Naib, a refugee from Iraq and former translator, told the Guardian, &qu...Read More
Fed raises rates for first time in 9 years … The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade on Wednesday, signaling faith that the U.S. economy had largely overcome the wounds of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. The U.S. central bank's policy-setting committee raised the range of its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to between 0.25...Read More
Obama Tells New American Citizens Why Immigration Is 'Part of What Makes Us Exceptional' … On Tuesday morning, 31 people from 25 countries became American citizens while standing in the same room as the original Bill of Rights, which celebrated its 224th birthday today. They were very excited. Muhanned Ibrahim Al Naib, a refugee from Iraq and former translator, told the Guardian, &qu...Read More
Transporting workers and heavy machinery can be a challenge for any mine, but there's one part of the world where mining has a whole other level of complexity: an elevation of more than 4,000 metres.Here's where the world's 10 highest mines are located.Visit IntelligenceMine and learn how you can run your own analysis to uncover service, supply, investment and business opportunities. Contact us t...Read More
Image by Bennyartist |Shutterstock.comMining giant Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) wants to be one of the first major miners to get a grip on the lithium market, one of the very few commodities, if not the only one, that has remained unaffected by the ongoing rout in metals and fuel prices.According to the company's chief executive of diamonds and minerals, Alan Davies, Rio is already seeking strategic allia...Read More
U.S. maker of mining equipment Joy Global (NYSE:JOY) logged Wednesday an unexpected and sharp loss in its fourth quarter and announced it was cutting its dividend as it struggles to survive long-dragged drop in demand triggered mostly by low commodity prices.Announcing a loss of $1.32 billion for the fiscal fourth quarter ended Oct. 30, the Milwaukee-based maker of giant shovels, conveyor belts an...Read More