May 5, 2015 INFOGRAPHIC: 9 construction projects that broke the bank Today’s infographic covers some of the most notorious construction projects that quadrupled in cost, become obsolete, or were downright botched.
May 5, 2015 South Africa delays court decision on black ownership of mines The mines ministry has missed an April deadline to ask courts solve the issue of whether companies may claim they meet black-ownership quotas if shareholders have sold their stakes.
May 5, 2015 Hold precious metals as banks try to criminalize the use of cash in their latest act of financial repression Gold hit its’ highest since early April at $1,215 earlier this week but failed to hold that level after the latest Federal Reserve meeting.
May 5, 2015 Fortune Minerals and POSCAN complete sale of Arctos coal licenses to BC Rail The AAJV partners maintain the exclusive right to purchase back the coal licenses at the same price for a 10-year option period. If both partners do not wish to exercise…
May 4, 2015 Outside money starts to pour into mining M&A Mick Davis hasn't spent a cent of his $6bn, but private money and non-mining players' share of M&A has already doubled in less than three years.
May 4, 2015 Why the rush into Canadian gold mines may continue: Steve Todoruk Steve Todoruk, a broker at Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd., has been eyeing the next possible takeover. He believes he’s narrowed down the most likely targets.
May 4, 2015 This plant may be the best diamond-finding tool you’ll ever have American geophysicist and Fulbright scholar, Stephen Haggerty, has found a new prickly, palm-like plant that seems to grow only on top of kimberlite pipes.
May 4, 2015 RioZim seeks partnerships for $2.1bn Zimbabwe power plant RioZim Ltd., which mines gold, diamonds and coal in Zimbabwe, wants to work with state-owned power utilities in South Africa and Namibia to build a 1,400-megawatt electricity plant near its…
May 4, 2015 Canadian First Nations offered $1bn to approve gas project A Petronas-led natural gas partnership in British Columbia is offering a Canadian aboriginal community Cdn$1bn to approve a new energy project.
May 4, 2015 Top reasons why Eldorado investors should stay away from Certej project The report exposes a compendium of risks associated with the Certej gold project and highlights some less evident or known facts that in return are likely to impair ELD’s ability…
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