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The American Geoscience Institute organizes every year an ”Earth Science Week” to draw the public’s attention to Earth Sciences. This year’s theme […]
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Minera IRL’s Don Nicolas gold mine in Argentina gets green light
Minera IRL (LON:IRL) confirmed Wednesday the approval of the environmental impact assessment and the granting of a development permit for the Don Nicolas gold project in Santa Cruz, Argentina.
Potash Corp warns profit to be lower than forecasted
Potash Corp. (TSX, NYSE:POT), Canada's largest fertilizer producer, said Wednesday it was revising its outlook because of delays in reaching contracts with commodity buyers in India and China.
INFOGRAPHIC: Fluorspar, essential for modern life
The mineral fluorspar is now more important - and expensive - than ever.
Former American real estate brokers find gold fortune in Ghana
Two former American real estate agents headed to the gold-rich West African jungles of Ghana to find a way to pays their debts, which exceeded $1 million.
Standard and Poor’s cuts Anglo American’s outlook to negative
Global credit rating firm Standard and Poor's (S&P) downgraded Wednesday its outlook on Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) to negative from stable as a result of growing concerns about the effects of South Africa’s mining strikes on the company's mining operations and on the wider economy.
Oil and coal save BHP’s September quarter results
BHP Billiton (ASX,LON,NYSE:BHP), the world’s biggest miner by market value, posted Wednesday a weaker than expected September quarter from its West Australian iron ore mines as the company’s work on expansion plans affected production figures.
Silver and gold’s staggering ascent during German hyperinflation of the 1920’s
New charts vividly illustrate the staggering ascent of precious metals during the period of catastrophic hyperinflation which brought Weimar Germany to its knees in the early 1920's.
Jim Rogers touts Russia, shorts JPMorgan
"You know Russia has been a disaster for 95 years—since 1917—but I think that's changing."