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Investors have nowhere left to hide and will start running to silver and gold: Sprott

Eric Sprott says the negative interest rate policy (NIRP) in Europe—the rate bonds pay out for favoured countries like France and Germany—will eventually sour investors and turn them to hard assets like gold and silver.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 23, 2012 | 6:02 am

Worrying: China’s purchasing manager index at nine-month low

Another sign of a slowing China was released today HSBC Flash China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 47.8, a nine-month low. […]

Michael Allan McCrae | August 23, 2012 | 6:02 am

Gold Fields to miss production target, reviews portfolio

Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI), the fourth-biggest bullion producer, said it will fail to reach its predicted output target of 3.5 million ounces for 2012 and that it is revising its operations to increase the delivery of profits rather than ounces of the precious metal.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 23, 2012 | 5:45 am

Higher Education as Global Right: World Education University (WEU)

As technapex.com reports, the recently established World Education University wants to offer free education for everyone – because education is supposed to […]

Susanne Iberle | August 22, 2012 | 11:23 pm

Dix wants to take BC back to a two-track regulatory process

BC Opposition Leader Adrian Dix vows to leave the joint regulatory framework set up by the BC Liberals that is reviewing the Northern Gateway pipeline and set up his own review.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 22, 2012 | 6:34 pm

Meet the Israeli middleman said to have ‘stripped and flipped’ First Quantum’s DRC mine

Gertler, 38, used his relationship with DRC president Joseph Kabila and Kabila's now late adviser Augustin Katumba Mwanke to bag mining projects "by stripping from others if necessary, only to sell them on at great profit."

Frik Els | August 22, 2012 | 6:32 pm