Doug Casey predicts day of economic reckoning is near
It is a deal with the devil: Governments churn out more and more cash for the promise of continued prosperity.
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Why retail investors have taken their marbles and gone home
Barry Ritholtz see signs everywhere that retail investors have left the building: low trading volumes and decline of popular media aimed at the small investor, like CNBC.
The toll from mining tin
BusinessWeek profile the horrific conditions in Indonesian tin mines, where largely destitute miners extract ore with shovels and picks.
Families left behind after South Africa’s mining massacre
Al Jazeera tracked down some of the grieving family members of the miners who were killed in the Aug. 16 shootings that left 34 dead.
VIDEO: All the reasons gold is going to go higher
Bloomberg put together this neat video illustrating all the factors that are pushing gold higher in the second half of this year.
Saskatchewan premier comes around to rejigging potash royalties
Potash royalties in Saskatchewan may be changing after all now that Premier Brad Wall has had a change of heart, according to an editorial by The StarPhoenix.
Gold climbs to three-month high
Spot gold has added $52 this week, leaping from $1,618/oz on Monday to finish the week at $1,670 and hit a three-month high.
Nearly 60% of Lonmin’s workers report to work
Troubled platinum miner Lonmin (LON:LMI) said that 57% of its workers turned up for work.
Rinehart’s $6.4 billion coal mine project gets the green light
Environmentalists such as Greenpeace have condemned the mine's approval as claiming, it will mean an unacceptable rise in vessels passing the Great Barrier Reef, impacting air quality and native flora and fauna.
