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. […]
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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.
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 […]
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.
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."
SEC sets new ‘conflict minerals’ rules
The new rules compel U.S. companies to release whether they purchase particular metals that have helped fuel war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Fossil fuel and renewable energy subsidies on the rise
Total subsidies for renewable energy stood at $66 billion in 2010, but are still dwarfed by the total value of global fossil […]
China’s oil giant cuts dividends to afford Nexen
Even Chinese oil giants have to pinch pennies when making a $15 billion bid
Thank the Libor probe for silver’s two month high
Silver may be a “poor man’s gold,” but investors who have stuck to it are finally cashing in on some dividends as the precious metal rose to $29.09 per ounce – 3.5% up on last week's close.