The greatest mining flameouts of 2012
The notable flops, failures and flameouts of the year.
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China’s Shandong Gold snares majority stake in Australia’s Focus Minerals
Deal is the biggest transaction of its type for a mid-tier gold miner in recent years
Western Australia expects four more uranium mines over next ten years
State premier gives firm support to uranium mining despite federal approval delays
Buy physical gold as governments charge towards insolvency in 2013: Pento
Tremendous macroeconomic dangers lie in wait over the next year
Mining costs soar as productivity languishes, superfluous staff proliferate
Excess sub-contractors and outdated construction techniques lead to cost blowouts and project delays
What energy independence? How the US oil boom has been oversold
A negative feedback loop is already in play in the fracking business.
Republican sellout invites stagflation
While it may be no surprise that Republicans are preparing to yield on tax hikes, it should raise investor concerns the world over that a budget agreement will likely involve a Congressional surrender of its authority to set the federal debt ceiling.
Congo and cobalt critical
Only four metals, or element groups, made the list for the American Physical Society, Materials Research Society and the US Department of Energy's uncatalogued for 'critical metals': Rare Earth elements, platinum group metals, lithium and cobalt.
QE3 silver impact
As the Fed’s past QE campaigns demonstrated abundantly, QE3 will eventually prove to be very bullish for silver’s fortunes.
