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The growing practice consists on soliciting small amounts of money from a large number of people in order to fund a project or venture.

The loss prompted the oil giant to shelve and write off a new oil sands project in Alberta and an oil exploration project in Alaska.

At fifth plenum Beijing recommits to high economic growth rates, faster urbanization and indicates it's willing to step in to make it happen.

The country's government is in the midst of reviewing its mining legislation, particularly mandatory divestment rules and contract extensions.

Since the end of the “flash crash” that hit markets on August 24, when the Dow dropped 1,100 points in the first five minutes of trading, miners have been up.

In 2011, during the peak of the so-called “mining boom”, the sector was worth nearly US$2.5 trillion.

The decision to scrap the Carmon Creek project, said the company, was partially due to a lack of pipelines to coastal waters.

Why is it that the responsibility for balancing the market falls on OPEC? Why should OPEC be the one to fix the imbalances in the global crude oil trade?

The number of registered artisanal miners, or barrequeros, inside Colombia now top 100,000 and production should keep rising.