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Pricking the carbon finance bubble

Hazel Henderson writes for Reuters, after the first year of the Dodd-Frank reform in the USA, the too-big-to-fail financial bubble still looms. Missed by Frank-Dodd are the obsolete fossilized asset allocation models and Rigged Carbon Markets. An explosive new report from Carbon Tracker shows how these errors in asset valuation have saddled stocks and sovereign bonds with unrealistically over-valued fossil fuel reserves. These coal, oil and gas deposits carried on company and government books as "assets" may actually prove unmarketable and worthless!
Reuters | August 5, 2011 | 1:46 pm
STUDY: South African mining to remain stagnant

South Africa gold mine strike over

A strike in South Africa's gold mining sector ended on Tuesday after a 2-year wage deal was clinched, unions and the Chamber of Mines said. The strike at AngloGold Ashanti , Gold Fields and Harmony began last Thursday and halted output worth up to $25 million a day at bullion's current record prices. About 100,000 gold mine workers will to return to work, starting with the Tuesday night shift. The companies' share prices extended gains on the news as gold scaled new highs over $1,635.00 an ounce on growing concerns about Europe's debt woes and anaemic U.S. growth data.
Reuters | August 2, 2011 | 3:03 pm
What the Loss of Crimea Means for Ukrainian Energy: Interview with Robert Bensh

Reuters: Ukraine mourns after 37 die in mine accidents

Two separate accidents at mines in Ukraine have claimed the lives of 37 miners, Reuters reported Sunday: Rescue work ended on Sunday at two Ukrainian coal mines where accidents killed 37, and the former Soviet republic held a national day of mourning. An explosion in a mine in the Luhansk region early on Friday killed at least 26 people and injured two, according to an updated report on the Emergencies Ministry website. Also early on Friday, 11 miners died and four were injured at a state-owned mine in the neighbouring Donetsk region when a piece of heavy machinery collapsed.
Reuters | July 31, 2011 | 7:55 pm

FLSmidth wins order for a coal handling project in India

FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately EUR 25m (approximately DKK 180m) by Jhabua Power Ltd. for the supply and installation of the first phase of a 1,800 tons per hour coal handling plant for their upcoming power plant project at Jhabua in the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India
Reuters | July 29, 2011 | 2:28 am

Chile June copper output tumbles on labor woes, rain

Chile's copper output tumbled 8.5 percent to 426,477 tonnes in June after a contract workers' strike, heavy rains and power outages hit operations at the world's top copper producer, the government said on Thursday.
Reuters | July 28, 2011 | 2:03 pm

G-Resources sells $218 mln shares to fund Indonesia gold project

G-Resources Group Ltd , backed by Mount Kellett Capital and BlackRock Inc , chose to tap the equity markets with a HK$1.7 billion ($218.5 million) share placement after cancelling plans to secure a bank loan to fund its gold mining project in Indonesia. Photo of the Martabe gold project, by G-Resources Group Ltd.
Reuters | July 28, 2011 | 3:38 am

Chile Escondida copper mine declares force majeure

Chile's Escondida copper mine on Wednesday declared force majeure on copper concentrate sales amid a six-day strike that has hit output at the world's top deposit. The mine is owned by global miner BHP Billiton (BHP.AX: Quote) (BLT.L: Quote) and produces about 7 percent of the world's mined copper.
Reuters | July 27, 2011 | 9:22 pm

Specs lift bullish bets in gold as records set

Speculators in gold futures and options aggressively raised their net length during the week of July 19, as prices of the precious metal rallied to fresh records above $1,600 an ounce, latest data from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed.
Reuters | July 22, 2011 | 8:05 pm
Enbridge’s controversial pipeline gets OK

U.S. State Department to assess Canadian oil pipeline next month

The U.S. State Department said Friday it expects to issue a final environmental assessment next month on TransCanada Corp's (TRP.TO) proposed $7 billion pipeline that would deliver crude from Canada's oil sands to refineries to Texas. The pipeline has been opposed by many lawmakers and environmentalists for greenhouse gas emissions associated with oil sands production and because the line would run across one of the world's largest aquifers.
Reuters | July 22, 2011 | 6:33 pm