The newest and hottest gold investment: a $1 million vacuum cleaner
US vacuum manufacturer GoVacuum has produced what the company claimed to be the world’s most expensive vacuum cleaner, plated with 24K gold.
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SEC sets date for long-awaited vote on ‘conflict minerals’ rules
The US Securities and Exchange Commission will vote in August on controversial rules requiring extensive reporting from companies using ‘conflict minerals’ in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
MLA, mining historian Bill Barlee remembered
One of British Columbia’s best known historians, host of Gold Trails and Ghost Towns, passed away in Victoria on June 14. He […]
Equities the way to benefit from gold’s strength: Henk Krasenberg
Henk J. Krasenberg, analyst and founder of the European Gold Centre and author and publisher of the GOLDVIEW newsletter, sees no lack of potential among small-cap equities, especially for investors willing to look beyond the U.S. borders.
Three reasons renewables may be for real this time
Peace in the Middle East and renewable energy are the same: discussed at length but never seem to arrive.
Obama’s rough ride in coal country
NPR talked to residents of Mingo County, a coal region in West Virginia. Voters predominantly believe that the current administration in the White House is running a "War on Coal" and the region they grew up in is getting left behind.
Cambodia—prospective, stable and ignored: Ken Booth
Ken Booth has been involved in the mining industry for 30 years and sees the past two decades of quiet, stable growth that Cambodia has enjoyed out of the world's economic spotlight as an opportunity for investors.
Unmasking the Asian giant
Chinese operas have been keeping audiences enthralled for hundreds of years with mythical characters, enchanting stories and elaborate masks that add drama and mystery. While this fantastical treatment is appreciated in the theatre, it isn’t in g...
Coal slag heap designated World Heritage site
France's Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin—along with its mining pit, workers' quarters and yes, slag heap—now joins The Great Wall and the Great Barrier Reef on UNESCO's World Heritage list.
