Artisanal miners in the Philippines are accused of causing environmental devastation but the miners vow to resist mining reforms announced by President Benigno Aquino.
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Congregants are expected to throng the Shree Swaminarayan temple in New Jersey this Sunday to ceremonially weigh their guru in honour of his 70th birthday. Preliminary estimates are that Swami Purushottampriyadasji's good works are worth just under $4 million or the equivalent of 40,000 catalytic converters.
Former president Nambaryn Enkhbayar was found guilty on corruption charges and sentenced to four years in prison just weeks after he made a political comeback with his Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party as the junior partner in the new ruling coalition.
“We interpret that lack of capital discipline and stock underperformance has reached a breaking point in the mining sector and we expect further management changes to come.”