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Why retail investors have taken their marbles and gone home

Barry Ritholtz see signs everywhere that retail investors have left the building: low trading volumes and decline of popular media aimed at the small investor, like CNBC.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 25, 2012 | 10:02 pm

The toll from mining tin

BusinessWeek profile the horrific conditions in Indonesian tin mines, where largely destitute miners extract ore with shovels and picks.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 25, 2012 | 9:43 pm

Families left behind after South Africa’s mining massacre

Al Jazeera tracked down some of the grieving family members of the miners who were killed in the Aug. 16 shootings that left 34 dead.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 25, 2012 | 8:53 pm

VIDEO: All the reasons gold is going to go higher

Bloomberg put together this neat video illustrating all the factors that are pushing gold higher in the second half of this year.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 25, 2012 | 8:46 pm

Saskatchewan premier comes around to rejigging potash royalties

Potash royalties in Saskatchewan may be changing after all now that Premier Brad Wall has had a change of heart, according to an editorial by The StarPhoenix.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 25, 2012 | 8:17 pm

Gold climbs to three-month high

Spot gold has added $52 this week, leaping from $1,618/oz on Monday to finish the week at $1,670 and hit a three-month high.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 25, 2012 | 7:07 pm

Nearly 60% of Lonmin’s workers report to work

Troubled platinum miner Lonmin (LON:LMI) said that 57% of its workers turned up for work.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 25, 2012 | 5:46 pm

Rinehart’s $6.4 billion coal mine project gets the green light

Environmentalists such as Greenpeace have condemned the mine's approval as claiming, it will mean an unacceptable rise in vessels passing the Great Barrier Reef, impacting air quality and native flora and fauna.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 24, 2012 | 4:37 pm