A lot of people are buying the stocks of rare earth companies today — most because they have read that this is a “hot” industry and because most trade as penny stocks and are therefore highly “toutable” by the kind of newsletters that use copy like: We expect a minimum return of 10,486% on this Secret Stock we are willing to divulge to you alone!!
chinaminer460.jpg Lu’an Group, a large Shanxi-based coal producer, completed what was according to state newsletter, People’s Daily Online, China’s first manned test of an underground refuge chamber on April 10. A team of 80 miners, rescue workers and researchers stayed in a permanent refuge chamber in the company’s Changcun coal mine for 48 hours.
It’s understandable that people want to know where the precious metals market is headed next. And not just because big fluctuations can be nerve-wracking, but because it makes a big difference how you’d invest today if, for instance, you think there’s a big correction ahead (save cash to buy cheaper) or not (load up and ride the wave).
April 7, 2011 (Robin Bromby, Editor www.RareMetalBlog.com) - China is going to be a net importer of REE from about 2015, right? Well, that seems the latest consensus.
In an attempt to understand the relatively new but wildly popular Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Dr. Bogan did extensive research into the structures used by ETF operators, with a special focus on the potential risks that might arise should they be faced with large and sudden liquidations. Given that there are about 2,000 ETFs in existence, with assets totaling over $1 trillion, we thought it appropriate to find out what Dr. Bogan has learned in his research.
Within an ordinary industrial building in central Norway, people hover over a test drillhole running many meters deep. They are Devico engineers […]
Current expansionary monetary policy of central bankers is going drive inflation upwards as well as the price of gold.
Lawson Software (Nasdaq: LWSN) today announced that Bangla CAT, Bangladesh’s largest independent electric power generation (EPG) solution provider and Caterpillar distributor, has chosen Lawson for Equipment Service Management and Rental.
Western Australia could struggle to find the people needed to exploit the biggest mining boom in more than a century, the West Australian reports, because of fly-in, fly-out workers heading to other parts of Australia.
As Premier Colin Barnett called for increased immigration, including guest workers, to deal with skills shortages in WA's north, a BIS Shrapnel senior analyst warned that competition with Queensland to man projects was so intense that WA could lose out to its fellow resources State.
Australian Mining has announced that a new online forum has been developed to discuss issues of the skills shortage in the mining sector in Australia.
Mining for Skills, developed by Manpower, is an online forum hoping to engage people and companies at all corners of the resource industry, from government and resource companies to recruitment professionals and job seekers.