Realpolitik
More mayhem, debt downgrades and a bank failure in Europe finally concentrated the minds of EU politicians, something the market has been waiting a year for.
More mayhem, debt downgrades and a bank failure in Europe finally concentrated the minds of EU politicians, something the market has been waiting a year for.
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO), who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, is pushing the US Department of Defense for the establishment of a national inventory of rare earth materials. “I support the procurement of such high-demand, at-risk rare earth materials to help fulfill Department of Defense (DOD) requirements and therefore reduce supply-chain vulnerability. By using the Annual Materials Plans as a vehicle, the Department can identify critical rare earth oxides, alloys, metals, or magnets, depending on what best suits DOD’s needs, and then fulfill a portion or the entirety of the associated requirements,” Coffman wrote in a letter to Ronnie Favors, the administrator of the DLA Strategic Materials.
Keystone XL pipeline to a company with financial ties to the... TAGS: 10/8/2011 article Keystone pipeline: Why the oil sands conduit will get built (New York) -- Jobs and energy prices will ultimately push the Obama administration to approve the
The recent recession-fear craze hammered commodities prices, crushing the stocks of the companies that produce them.
The New York Times reports as legislation to limit America's Environmental Protection Agency's power to regulate coal ash hits the US Congress this week, environmental advocates see industry footprints all over the bill's language. They say millions of dollars spent in lobbying and campaign contributions have yielded another congressional proposal to block Obama administration environmental oversight – and have allowed the industry to frame the debate.
Evening traffic on Highway 63 in Fort McMurray, a feeder to Alberta’s oilsands megaprojects. Photograph by: Chris Schwarz, Edmonton Journal EDMONTON - One day, an LRT train could be whisking riders past long lines of cars and trucks on their way to jobs
Republican senators and members of congress introduced a bill to counter an effort by the Department of the Interior to remove mining rights from a region in northern Arizona, which borders Grand Canyon National Park. U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Mike Lee (R-UT) and U.S. Congressmen Trent Franks (AZ-02), Rob Bishop (UT-01), Jeff Flake (AZ-06), Paul Gosar (AZ-01), David Schweikert (AZ-05) and Ben Quayle (AZ-03) unveiled the Northern Arizona Mining Continuity Act on Wednesday.
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In a recent article, How China Ate America’s Lunch, Clif Carothers described what China has accomplished in the last thirty years: In […]
First Majestic Silver Corp. ("First Majestic" or the "Company") (TSX:FR)(NYSE:AG)(FRANKFURT:FMV)(WKN:A0LHKJ) is pleased to announce that total production at its three mines in Mexico for the third quarter ending September 30, 2011 reached 1,791,770 equivalent ounces of silver. The total equivalent silver production for the quarter consisted of 1,708,865 ounces of silver, representing a small decrease of 4% from the prior quarter and a decrease of 6% compared to the same quarter in 2010. In addition, 1,891,991 pounds of lead was produced representing a 36% increase from the previous quarter and an increase of 52% compared to the same quarter in the previous year. Also, 409 ounces of gold was produced, representing an increase of 21% compared to the previous quarter and an increase of 27% compared to the third quarter of 2010.