UBC votes on removing fossil fuel investments from endowment
Divestment intended to put political pressure on the Canadian government to adopt a national carbon pricing system, says campaigner.
Divestment intended to put political pressure on the Canadian government to adopt a national carbon pricing system, says campaigner.
This young dynamo entered the business straight out of university and is now running Skyharbour Resources (SKY.V). Skyharbour is a uranium junior holding a very prospective land position(over 390,000 hectares) in the prolific Athabasca Basin.
The central Africa nation may also lose its position as the continent’s top copper producer.
According to TD's latest report, real GDP growth in Alberta will inch forward by only 0.5% this year before speeding up to 1.8% in 2016.
Investing in mining equities can get rather complicated but Heiko Ihle, managing director at H.C. Wainwright & Co., says precious metals equity investors need to focus on just three criteria: jurisdiction, management and asset viability.
Newly elected President Edgar Lungu wants to keep mining royalties at 20%, as opposed to the 6% companies were paying a month ago.
Sixteen men, who failed to access a safe, broke into a room used for sorting diamonds near Prieska Monday morning.
Hundreds of miners in Kosovo are back on shift following a three-day work stoppage to protest against the Kosovo government, which backtracked on an earlier decision to take control of the Trepca mining complex.
On Thursday, January 15th, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) discontinued its three year effort to maintain its minimum currency floor of the Swiss franc.
