Indonesia - Miners strike threatens to rock Gold and Copper markets around the globe.Thousands of mining workers have gone on strike in Indonesia's Papua province. The mine run by the U.S. firm Freeport McMoRan is...
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This mornings news uncovered a story by CBC Canada North that along with the seal hunter stranded on the Arctic ice flow spurred the birth of the following article... ""The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled...
opinion by Jessica Tucker | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 171 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
I like many political global picture analyst, may of missed what the global corporations have been doing in the back ground concerning Afghanistan. It has not been mentioned by the politicians; well if it has...
The price of gold keeps on rising and has hit an all-time high of $1,040.15 per ounce after the dollar loses some of its value. The last time gold hit a new high, 1,032.80, was in March 2008. Gold and other metals have become increasingly popular among investors as the dollar...
created by Annina Bergman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 276 views | 25 recommendations | 2 comments
Like many places in the world, the natives and their leaders in Baluchistan have raised their voice against the exploitation by the Toronto-based bullion giant Barrick Gold Corporation. The Baluch are planning a...
At the time the worst president in US history Mr. Bush was in power and alluding to the racist war in Iraq, I told the Feds who visited me, “The president has no regard for human life.”Just over two months ago...
Baluch nationalists have termed the “community meetings” organized by the managers of the $65 billion Reko Diq Copper-cum-Gold Project in Baluchistan as a mere eyewash and have vowed to boycott all such...
By Miriam Mannak (from Lubumbashi /DRC) Over the past week, thirteen people were murdered in Lubumbashi- the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the capital of the Katanga province. Among the casualties are two Lebanese nationals and a man from...
created by Miriam Mannak | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 329 views | 42 recommendations | 5 comments
All Binge Drinking Ends in A Hangover.New Patrick Byrne Video on CNN. Don't Miss it. He's quite a character.5 minuteshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoSsJ4BlTB8* * * * *Location: Blogs Bob O'Brien's Sanity Check...
created by RoryKearney | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 302 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
I know you weren't invited to the party but stick around. We are all going to pay to clean up their mess. To bring you up to snuff on this story, Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne was the first public figure to sound...
opinion by RoryKearney | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1356 views | 22 recommendations | 8 comments
" By March or April 2008, the 6000 gold, silver and bronze medals for Beijing 2008 were ready. China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation in Shanghai, China, was the maker of the medals. /// The raw materials...
opinion by Edmund Jenks | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 412 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Mining, drilling, logging, it is all happening in Clayouquot Sound to benefit the First Nations employement and standard of living. Unemployment rates in the First Nations communities of Clayoquot Sound are...
created by Susan Jones | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 576 views | 11 recommendations | 10 comments
As prices for metals have risen throughout the world "metal theft" has become increasingly common. In the UK, police have launched an initiative to tackle the problem."Police have launched a nationwide blitz on the theft of metal, a fast-growing crime fuelled by rising prices...
This story from Calgary. Rising cost of copper is resulting in widespread theft of the commodity from electrical and other installations. Police think the man whose body was found in a Calgary manhole may have been electrocuted while trying to steal...
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" STUDENTS and teachers clashed with police in Chile to protest an education Bill they say doesn't go far enough to bring equal access to schooling for the poor even with a Government flush with copper dollars. About a thousand students marched shoulder to shoulder in the...