Gold and Silver • Impala Fires 17,200 Workers at Platinum Mine
Impala Fires 17,200 Workers at Platinum MineQBy Carli Lourens and Jana Marais – Feb 2, 2012 Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. (IMP), producer of about a quarter of global platinum, fired 17,200 workers...
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Implats loses 80,000 oz to date at RustenburgBy Sherilee Lakmidas | JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Impala Platinum, the world’s second largest platinum producer, said on Monday that a violent labour dispute...
View ArticleOther • Black is White, Hedges are Bets, and Your Money is Mine
Black is White, Hedges are Bets, and Your Money is Mine (guest essay) June 14, 2012 Once again we turn to frequent contributor Zeus Yiamouyiannis for a sharp analysis of why our "profits are private,...
View ArticleGold and Silver • South Africa police open fire at striking mine workers
South African police opened fire Thursday on a crowd of striking miners that charged a line of officers trying to disperse them, killing some and wounding others in one of the worst shootings by...
View ArticleGold and Silver • Hundreds storm office of Canadian gold mine in Kyrgyzstan
Hundreds storm office of Canadian gold mine in Kyrgyzstan Leila Saralayeva BARSKOON, Kyrgyzstan — The Associated Press Published Friday, May. 31 2013 Hundreds of stone-throwing protesters besieged a...
View ArticleGold and Silver • Re: Bingham Canyon Mine UPDATE
U. scientist: Kennecott landslide is one for the record books http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56317 … csp?page=2 Bingham Canyon » Company says more than 165 million tons of rock tumbled to the mine...
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Imaginary Squabbles Part 5: Comparing Krugman’s 2005 Housing Bubble Forecasts...
Alan Reynolds New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has recycled another phony argument about something I wrote many years ago. He begins by citing Matt O’Brien who found that Fed governor Janet...
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