Trust in public power companies misplaced ... Former Labor minister Patrick Conlon urges carbon price to fix electricity system ... A SENIOR Labor figure is urging a carbon price on electricity to lower household bills by kickstarting investment in new-generation power plants. - The AdvertiserAustralian politicians have been obsessed with taxing carbon ever since the tax was briefly imposed and...Read More
Fixing America’s Roads Is a Great Opportunity ... Many politicians and commentators are calling for a big burst of spending on infrastructure. On his blog, my esteemed Bloomberg View colleague Tyler Cowen raises an interesting question: What is the opportunity cost of government spending — that is, what is the value of the other uses to which the money and resources could be put? ...Read More
Michael Moore: Trump Is Self-Sabotaging His Campaign Because He Never Really Wanted the Job in the First Place ... He’s running for president to get a better deal for “The Apprentice.” Michael Moore, AlterNetHas film-maker Michael Moore revealed the truth about Donald Trump's campaign? Is it just a publicity stunt gone wrong, and a malicious one?Despite his tremendous success, th...Read More
1. Going Home2. Spokesman3. Open Your Eyes4. Decision5. Dad6. Tell Me7. Liar8. January9. Happy10. Woodchuck11. It's Your Life12. Spankbank13. Youth14. Radio15. FTN16. The Upper Hand17. Spokesman (Germish Version)I do not own the rights of the albums in this channel. Rights belongs to the bands and/or the record labels.If any band or label don't want their music here, send me an inbox and i will de...Read More
An introduction to the Olive Oil Diet - the latest book by Dr Simon Poole and Judy Ridgway which puts a new perspective on the Mediterranean Diet. Supercharge your health by placing olive oil at the heart of your eating, and learn the latest amazing scientific discoveries of this ancient superfood.Read More
The Agora, previously Agora, Inc., is a Baltimore, Maryland-based network for over thirty companies in the publishing, information services, and real estate industries. Agora was founded in 1978, in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. The Agora Companies operate independently from cities around the world including London, Paris, Bonn, Melbourne, Johannesburg, Buenos Aires, and Wa...Read More
Zinc is the best performing base metal so far this year and measured from its multi-year low struck mid-January the zinc prize is up 54%.Zinc's prospects brightened considerably after the shutdown of two major mines last year - Australia's Century and the Lisheen mine in Ireland. The two mines had a combined output of more than 630,000.Top zinc producer Glencore has been out in front when it comes...Read More
Bolivia has nationalized three Glencore operations in nine years. Bloomberg reports Glencore has announced: "after almost nine years of negotiations without receiving any compensation for the nationalization of three of its operations, Glencore had no other option but to initiate arbitration proceedings to enforce its rights under international law."From a total of four operations in Bolivia, Glen...Read More
An aerial view of the Mount Polley mine tailings pond shows the area where the dam wall gave way early on the morning of August 4. (Image from archives)Two years after a dam containing a small lake of water and mine slurry at the Mount Polley copper mine near Likely, B.C. gave way, the tarnished Golden Triangle environmental and economic fallout continues.The trees in the flood's path weren't the...Read More
World's largest mining company BHP Billiton (ASX, NYSE:BHP) (LON:BLT) poured some very cold water on the resources sector Tuesday by posting its worst-ever annual loss, just when the industry was gaining some confidence back as commodity prices have recovered from multi-year lows.The Melbourne, Australia-based firm logged a net loss of $6.4 billion for the year to June, compared with a 2015 net pr...Read More
We had some trouble with the site and stories will be up later today. In the meantime come visit our new links feature – Notable News – or view stories you may not have seen yesterday. The problems were internal and everything is fixed now. Thanks for your support!You don’t have to play by the rules of the corrupt politicians, manipulative media, and brainwashed peers.When you su...Read More
We had some trouble with the site and stories will be up later today. In the meantime come visit our new links feature – Notable News – or view stories you may not have seen yesterday. The problems were internal and everything is fixed now. Thanks for your support!You don’t have to play by the rules of the corrupt politicians, manipulative media, and brainwashed peers.When you su...Read More
Metso has won a significant deal to support the conversion of the largest open-pit copper mine in the world to a large-scale underground mining operation. The Chuquicamata mine, located 1,650 kilometres north of Santiago, Chile, is owned and operated by Chile's National Copper Corporation, Codelco. Metso's scope in the contract includes the engineering, supply of equipment and materials, and site...Read More
Chile's Codelco, the world's top copper miner, may soon change its focus from cost reductions to output cuts, as the state-owned miner faces what its chief executive called the "worst crisis ever" since created in 1976.Announcing fresh cost-cutting measures to save $242 million this year, CEO Nelson Pizarro said last week (in Spanish) that slumping copper prices, high debt, rising costs and lower...Read More
Hillary Promises a New Government Agency to Open Up Our Borders ... Hillary's open borders policy will reach fruition if she becomes president. In fact, she said ... she is going to open up a new government agency to help illegal aliens and get them on a path to citizenship. She has already said that in her first 100 days, she will go much further than Barack Obama. - Independent SentinelMonths ag...Read More
Gold Losing Appeal for Investors Retreating From Rally ... 'People don't believe in the gold rally,' Holmes says. Investors are growing more skeptical of gold's lasting luster. Hedge funds and other speculators cut their wagers on a bullion rally for the fourth time in five weeks. As traders tire, the metal's 30-day historical volatility has dropped to the lowest since November. Open interest is a...Read More
Hillary Promises a New Government Agency to Open Up Our Borders ... Hillary's open borders policy will reach fruition if she becomes president. In fact, she said ... she is going to open up a new government agency to help illegal aliens and get them on a path to citizenship. She has already said that in her first 100 days, she will go much further than Barack Obama. - Independent SentinelMonths ag...Read More
Gold Losing Appeal for Investors Retreating From Rally ... 'People don't believe in the gold rally,' Holmes says. Investors are growing more skeptical of gold's lasting luster. Hedge funds and other speculators cut their wagers on a bullion rally for the fourth time in five weeks. As traders tire, the metal's 30-day historical volatility has dropped to the lowest since November. Open interest is a...Read More