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Political crisis pushes out auction of giant Peru copper project again

By analyst By Frik Els An auction for the $2 billion Michiquillay copper mine project in Peru scheduled for this week was canceled by the besieged government of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. A contract for the project according to state investment agency ProInversion will now be awarded on February 20. Reuters reports the Organization of

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Western Australia government rejects Mineral Resources’ iron ore project

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud The Western Australian government announced Thursday that it has rejected Mineral Resources’ (ASX:MIN) proposal to exploit the Jackson 5 and Bungalbin East iron ore deposits, located at the Helena-Aurora Range. In a media statement, Environment Minister Stephen Dawson reiterated some of the words he shared last month and emphasized

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Palladium – The Metal for the Discerning Speculator, or The Simple Way of Doubling Profits in Palladium

By Dimitri Speck Misbehaving Metals In past issues of Seasonal Insights I have discussed the very odd behavior of a variety of instruments in the course of the typical week: in issue 17 the topic were intra-week moves in S&P 500 Index, and in issue 18 the no less interesting intra-week pattern in Bitcoin. In

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Rick Ackerman and Technicals – Thu 21 Dec, 2017

By Cory Rick’s Comments on Bitcoin and Tax Reform After discussing off mic with Rick Ackerman what markets were interesting Rick said pretty much everything was boring. That left us talking about Bitcoin and Rick’s thoughts on its investment narrative. Download audio file (2017_12_21-Rick-Ackerman.mp3) …read more Source:: The Korelin Economics Report The post Rick Ackerman

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Prospector Picks First Exploration Target from New Acquisitions

Source: Streetwise Reports 12/21/2017 Mike Niehuser, an analyst with Scarsdale Equities, provided background on an asset believed to be an “advanced exploration target.” In a Dec. 1 research note, Niehuser reported that of the 11 exploration targets in its recently acquired Navilawa Special Prospecting License area in Fiji, Lion One Metals Limited (LIO:TSX.V) decided to

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Scientists are searching for silver in laundry wastewater

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Researchers at the University of Massachusetts are in a quest to recover silver from laundry wastewater and, according to a paper published today in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, they have discovered how different variations in detergent chemistry impact the amount of metal they can get. But Tabish Nawaz

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Why a small Canadian city wants to by shares in Rio Tinto Alcan

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud The mayor of Kitimat, a district municipality in the North Coast of British Columbia where Rio Tinto Alcan’s aluminium smelter is located, told the CBC that his office is considering buying shares in the Montreal-based company in a bid to force it to install saltwater scrubbers at the facility.

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