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5 Agents of Change Investors Need to Know About Now

click to enlarge Citing these indicators as well as strong medium and long-term bank lending to nonfinancial corporations, research firm BCA recommended that investors overweight Chinese stocks relative to the emerging market aggregate. The world is changing fast right now in ways that many investors might not easily recognize or want to admit. This could

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Canadian junior miners worth jumps for second year in a row

By analyst By Cecilia Jamasmie The rising number of exploration projects, equity and debt financings, as well as mergers and acquisitions, indicates a renewed confidence in the junior sector. (Image: Pure Gold Mining’s Madsen gold project in Ontario’s Red Lake gold camp.) After years of struggling following a drop in commodity prices, Canadian junior miners

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Land use conflict suspends Buenaventura’s silver mine in Peru

By analyst By Andrew Topf Production at Buenaventura’s Uchucchacua (NYSE:BVN) silver-lead-zinc mine in Peru has been disrupted since Tuesday due to a dispute with the Oyon, an Andean people. The Ovon are demanding compensation for land use, Peru’s largest precious metals miner said in a news release, Thursday. “[M]embers of the local Oyon community have

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Forest Service okays first step to develop new Hecla mine in Montana

By analyst By Andrew Topf Hecla Mining’s (NYSE:HL) proposed Rock Creek mine in northwestern Montana has received a boost from a recent federal government decision. The U.S. Forest Service will allow Hecla, one of the biggest silver producers in the United States, to build an adit and conduct an environmental evaluation, according to a report

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