14 of Chile's rescued miners get early retirement Herald Tribune | SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's government has granted the early retirement requested by nearly half of the 33 miners who survived more than two months trapped deep underground last year. | The 14 miners who have cited either physical or psychological reasons for needing to stop working will receive ann...
A year on, Chile miners' future hopes are unfulfilled BBC News When the 33 miners who were trapped underground in Chile last year were finally rescued, great things were predicted for them. | They would be rich, films would be made about them, journalists would pay fortunes for their stories, and they would never have to work again. | Reality has been far less ...
Farmers unable to deny exploration of minerals on property Australian Broadcasting Corporation Farmers are being warned they don't have the legal right to refuse access to companies, wanting to explore for minerals on their properties. | The Environmental Defenders' Office says exploration is permitted, under certain guidelines, because the Cr...
Turbulent times send junior miners back to hedging's risky embrace The Australian | In today's volatile precious-metals markets, playing it safe isn't cool. | But smaller mining companies, such as Australia's Regis Resources and Revett Minerals of the US, are holding firm to gold and silver hedging, whereby mining compan...
Chile's first lady says miners won't be abandoned The Miami Herald | SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's first lady on Wednesday reassured all 33 rescued miners that the government won't abandon them, a day after she announced early retirement benefits for just under half of them. | President Sebastian Pinera's wife Cecilia ...
Chile's first lady says miners won't be abandoned Denver Post | SANTIAGO, Chile—Chile's first lady on Wednesday reassured all 33 rescued miners that the government won't abandon them, a day after she announced early retirement benefits for just under half of them. | President Sebastian Pinera's wife Cecil...
Beating The Liquidity Trap With Junior Gold Miners Seeking Alpha | This morning, August 30, 2011, Charles Evans, the Chicago Fed President, told CNBC that we’re in a liquidity trap, and that more easing is necessary. | What I want to know is: how do I turn that slice of information into profit for myself? Wh...
Chile miners granted early retirement The Independent | Chile's government has granted early retirement requested by nearly half of the 33 miners who survived more than two months trapped deep underground. | The 14 miners who have cited either physical or psychological reasons for needing to stop workin...
Sacre-Coeur Minerals Closes $1.2 Million First Tranche of Private Placement Mineweb | Vancouver, British Columbia CANADA - Sacre-Coeur Minerals Ltd. (SCM - TSX Venture, S5N - FWB)(the "Company") is pleased to announce the closing of the first tranche of a non-brokered private placement which has raised gross proceeds of CAD $1,200,0...
Australian miners invest $20bn in Africa, ‘billions more in the pipeline’ Mining Weekly | PERTH (miningweekly.com) − Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd said on Wednesday that there was significant opportunity for Australian companies to increase their presence in the African resources sector. | In a pre-recorded messag...
Venus says a sad, and unexpected, goodbye The Boston Globe | NEW YORK-Venus Williams' smile was tinged with a bit of sadness when she said goodbye to the U.S. Open for 2011 -- certainly not on her terms and certainly not the way most people expected. | The two-time champion and one of the headliners of the game for nearly 15 years withdrew Wednesday after revealing she had recently been diagnosed with Sjog...
LG Electronics ties up with Philips, Sharp for smart TV apps The Times Of India SEOUL: South Korea's LG Electronics said Thursday it has tied up with Dutch giant Philips and Japan's Sharp to ramp up production of applications for Internet-powered televisions. | The three TV vendors will jointly create software development kits, which will be distributed to third-party developers to write TV applications, LG said in a statement...
