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Breaking News Mon, 9 Dec 2013
Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan on the Moon
 National Public Radio 
Is Mining On The Moon's Horizon?
A U.S. company is taking what it hopes to be a small step toward eventually mining the moon. | Las Vegas-based Moon Express just unveiled the design for a small robot spacecraft about the size of a co... (photo: Creative Commons)
Necklace with Gold Coins, said to be from a tomb at Aboukir near Alexandria, Egypt, from the reign of Gordian III (238-243 CE) or slightly later at exhibit in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Currency   Economy   Gold   Photos   Wikipedia: Gold  
 BBC News 
Why do we value gold?
Mankind's attitude to gold is bizarre. Chemically, it is uninteresting - it barely reacts with any other element. Yet, of all the 118 elements in the periodic table, gold is the one we humans hav... (photo: Public Domain / Daderot)
A woman walks behind a fabric bearing a portrait of former president Nelson Mandela in Soweto, South Africa Sunday June 9, 2013. Mandela has been hospitalized with an occurring lung infection. The latest government report says that he remains in a serious but stable condition.  Stuff 
Late Mandela inspired world's sports superstars
When it came to sport, Nelson Mandela had the ability to inspire even inspirational figures and leave global stars completely star-struck. | The anti-apartheid leader, former South African president a... (photo: AP / Denis Farrell)
Africa   Leader   Mandela   Photos   Wikipedia: Nelson Mandela  
HMMWV equipped with Raytheon surface-to-air missiles in display at Paris Air Show 2007  Business Insider 
Pentagon Approves $1.1 Billion Raytheon Missile Sale To Saudi Arabia
  | See Also | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has approved the sale of more than 15,000 Raytheon Co anti-tank missiles to Saudi Arabia under two separate deals valued at ... (photo: Creative Commons / Jonesy22)
Photos   Raytheon Missile   Saudi Arabia   United States  
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Michael Spindelegger, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria addresses during the 16th Session of the Council of Human Rights. Swissinfo
Austrian coalition talks logjam taken to president
  | Reuters | December 4, 2013 - 13:17 | VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian conservative leader Michael Spindelegger asked President Heinz Fischer on Wednesday to help ease... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferr)
Business   Photos   Politics   Vienna   Wikipedia: Michael Spindelegger  
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks upon his arrival to the airport in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Thursday, July 4, 2013. Maduro is in Cochabamba for an extraordinary meeting of South American leaders to show support for Bolivian President Evo Morales, whose plane was rerouted in Europe, over suspicions that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was on board. Swissinfo
Venezuelan president says he has proof blackout was sabotage
  | Reuters | December 4, 2013 - 04:50 | By Daniel Wallis and Deisy Buitrago | CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday he had proof t... (photo: AP / Juan Karita)
Business   Caracas   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Nicolás Maduro  
Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott speaks at a parliamentary dinner in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. The Australian
Every step counts as Tony Abbott finds his way
TWO hours before polls closed on September 7, Tony Abbott, as a nervous opposition leader, went to the Sydney home of John Howard, his mentor, Liberal Party counsellor an... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
Business   Melbourne   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Tony Abbott  
A man looks at a stock price board in Tokyo Monday, March 14, 2011 as the Tokyo stock market plunged on its first business day after an earthquake and tsunami of epic proportions laid waste to cities along Japan's northeast coast. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average slid 633.94 points, or 6.2 percent, to 9,620.49, extending losses from Friday. Business Insider
Japan's Nikkei Is Closing In On A 5-1/2 Year High
A visitor walks past logos at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, June 13, 2013. | TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares were in a buoyant mood, with Japanese stocks charging tow... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
Nikkei 225   Photos   Stock Exchange   Tokyo Stocks   Wikipedia : Nikkei 225  
Mikhail Prokhorov, one of Russia's richest tycoons and New Jersey Nets basketball team owner, speaks at a press conference in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, as he announces his candidacy to run against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the March 2012 presidential election Chicago Sun-Times
CHAD: At least Mikhail Prokhorov has money
Sure, the most interesting man in the world is the Dos Equis guy. But the second-most interesting man in the world is a 6-8 globetrotting Russian playboy millionaire with... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze)
Mikhail Prokhorov   Photos   Politics   Russia   Wikipedia: Mikhail Prokhorov  
Copper Gold
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- Copper steady on upbeat US, China data
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- Rambler Metals back in the black
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Necklace with Gold Coins, said to be from a tomb at Aboukir near Alexandria, Egypt, from the reign of Gordian III (238-243 CE) or slightly later at exhibit in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Why do we value gold?
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Nickel Iron Ore
- Barclays favors nickel in 2014, bearish on gold and oil
- Lawsuits accuse Phila. police of resuming 'nickel rides&
- China Nickel Importers Strike Term Deals With Eye on Indones
- What Happens When You Drop a Red Hot Nickel Ball in Molasses
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- Govt told to prepare iron ore inventory
- Bushveld Minerals signs MoU for joint testwork on P-Q iron-o
- Western Desert cuts ribbon at Roper Bar
- Mount Gibson buys �advanced’ Shine deposit from Gindalbi
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Coal Aluminum
- Coal shortage dampens power surplus hype
- Massachusetts settles Alpha coal blast lawsuit for $265m
- Planet Earth still needs coal
- Train carrying coal derails in Vegas; no injuries
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- LME wants aluminum warehousing suits heard in New York
- Will General Motors Car Sales Keep Booming? Steel, Aluminum
- >Aluminum Industry in the BRIC Countries - Market Opportunit
- New research suggests aluminum can be more valuable than gol
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Diamonds Platinum
- Accused diamond ring thief David Watts claims he was 'st
- Bob Diamond Is Teaming Up With An African Millionaire To Get
- Rockwell hits record Q3 output, announces new BEE partner
- Trans Hex delivers improved average grades
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- Platinum Group Metals Announces C$175 Million Bought Deal Fi
- Northam Platinum investors dilute holdings
- Friedland’s fireside remarks potentially inflammatory to S
- Pretoria set to have its own platinum mine
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