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 Coal, Railroads and the STBThursday, November 05, 2009Much has changed over the past two years. Economy has declined and, despite some positive signs, it is not clear we have reached bottom. Rail has gone from capacity constrained to excess capacity. Long term future of coal is even less clear. read more » Mining Investment Rule 121: Beware the Sole Owner and 4,000 Unwise InvestorsFriday, October 30, 2009We have David Baines of the Vancouver Sun to thank for a new story on mining investment gone bad. We use this case history to formulate another Investment Rule: Do not buy shares in a mining company controlled by one man. read more » Sungro Minerals Mining Scam UncoveredTuesday, October 06, 2009Here is a simple investment rule: do not buy shares in a mining company with no assets, especially if the share value of the company is very high. read more » Managing Costs - Core DrillingWednesday, September 30, 2009Sometimes the smallest products can make the biggest impact. While they don't carry $1 million price tags like some of the high technology capital equipment available on the market, coring consumables represent incremental cost over the life of a project that can save or lose a drilling contractor hundreds of thousands of dollars in ... read more » Planning for the futureWednesday, September 30, 2009In the introduction to ICMM's Planning for Integrated Mine Closure: Toolkit, the authors describe planning for closure as being "about how to design a mine operation in order to facilitate closure. When a project is designed,there is a lot of scope to do so with closure in mind..." read more » |
