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Drilling and Mining Interests Pushed to Shrink Utah National Monuments, Documents Reveal
Drilling and Mining Interests Pushed to Shrink Utah National Monuments, Documents Reveal Even though Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke insisted “this is not about energy,” environmentalists and public lands advocates have long suspected the Trump administration’s cuts to national monuments were driven by its push for more drilling, mining and other development. Now, internal Interior Department documents obtained by the New York Times show that […]
Mining CEO Warns Of Massive Deficits: “We’re At Critical Levels… Less Than 10 Days Of Supply”
Mining CEO Warns Of Massive Deficits: “We’re At Critical Levels… Less Than 10 Days Of Supply” With much of the investment world focused on crypto currencies and blockchain, it’s no surprise that the fundamental building blocks of the physical world have been ignored for so long. The focus in recent years has been on mining […]
Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist – 5
Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist – 5 Gustave Courbet Sunset on Lake Geneva 1876Chapter 1 of this five-part series by Dr. D is here: Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist – 1 Chapter 2 is here: Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist – 2 Chapter 3 is here: Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist – 3 Chapter 4 is here: Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist – 4 Next […]
Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist – 1
Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist – 1 Gustave Courbet The wave 1869A while ago, I asked a regular commenter at the Automatic Earth, who goes by the moniker Dr. D, to try and write an article for us. Not long after, I received no less than 31 pages, and an even 12345 words. Way too long for […]
Diesel is finite. Trucks are the bedrock of civilization. So where are the battery electric trucks?
Diesel is finite. Trucks are the bedrock of civilization. So where are the battery electric trucks? Introduction to battery electric trucks Heavy-duty diesel-engine trucks (agricultural, cargo, mining, logging, construction, garbage, cement, 18-wheelers) are the main engines of civilization. Without them, no goods would be delivered, no food planted or harvested, no garbage picked up, no […]
In One Year The US Mining Industry Lost More Money Than It Made In The Prior Eight
In One Year The US Mining Industry Lost More Money Than It Made In The Prior Eight For anyone still looking for context to the biggest ever collapse in commodity prices in history, one far sharper and now longer than that in the deflationary aftermath of the Lehman failure, look no further than the chart […]
Not on This Land: A Western Tribe Takes a Stand and Says No to Big Coal
Not on This Land: A Western Tribe Takes a Stand and Says No to Big Coal The Northern Cheyenne are opposing a proposed railroad that would cut through their ancestral lands to haul Montana coal to the Pacific coast for export. An e360 video reports on the Cheyenne’s fight against the railroad and the extraordinary coalition […]
The Haunting Legacy of South Africa’s Gold Mines
The Haunting Legacy of South Africa’s Gold Mines Thousands of abandoned gold mines are scattered across South Africa, polluting the water with toxics and filling the air with noxious dust. For the millions of people who live around these derelict sites, the health impacts can be severe. The name is derived from “happy prospect” in Afrikaans, […]
Supreme Court rejects Rio Tinto’s efforts to dismiss Innu class action lawsuit
Supreme Court rejects Rio Tinto’s efforts to dismiss Innu class action lawsuit Innu claim mines have harmed environment and their way of life The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to end a class action lawsuit filed by two Innu communities against the Iron Ore Co. of Canada and the Quebec North Shore and Labrador […]
Macroeconomic Instability For Emerging Markets Thanks To Commodity Bust
Macroeconomic Instability For Emerging Markets Thanks To Commodity Bust The bust in commodity prices is sending ripples through the world of emerging markets. Countries depending on resource extraction and exports of commodities have run into a brick wall this year the prices collapsed for all sorts of materials – oil, gas, coal, gold, copper, and […]
The stuff problem
The stuff problem ‘Yes to renewables!’ Hundreds rallied outside the Victorian Parliament House, Melbourne, 10 December 2013. Takver under a Creative Commons Licence How much mined material will we need to build a 100-per-cent renewable world? Danny Chivers works it out. The problem with wind turbines, solar panels, ground-source heat pumps and electric cars is that they’re all made of […]
