MARK BURTON and EDDIE VAN DER WALT on BLOOMBERG TECHNOLOGY | 2 August 2017 “The revolution in electric vehicles set to upturn industries from energy to infrastructure is also creating winners and losers within the world’s biggest metals markets. While some of the largest diversified miners like Glencore Plc argue fossil fuels such as coal […]
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Industry support for the 5th WOC Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) continues to accelerate, with TCC Shipping (Hong Kong) coming on board as a Gold Sponsor. TCC joins the growing list of companies showing their commitment to “Corporate Ocean Responsibility”. Initial SOS Sponsors include: • McInnes Cooper • IHC Mining • Liquid Robotics • Thordon Bearings […]
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OMAR MOHAMMED on BLOOMBERG MARKETS | 26 July 2017 “Tanzanians are being cheated out of the country’s mineral wealth and should take more control of their natural resources, President John Magufuli said. Investors in Tanzania’s mining industry have “stolen” from the country by failing to distribute a fair share of the revenue they generate from […]
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THE NAKED SCIENTISTS | 25 July 2017 Download Podcast or Listen Here: “Now, we can explore the deep, with robots, manned submarines and we can use maths to help find certain things, but why? Well, apart from salvaging things we’ve lost down there, there is also an entire hidden world with new creatures and […]
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MARK BURTON on BLOOMBERG MARKETS | 25 July 2017 “The red metal is red hot. Copper surged to the highest level in more than two years, lifting shares of producers including Glencore Plc, on expectations that demand in China will fuel a global shortage, with plans in the country to curb metal-rich waste imports reinforcing […]
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KIM FULTON-BENNETT for MBARI | 24 July 2017 An article just published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B describes two remarkably different hydrothermal vent fields discovered in the southern Gulf of California. Despite being relatively close together, these vents host very different animal communities. This finding contradicts a common scientific assumption that neighboring […]
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Toronto Ontario, July 24, 2017. Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX:NUS, OTC:NUSMF Nasdaq Intl Designation) (the “Company” or “Nautilus”) announces that, pursuant to its subscription agreement with Mawarid Offshore Mining Ltd. and Metalloinvest Holding (Cyprus) Limited (together, the “Investors”) dated August 21, 2016, as amended (the “Subscription Agreement”), the Company has delivered a financing notice dated July […]
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WASHINGTON, July 18, 2017 – A new report released today by the World Bank highlights the potential impacts that the expected continuing boom in low-carbon energy technologies will have on demand for many minerals and metals. Using wind, solar, and energy storage batteries as key examples of low-carbon or “green” energy technologies, the report, “The […]
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JHIMLI MUKHERJEE PANDEY on THE TIMES OF INDIA | 17 July 2017 “Kolkata: Scientists from the Geological Survey of India (GSI) have discovered the presence of millions of tonnes of precious metals and minerals deep under the waters that surround peninsular India. The vast repository and the prospect of finding huge amounts of previously untapped […]
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KYLE FRISCHKORN on SMITHSONIAN.COM | 13 July 2017 “In June, an international team of oceanographers launched the first effort to create a comprehensive map of all the world’s oceans. To map some 140 million square miles of sea floor, the Seabed 2030 project is currently recruiting around 100 ships that will circumscribe the globe for 13 years. The team, united under the […]
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