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Stockholm: Deutscher Forscher erhält Nobelpreis für Medizin - F - Oct 7, 2013
www.focus.de/gesundheit/ratgeber/zukunftsmedizin/news/schwed…

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Obama warnt vor wirtschaftlichem Chaos +Ansehensverlust; US Präsident Barack Obama hat im Finanzstreit mit den Republikanern vor einem wirtschaftlichem Chaos +einem Verlust an Glaubwürdigkeit in der Welt gewarnt - W/DPA, WASHINGTON - Oct 8, 2013
http://web.de/magazine/nachrichten/ausland/17927802-obama-bo…

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Khosla Ventures "refers to its continuing search for " "black swan" ideas, with significant upside" or a significantly better mouse trap" - BD - Oct 7, 2013

- J. Lane -
www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2013/10/07/black-swans-white-…

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The "4 Monster Myths of Renewable Fuels"; As Matt Horton, CEO of Propel Fuels, relates the tale, he hears the 4 Monster Myths of Renewable Fuels, also known as the "conventional wisdom," all too often - BD - Oct 3, 2013

- J. Lane -
www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2013/10/03/the-4-myths-of-ren…

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Gold miners unite to block royalty hikes; Western Australia’s gold miners are uniting; establishing the Gold Royalties Response Group(GRRG) to stand up to the state government over potential gold royalty hikes - MA - Oct 8, 2013

- A. Heber -
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/gold-miners-unite-to-block-r…

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Sandstorm Gold - Announces Closing of Premier Royalty Acquisition - Oct 4, 2013
www.sandstormgold.com/news/release/index.php?content_id=341

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White House "Preparing to Name Yellen Fed Chair" - FY/R - Oct 9, 2013
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tight-decision-fed-centrist-wa…

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Global Cobalt - Announces Agreement With Beijing Easpring Material Technology Co., "China's Top Battery Materials Supplier", for the Karakul Cobalt Deposit, which "is "potentially" the "world's largest source of primary cobalt outside of the distressed conflict regions of Africa's Copper Belt" "; Agreement gives Global Cobalt the right to sell to Easpring "up to" 100% of the total crude cobalt hydroxide, cobalt concentrate or cobalt carbonate production, from the Karakul Cobalt Project("Karakul"), for an initial term of 10 years from the commencement of commercial production - Oct 3, 2013
www.stockhouse.com/news/press-releases/2013/10/03/global-cob…

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Zitat von Popeye82: Micromem Applied Sensor Technologies - American Automobile Manufacturer Client Approves "Proof of Concept" +Commences Negotiations for Licence Agreement; performance of the proof of concept exceeded the client’s requirements, by 50% - Apr 3, 2013
www.micromeminc.com/newsreleases/2013/PR-40313.pdf


Micromem Technologies Announces 2nd "independent world renowned Oil Company" to Evaluate MAST's "Nanoparticles Tracers", for 2ndary Oil Recovery Operation; Steve Van Fleet: "This combination of client specific nanoparticles +our sensor platform represents an effective means, via particle introduction into injection wells around a production well, of assessing the morphology of an oil/gas production field. " "If" this approach is successful, the process of evaluating the condition of operating oil/gas fields will be accelerated "considerably", when compared to conventional tracer methodologies"."; Joseph Fuda: "To have Micromem working with two "independent world renowned companies", to deliver a product that "is industry changing is a great accomplishment" for Micromem +is a "clear demonstration of the added value, that our technology can provide". The fact that this is our 2nd major client in the natural resources exploration/production industry is a "clear "indication" that we are on track, with our nanoparticle-based product development" " - Aug 2, 2013
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/micromem-technologies-announce…

Amendment to a Product Development Agreement; previously announced a USD $4.000.000 'product development agreement' has now been amended, to increase the value of this project to "in excess" of USD $20.000.000, "reflects the increase in the rollout of the number of ' "negotiated" field units' " - Sep 19, 2013
www.micromeminc.com/newsreleases/2013/9-19-2013.pdf

Micromem Technologies Inc.: Provides Oil Sector Update; has "garnered the "Attention" of 4 of the world’s largest oil companies " - Oct 8, 2013
www.micromeminc.com/newsreleases/2013/10-08-13PR.pdf

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Black Mountain Resources - Silver grades of "up to" 5.194g/t, in newly opened up level - Oct 9, 2013
http://bmz.live.irmau.com/IRM/Company/ShowPage.aspx/PDFs/107…

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Zitat von Popeye82: Tigers Realm Coal - Positive Amaam Nth Project F Pre-Feasibility Study Completed, "confirms low capital +operating cost, open pit coking coal mine @Amaam North" - Sep 2, 2013

"Highlights:"

+ Pre-feasibility Study(PFS) on Project F @Amaam North "demonstrates outstanding project economics", from a core starter project, with a shortened timeframe to 1st production.

+ Project F will produce over 1.000.000t/a of primarily coking coal product from a low strip ratio(5:1) open pit, over an initial 11 year mine life.

+ Project F "has the "potential" to become one of the lowest operating cost, export coking coal mines in the world " , with an average FOB cash cost of US$75/t of saleable product.

+ The capital cost to "initial" production is "estimated" @US$52.000.000.

+ The PFS "confirms strong project economics". Using a coking coal price of US$150/tonne +a 10% real discount rate, the project has an after- tax net present value(NPV ) of US $ 177.000.000 +an internal rate of return(IRR ) of 37%. Payback is <2 years.

+ The Bankable Feasibility Study(BFS) continues +TIG is funded for this work
–the BFS will be completed by Q1 `14, as scheduled. " "Strong interest" in funding Project F has been received".

+ Ongoing work programs will "assess "options" to further enhance project value". These include expanding the open pit Resources, through further drilling on the largely unexplored Amaam North licence, assessing the "potential" for underground mining of the thick seams below the Project F open pit +optimising PFS outcomes.

+ TIG’s "plans" "for becoming a large scale +leading coking producer from Amaam +Amaam North are further strengthened by the strong economics of Project F." Project F is set to become the core starter mine, which will then support the expansion of production, from the main 6.000.000t/a Amaam Project +Amaam North. ...
http://clients2.weblink.com.au/clients/tigersrealm/article.a…
http://clients2.weblink.com.au/clients/tigersrealm/article.a…

Credit Suisse Initiates Coverage on TIG - Sep 10, 2013
http://tigersrealmcoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/201310…


Foster Stockbroking Initiates Coverage - Oct 9, 2013
http://tigersrealmcoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/201310…

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Carbon Energy - Signs "MOU", with Antofagasta Minerals - Oct 9, 2013
http://cnx.live.irmau.com/IRM/ShowDownloadDoc.aspx?SiteId=27…

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Karoon Gas - "brags of 80% drill success rate", In the North Carnarvon basin in Australia "alone", the company said "it had six "prospects", that contained a "mean prospective" 2.800.000.000 barrels of oil" - Oct 7, 2013
www.karoongas.com.au/news_pdf/Karoon_October_Review.pdf

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Laurion Mineral Exploration - Midlothian Property "Grab Samples" Assay "up to" 12.700g/t(370 oz/ton) +296g/t(8.6 oz/ton) Gold - Jul 23, 2013
www.laurion.ca/s/newsreleases.asp?ReportID=594095


"Chip Samples" from Bjorkman Zone on Laurion's Midlothian Property Assay "up to" 0.3 m @4.810g/t(140 oz/ton) +0.8 m @2.060g/t(60 oz/ton) Gold, are "unlikely" to represent average grades of the deposit - Aug 7, 2013
www.laurion.ca/s/newsreleases.asp?ReportID=596297

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Yum Q3 profits fall 68%, as China sales drop - CER/BB - Oct 9, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64631

"Fast food retailer Yum! Brands (YUM.NYSE) on Wednesday announced a 68% drop in third-quarter profits on falling sales in China, Bloomberg reported.

Same-store sales in the Asian nation fell 11% year-on-year. Yum, which gets about three-quarters of its revenue from outside the US, citied increased domestic competition from chains such as Dicos and Hai Lai Shi, a tax increase and a backlash from consumers after an outbreak of avian flu. Yum has cut its forecast for China stating that fourth-quarter same-store sales will unlikely be positive. The company operates more than 6,000 KFC, Pizza Hut and other eateries in the country. "

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CNOOC tenders 15 deep-water blocks - CER/WSJ - Oct 9, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64636

"State-run CNOOC Ltd (0883.HKG) on Tuesday invited foreign companies to bid for 15 deep-water blocks as China looks to ramp up domestic oil capacity, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The country's main offshore oil company said in a statement posted to its website that it would offer 25 offshore blocks to foreign partners this year, with an unprecedented number of deep-water blocks on offer. China's annual crude-oil output has grown by 2.2% on average since 2002, according to Chinese government data. Its oil demand is expected to grow by about 4% in both 2013 and 2014, according to US government energy forecasts. "

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Australia PM sees China free trade deal in 12 months - CER/R - Oct 9, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64633

"Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott hopes that Australia's stalled free trade pact with China could be finalized within the next 12 months, Reuters reported.

Australia is prepared to accept a discounted deal in order to secure the long-awaited agreement, said Abbott, stressing the importance of Chinese foreign investment to Australian jobs and economic activity. Bilateral free trade negotiations started in 2005 but have been delayed by Beijing's concerns over opening markets to Australian food, while Australia wants China to do more to protect intellectual property. "

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Zitat von Popeye82: Highfield Resources - deliver maiden JORC Mineral Resource, for the Javier Potash Project, Northern Spain - Oct 8, 2013

+ Maiden JORC Inferred Resources estimate of 163.200.000 tonnes of sylvinite @10.9% K2O(17.3% KCl) for Javier Project

+ The infill +step-out drilling campaign that commenced in Jul ´13 is "aimed" @upgrading +expanding the current Inferred Resource, beyond the limits of historical drilling

+ The "Exploration Target*" of 250.000.000 -400.000.000 tonnes of sylvnite ranging in grade between 9% -12% K2O "supports the "potential" upside, in the drilling campaign"

+ JORC resource estimates "expected" for the Company´s additional Spanish projects over the coming months ...
http://highfieldresources.com/pdfs/HighfieldDeliversMaidenIn…

Javier Potash Project -Initial Production Target - Investor Presentation - Oct 9, 2013

+ Work commenced on "target mine", of 4.600.000t/a of sylvinite ore

+ Underground conventional mine accessed via a decline proposed

+ Initial mine engineering work commenced

+ Basic engineering for processing plant prepared

+ Preliminary transport study for 3.000.000 tonnes of finished product completed

+ Development timeline sees Definitive Feasibility Study completed, in 2014
...
http://highfieldresources.com.au/pdfs/InvestorPresentationJa…

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State Street: >50% asset manager think scattered Asia is risky - AAASFN - Oct 9, 2013
www.aastocks.com/EN/News/HK6/61/NOW.568446.html

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Corruption crackdown reaches world's largest tin maker - CER/WSJ - Oct 9, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64632

"Chinese prosecutors have accused the chairman of the world's largest tin producer of accepting bribes in exchange for business deals, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing state media.

A report in Yunnan Information Daily said Yunnan Tin (000960.SHE) chairman Lei Yi took bribes to arrange the sale of his company's stake in a private college to China's LEED International Education Group. The article said the education company was co-founded by Goldman Sachs Group (GS.NYSE), citing LEED's website. Goldman Sachs wasn't mentioned or accused of any wrongdoing in the article and it wasn't clear whether it has a stake in LEED. "

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New Zealand invites bidders, to join platinum industry; The New Zealand government is opening its doors to bidders interested in platinum exploration in a programme called Platinum New Zealand 2013. Companies interested in exploring for the precious metal can submit work programmes for the five areas open for bidding, which include four defined blocks in Longwood, as well as tenement areas in Grey River, Murchison West, Murchison East +East Nelson - MW/CMR, PERTH - Sep , 2013

- E. Swanepoel -
www.miningweekly.com/article/new-zealand-invites-bidders-to-…

"The New Zealand government is opening its doors to bidders interested in platinum exploration in a programme called Platinum New Zealand 2013.

Companies interested in exploring for the precious metal can submit work programmes for the five areas open for bidding, which include four defined blocks in Longwood, as well as tenement areas in Grey River, Murchison West, Murchison East, and East Nelson.

“Platinum New Zealand 2013 presents an exciting opportunity for New Zealand,” said GM of New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals (NZP&M), a branch of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, David Binnie.

“Due to the nature of exploration and mining activities for platinum, we can expect interest in this tender from companies with a high degree of experience, understanding and advanced technologies.”

Binnie noted that the world demand for platinum was likely to move higher in the future as supply was quite constrained.

“The improving global economy is boosting demand for platinum as falling supply from other producer countries, such as South Africa, is leaving a shortage.”

New Zealand has few areas with platinum prospectivity and much of this has been subject to ad-hoc exploration over the last several decades. However, the government wants to manage all minerals exploration interests strategically, Binnie said.

Competitive tenders, where work-programme-based bids were submitted and assessed across a number of criteria, ensured the best operators capable of carrying out safe and responsible exploration activities were granted exploration permits, he added.

The launch of Platinum New Zealand 2013 programme followed consultation with 17 iwi and hapū, and engagement with 10 local authorities between June and August. Eight submissions were received by NZP&M to the Platinum New Zealand 2013 proposals, with the feedback helping shape the make-up of the final tender areas.

“The government is committed to ongoing engagement with iwi and ensuring that areas of sensitivity are respected. As part of the tender process we encourage information sharing with iwi for the protection of cultural sites. The terms and conditions of the tender also require permit holders to engage with iwi and to report back to NZP&M annually,” said Binnie.

Companies interested in exploring for minerals have until April 2014 to submit staged exploration work programme bids. NZP&M expects to grant exploration permits, which will be issued under the Crown Minerals Act, in December 2014 for an initial five-year period. "

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Vale "likely to build" $4.000.000.000 potash mine in Brazil, by 2017 -government - MW/R - Oct 9, 2013
www.miningweekly.com/article/vale-likely-to-build-4bn-potash…

"Brazilian mining company Vale will likely start output from a $4-billion potash project in Brazil's north-eastern Sergipe state by 2017, which will help make up for the cancellation of an Argentine mine project and for a nearly depleted Brazilian deposit, Sergipe government officials told Reuters.

Brazil's mining minister Edison Lobão will visit Sergipe October 23 to express his support for the mine and related processing facilities known as the Carnalita project, José de Oliveira Junior, a senior official with Sergipe's development secretariat said.

Carnalita is one of several potash projects Brazil wants built quickly to ease its dependence on fertiliser imports and the end of Vale's Argentine potash plans.

Brazil, the world's largest exporter of beef, chicken, soybeans, sugar, ethanol, orange juice and coffee relies heavily on imported fertiliser to enrich its extensive but often nutrient-weak farmlands.

The country imports 90% of its potash, much of it from as far away as Canada, Russia and the Middle East. Potash is a source of potassium, one of the three main food nutrients along with phosphorous and nitrogen.

Plans to ease that demand with a mine in neighboring Argentina collapsed earlier this year when currency exchange, tax, inflation and regulatory issues led Vale to cancel the $6-billion Rio Colorado project. Argentina and Brazil are both part of the duty-free, Mercosur customs union.

"Carnalita is very important for Sergipe and Brazil as a whole," said Oliveira Junior. "A $4-billion investment will make an important difference for our region and help us reduce dependence on imports."

The $2-billion first phase of the Carnalita project is expected to take two years to build, he said. Vale expects to have the mine up and running shortly before its Taquari-Vassouras mine in the same region is depleted in 2017, he added.

The mine is expected to start with a capacity of 1.2-million tonnes a year, making it Brazil's largest and accounting for about 15% of Brazil's potash needs. Taquari-Vassouras produces about 700 000 t of potash a year, or 9.3% of Brazil's demand. Brazil imported about 7.5-million tonnes of potash in 2012.

A second $2-billion phase could as much as double Carnalita's output to 2.4-million tonnes, and be ready in as little as two years after the first phase opens, Oliveira Junior said.

He added that Vale executives expected to present the project to the Vale board for final approval in December and the scope of the project could change. Potassium prices in Brazil have fallen 30% in the last 12 months to $362.50/t, according to Argus, a news and commodities pricing service.

Vale's press office declined to confirm the schedule or budget of the Carnalita project, saying details have not yet been approved by the board of directors.

The Carnalita project will mine potash by injecting water thousands of feet into the earth to dissolve the potassium. The water-potassium solution will then be pumped to the surface where potash will be extracted from the water and dried into a usable form of fertiliser, Oliveira Junior said. "

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Pretium Resources - stock plunges 25%, after Qualified Person stink - Oct 9, 2013

- C. Parry -
www.stockhouse.com/news/natural-resources/2013/10/09/pretium…

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LIVE1: Obama’s nominee for Federal Reserve chair - BNN - Oct 9, 2013
http://watch.bnn.ca/#clip706871

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China may speed up paid leave reforms - CER/BB - Oct 9, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64635

"China may soon make reforms to ensure workers are entitled to paid leave following more incidents of overcrowded trains, roads and tourist sites during the week-long National Day holiday, Bloomberg reported, citing a report by state television.

An estimated 430 million people traveled during the national holiday, also known as “Golden Week”. Chinese companies rarely allow requests for paid leave despite laws stating that they are able to as they are not punished under the current laws. The government set out plans in February to have a new paid annual leave system by 2020 but has not given specific details. "

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What It Really Costs To Mine Silver: The 2nd Quarter Pan American Silver Edition - SA - Aug 27, 2013
http://seekingalpha.com/article/1659732-what-it-really-costs…

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Fission Uranium - JV Discovers 8km Conductive Trend, @PLN - Oct 8, 2013
http://fissionuranium.mwnewsroom.com/Files/6a/6ad41f0d-1569-…


Fission hits 144m Total Composite Mineralization With 8m Total Composite Off-scale, @PLS 945E Zone - Oct 9, 2013
http://fissionuranium.mwnewsroom.com/Files/a8/a8bc0d4d-8503-…

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Heatherdale Resources - Signs MOU, with Alaska Industrial Development +Export Authority(AIDEA) - Oct 9, 2013
www.heatherdaleresources.com/hdr/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=6…

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I-Minerals "Adds Value to Positive Prefeas, with New Drill Data" - ML - Oct 4, 2013

- Doug Hadfield -
www.midasletter.com/2013/10/minerals-adds-value-positive-pre…

"I-Minerals Inc. (CVE:IMA) is an industrial minerals project developer moving towards production on their 100% controlled Bovill Kaolin-Halloysite project near Bovill, Idaho.

Here’s the $150 million dollar question of the day: What are Halloysite and Kaolin? Ask around the water cooler at any securities firm in town and you’ll probably hear, “What the hell is Halloysite? Kaolin? Dunno! ”

These industrial minerals may not be household names, but they are household items, and they are part of an industrial mineral complex estimated to be worth $31 billion dollars in the US alone. (USGS).

In fact, industrial minerals are often overlooked even by prospectors in the field, or those surfing for opportunities on the Internet as they are considered by some to be a ‘big company’ only game. In spite of that, as technologies change and adapt over time, new uses are being found for minerals that were once used primarily for mundane uses like pottery and ceramics.

Take Halloysite, for example. Halloysite is traditionally seen as a simple ceramic material, but new end uses today are taking advantage of its unique mineral structure. Halloysite can be found in plastics, nail polish, cancer cures and body armour, to name but a few.

As with most things, new uses create new demand, which—all other things being equal—tends to push up prices. Keep in mind that industrial minerals generally trade on the open market, and fetch whatever price the market will bear, unlike gold, silver and other commodities that have a set price.

Halloysite today sells for between $350 and $1,500 per metric ton. Charles River and Associates, in a 2012 report on this subject, wrote that for certain applications such as cosmetics and pharmaceuticals “prices for halloysite nanotubes could climb as high as $3,000 per metric tonne.“

Many investors still will read this with an obliging shrug of their shoulders, but to put that into startling perspective, let’s put those figures into action. In February this year, I-Minerals released an NI-43-101 Prefeasibility Technical Report on its Bovill Kaolin Project located in Latah County, Idaho. The project has economic quantities of Halloysite, potassium feldspar, high purity quartz and kaolinite.

In the report just 26 years worth of production was assessed, for an after tax NPV of $150 million (at a 6% discount). The IRR was 28%. Fine numbers, and if you read the Pre-feasibility it’s clear the company would be happy go into production with the existing resource at the existing minerals prices. Capital payback of $66 million would be three years.


The authors of the report (SRK) state:

“The results of the study indicate that aluminosilicate mineral products (kaolin, halloysite, metakaolin, K-feldspar) and quartz can be produced in the desired purity, and that market interest exists in a number of fields such as ceramics, personal care and cosmetic products, glass, bricks, and cement products. Project financial results justify advancing and refining the prefeasibility engineering designs to feasibility level during the next 12 to 18 months.”


Nevertheless, should the price of Halloysite adjust upward to the predicted $3,000 per tonne, annual revenues for the company would jump from $39,000,000 annually over the first eight years, to well over $60 million. Granted, there are going to be different prices for different products sold into different markets. Some may achieve the $3,000 per tonne mark; others will not.

The translate that into more easily discernable terms: That’s the equivalent of more than 43,000 ounces of gold per year or 345,000 ounces of gold over the first eight years. And if you extrapolate that over the 26 year mine life, it adds up to 1.1 million ounces of gold. Can all the halloysite be sold at $3000 per ton in the first 8 years? Probably not, but every tonne sold at this price increases the average price received and the economics of the project.

Presently, IMA shares trade at $0.17 per share, and yet these shares are completely bucking the market trend. Over the past year the company is up 9.37%; over six months up 84%; over three months up 169%.

And why anyways would you be talking about I-Minerals around the water cooler? I-Minerals announced today (October 2, 2013) that they have received initial results from the first 17 holes drilled on Kelly’s Hump. Kelly’s Hump is a relatively recently acquired part of the project, just east of the main mineralized zone known as Middle Ridge (where most of the resources are presently found).

Sixteen of the 17 holes intersected significant thickness of primary clay (IE that clay which tends to be mineralized). Of those, nine holes returned strong concentrations of halloysite with thicknesses ranging from 5 to 30 feet with halloysite concentrations (of the total rock mass) ranging from 11% to 19%. These data show an average thickness of the halloysite-rich areas at approximately 19.7 feet with the average concentration of halloysite being 13.7%.

The primary significance of this is that it answers one of the few “loose ends” on the project.

The January 2013 Prefeasibility study assumed that defined halloysite reserves were only sufficient to support the initial 10 years of halloysite production. The success at Kelly’s Hump in identifying multiple areas containing wide areas of significant concentrations of halloysite could provide halloysite reserves for the entire mine life when the Prefeasibility study is updated. This could add another $50 to $60 million (undiscounted at $600 per tonne halloysite) to the project’s already robust valuation.

Or, as Thomas Conway, President and CEO of I-Minerals put it, “The quick success at Kelly’s Hump has been very encouraging: Not only are we seeing strong concentrations of halloysite — selectively up to three times higher than the average in the Prefeasibility Study, but the halloysite appears to be noticeably whiter than that encountered elsewhere on the property. Needless to say the results exceed all expectations.”


Important Disclosure:

I-Minerals is a Client of Midas Letter Financial Group, and has paid a fee for the development and distribution of this article. This article should therefore be read in the context of advertising.

This is nooot a recommendation to buy or sell any security, and the reader warrants that they will not use any information on MidasLetter.com to make any investment decision. Resource investment is very risky and you could lose substantially all of your investment. Always consult a registered investment advisor in your jurisdiction Prior to making any investment decision. "

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Jim Rogers Owns Mason Graphite : Interview - ML - Oct 9, 2013

- J. West -
www.midasletter.com/2013/10/jim-rogers-owns-mason-graphite-i…

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Kinross declares commercial production, @Russian low-cost mine - MW, TORONTO - Oct 9, 2013

- H. Lazenby -
www.miningweekly.com/article/kinross-declares-commercial-pro…

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Sabre Resources - Guchab Canyon Initial "Exploration Target" -of 5.000.000 -10.000.000 tonnes @1-3% Copper + 10 -30g/t Silver - Aug 14, 2013
http://clients.weblink.com.au/clients/SabreResources2/articl…
http://clients.weblink.com.au/clients/SabreResources2/articl…

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"Alleged Canadian spying in Brazil "may be" tied to massive oil find": Report; News that the Communications Security Establishment Canada(CSEC) "has been spying on Brazil’s Mines Ministry "starts to expose the extent", to which the Canadian government is willing to go, in the corporate interest" - SHE - Oct 10, 2013
www.stockhouse.com/news/natural-resources/2013/10/09/alleged…

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Uganda seeks investor for US$2.500.000.000 oil refinery; The government of Uganda is looking for a lead Investor to develop a refinery estimated to cost US$2.500.000.000, as it seeks to exploit reserves, only two weeks after issuing its 1st production licence to China National Offshore Oil Corporation - MR, KAMPALA - Oct 8, 2013
www.miningreview.com/node/22761

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World's largest cellulosic biofuels project opens; In Italy, Beta Renewables +Novozymes marked the official opening in Northern Italy of the world’s largest cellulosic biofuels facility. Situated in fields outside the city of Crescentino, it is "the 1st plant in the world to be designed +built to produce ethanol from agricultural residues +energy crops @commercial scale using enzymatic conversion" - BD - Oct 10, 2013

- J. Lane -
www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2013/10/10/worlds-largest-cel…
www.novozymes.com/en/news/news-archive/Pages/World%E2%80%99s…

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Zenyatta Ventures - University Laboratory Tests on Albany Graphite Show "Excellent Crystallinity &Surface Area Characteristics" - Oct 10, 2013
www.zenyatta.ca/article/press-release-1311.asp

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"Top 100 "Best Small Companies in America" " - F.com - Oct13
www.forbes.com/best-small-companies/list/

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Kenyan MPs " "Asses" One Laptop per Child Program Implementation in Rwanda" - AFKI/H - Oct 10, 2013

- Makula Dunbar -
http://afkinsider.com/24726/kenyan-mps-asses-one-laptop-per-…

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"On the Path to Better Nutrition &Health", A4NH's 1st Year, Annual Report - CGIAR/IFPRI - Oct13
www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/a4nh_ar2012.p…

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Chinese firm gets WHO vaccine approval - CER/FT - Oct 10, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64640

"The Chengdu Institute of Biological Products has gained World Health Organization regulatory approval for its Japanese encephalitis vaccine, Financial Times reported.

This is the first time a Chinese vaccine company has been given the green light by an international organization. WHO approval of the Chengdu Institute’s vaccine allows it to market products more widely rather than seeking individual national regulators’ approvals. The decision also reflects the growing influence of pharmaceutical producers from emerging economies, with India already producing many drugs and vaccines that have global approval and several Chinese companies expanding their international ambitions."

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Peugeot in funding talks, with Dongfeng - CER/FT - Oct 10, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64644

"PSA Peugeot Citroen (UG.EPA) is in talks with Chinese automobile manufacturer Donfeng Motor (0489.HKG) about a possible stake sale as the French auto group seeks funds, Financial Times reported.

The China Business News on Tuesday also reported that Dongfeng planned to buy a 30% stake in Peugeot for US$1.6 billion (RMB10 billion), citing unnamed sources from within the company. Europe's second-largest carmaker by sales is undertaking tough restructuring measures to address its heavy operating losses and rapid cash burn, and has been reaching out for help from Dongfeng and partner General Motors (GM.NYSE). "

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IMF’s Zhu: China can deal, with debt levels - CER/BB - Oct 10, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64641

"Zhu Min, a deputy manager for the International Monetary Fund, said on Wednesday at an IMF meeting in Washington DC that China has the tools to deal with its rising debt problem, which has become a “serious concern”, Bloomberg reported.

Zhu stated that the debt acquired by companies and local governments is “way too high” but that Beijing has a lot of “policy buffer”, including US$3.5 trillion in foreign reserves. He also said that the slowdown of the Chinese economy is positive as it means it can start to rebalance. "

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West African Minerals - Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate -of 76.100.000t @30.3% Fe I; "sees "satellite "potential" " @South Djadom"; South Djadom Block2 Inferred Mineral Resource to be available next month - Oct 9, 2013

+ CIM(NI-43-101 compliant) Inferred Mineral Resource on South Djadom Block 1 totalling 76.100.000t of Inferred Mineral Resource @30.3% Fe, @a 25% Fe cut-off grade.

+ Included within this Inferred Mineral Resource is a higher grade colluvial +eluvial cap +near-surface enriched Mineralisation, of 12.600.000t @41.6%, @a 35% Fe cut-off grade.

+ The Inferred Mineral Resource extends from surface to 150 metres below surface.

+ Enrichment of the primary Banded Iron Formation(BIF) extends variably from surface to depths up to 40 metres, with the majority of the enriched mineralisation <20 metres.

+ The mineralisation is open along strike to the southeast(Block2). Block2 drilling is completed +the associated Inferred Mineral Resource "should" be released next month.

+ South Djadom Block1 is " "potentially" a satellite ore Body, to the adjacent 3rd party owned Mbarga deposit."

+ Drilling is progressing @Binga, in follow-up of mineralised intercepts drilled during the scout drilling program of `12. ...
http://westafricanminerals.com/content/news/maiden-mineral-r…
www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/61985/west-afric…

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Antibe Therapeutics " "seeks" to fill market void, with “ground-breaking” class of painkiller drugs" - PAI - Oct 10, 2013

- Fiona MacDonald -
www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/48794/antibe-thera…

"With a successful public offering this summer, Antibes Therapeutics (CVE:ATE) continues development of a drug that promises to impact quality of life for hundreds of millions of people, “and many every day for the rest of their lives,” explains company president and CEO Dan Legault.

The new drug fits into the category known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs. With a global market of over $12 billion annually, NSAIDs constitute the largest drug category, and although a very common prescription and over-the-counter medication, the current form of these drugs has serious side effects.

Since NSAID introduction four decades ago, their side effects have been well known, including stomach and intestinal ulcers and bleeding, among other gastrointestinal issues.

“It’s the number one cause of adverse drug reactions in western-world hospitals and it’s also a very large opportunity for anyone who can solve the problem,” says Legault.

Enter Antibe.

The company boasts an impressive management team. “Chief scientific officer Dr. John Wallace is one of the most respected NSAIDs scientists in the world”, says Legault. Much of this is due to his work establishing how NSAIDs caused gastrointestinal damage.

Dr. Wallace leveraged Nobel-prize-winning work carried out in the ‘80s and ‘90s on the subject of gaseous mediators — chemical substances produced in the human body to regulate a range of fundamental cellular processes. One of these gaseous mediators is hydrogen sulphide — a pivotal element in how the Antibe non-inflammatory NSAID differs from all its predecessors.

“Dr. Wallace 12 years ago discovered that hydrogen sulfide played a critical role in mediating or managing inflammation in the human body. He also had the idea of taking a molecule that releases hydrogen sulfide and molecularly attaching that molecule to another molecule, namely an off-patent drug, and thereby increasing its effectiveness and reducing its toxicity.

“When we created a hydrogen sulfide-releasing version of several NSAIDs, they were very, very promising.”

For medical conditions characterized by inflammation, pain or vascular dysfunction, the company says its methodologies can produce improved versions of a number of existing drugs. The company’s lead drug, ATB-346, addresses the need for more effective pain relief for sufferers of osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis and a degenerative disease that affects the cartilage that caps the end of bones.

Legault says Antibe’s years of rigorous work have generated the most extensive research ever published in this field, as well as revealing the drug’s excellent results on animals. “Stage for stage, our drug proved to be the safest NSAID out there and with that, we moved forward down the regulatory pathway.”

Legault describes this regulatory pathway as “significant and risky”, not to mention beset with difficulty in gathering venture funding — the usual source of financing for early stage development of ‘chronic drugs’ (that is, drugs that can be taken for a long time) in the Western world.

“Venture funding for chronic drugs has decreased significantly in recent years,” says Legault. “In 2007, this would have been easy — no more. While the venture community in North America saw our science and data were superb, many felt the regulatory pathway was too risky, given the financing environment.”

With that, China and Brazil stepped up as early markets for the drug and the fit seems ideal.

“Our drug is needed in the developing world. Their middle classes are growing at a huge rate. There are hundreds of millions of people who need our drug in these markets,” Legault points out.

Under the deal hammered out with a large regional Chinese pharma, funding will be provided to Antibe to further move the drug through its trials in exchange for later licensing. A similar deal is at the letter of intent stage with a South American firm.

With that funding in place, the direct costs are covered for the two phases of clinical trials required for the West, and the three phases required for China.

The additional money required to fund the program management was raised through a public offering in June that culminated in the company “hitting [its] maximum raise” says Legault — no mean feat for the first pharmaceutical company to go public since the 2008 crash.

With that, the company is well positioned to push through to the end of the pre-clinical trials, which are proceeding on schedule.

“Amassing our resources was like reaching base camp at Everest. Now, we’ve started climbing and it’s exciting to see the summit ahead.”

Overseeing the work on Antibe’s board are Dr. Roderick Flower, an academic and a fellow of the Royal Society; Jonathan Goodman, the founder and chair of specialty pharmaceutical company Paladin Labs; and Walt Macnee, recruited by Mastercard Worldwide in 2006 to take the credit card giant public.

While the ex-lawyer and rescue pilot finds himself surrounded by PhDs, Legault says he’s now earned his “PhD in Murphy’s Law”. That’s why he’s built a third team working towards the development of the drug. “It’s a world-class external review team that serves as a very collegial, but hard-hitting, devil’s advocate. This group will push on our regulatory strategy very hard.”

“Our goal overall is to reduce risk of human error, any flaws in strategy and ultimately let the drug speak for itself. It’s a challenging process, but one that promises big rewards at the end,” Legault says. “What’s more, if we’re successful, this drug could ease the misery of 100 million people —that’s inspiring.”


Profile

Antibe Therapeutics Inc. originates, develops and out-licenses patent-protected new pharmaceuticals that are improved versions of existing drugs. These improvements are based on Nobel Prize-winning medical research highlighting the crucial role of gaseous mediators, which are chemical substances produced in the human body to regulate a range of fundamental cellular processes. The Corporation’s drug design methodologies involve chemically linking an existing off-patent drug to an Antibe-patented, hydrogen sulfide-releasing molecule. For medical conditions characterized by inflammation, pain or vascular dysfunction, the Corporation’s methodologies can efficiently produce improved versions of a number of existing drugs. Notably, Antibe’s products are themselves fully patent-protectable and benefit from the predictable toxicity and effectiveness profiles. "

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Canadian miner HudBay "eyes junior purchase, in next year" –CEO - MW/R, LIMA - Sep 20, 2013
www.miningweekly.com/article/canadian-miner-hudbay-eyes-juni…

"Canadian miner HudBay Minerals hopes to buy at least one greenfield project in the next year and expects to boost annual copper output nearly fivefold by 2016, the company's CEO told Reuters on Thursday.

CE David Garofalo said higher industry costs and lower metal prices mean medium-sized companies like HudBay are better positioned than ever to buy up small exploration firms.

"We're interested in a lot of junior opportunities ... they're really living on fumes a lot of them and that's afforded us a lot of opportunities to look at the next generation of projects," Garofalo said on the sidelines of a mining conference in Peru.

He declined to mention which firms HudBay is interested in.

"We hope that in the next year or so we'll be able to tuck in a greenfield opportunity or two," Garofalo said.

HudBay produces copper, zinc and precious metals at mines in Manitoba.

The company's annual copper output is already scheduled to rise in coming years, with two large new mines being built now - Lalor in Canada and Constancia in Peru.

Constancia, which will likely produce 120 000 t per year in its first five years, is halfway built and should be fully operational in 2015, Garofalo said.

The firm expects to produce around 40 000 t of copper this year after closing two mines in Canada in 2012. Next year output is expected to rise to around 70 000 to 80 000 t.

"And when Constancia is up and running we'll be in excess of 220 000 t of copper per year," Garofalo said.

Greenfield projects are typically ones built on unused land with nothing that first has to be demolished or remodeled. "

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State will have 20% free stake in shale gas exploitation –Minister - MW/CMR, PRETORIA - Oct 10, 2013

- M. Creamer -
www.miningweekly.com/article/state-will-have-20-free-stake-i…

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The HandBra - W - Oct 10, 2013
http://web.de/magazine/tv/stars/17937962-haende-beste-bh.htm…

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Chilean court agrees to study new Appeal, against Pascua-Lama - MW/R/CMR - Oct 12, 2013
www.miningweekly.com/article/chilean-court-agrees-to-study-n…

"A Chilean appeals court has agreed to examine a fresh appeal against Barrick Gold's suspended Pascua-Lama gold mine that says the controversial project is hurting the environment and the quality of life for the local population.

The country's Supreme Court and environmental regulator have already frozen construction of the mine due to "significant environmental harm." The suspension is poised to be lifted once a water management system is complete.

The local Antofagasta Court of Appeals would look at the new appeal, a spokesperson for Chile's court system said on Friday.

However, it is not yet clear when it might issue a decision or how it might rule.

Barrick declined to comment. The lawyer who presented the appeal could not immediately be reached for comment.

The latest action against the roughly $8.5-billion project, originally forecast to produce 800 000 oz to 850 000 oz of gold a year, comes just weeks after the Supreme Court rejected a move to strike down the mine's environmental permit.

A group of indigenous Chileans had asked the top court to rescind Barrick's license, arguing that environmental damage from the mine, which straddles the Chilean and Argentine border, warranted a re-evaluation of the project.

Pascua-Lama's supporters say its environmental impact will be limited, and that the massive mine will provide employment and help boost copper powerhouse Chile's mining-dependent economy.

Environmental and social groups counter that the mega mining project will damage pristine glaciers, strain and pollute the water supply and harm agricultural activity in the area.

Barrick has stopped construction on the project and submitted a plan for water management infrastructure to the SMA. The miner said in June that Pascua-Lama, on which it has already spent $5.4-billion, had been delayed until mid-2016. "

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India "Looks to Secure Uranium Supply"; India's quest to secure a stable source of uranium has led to chatter that during the East Asia Summit(EAS) --- scheduled to take place on Oct 10 --- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh +Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott "could strike up a conversation regarding the issue of Australian uranium sales to India" - U308.biz - Oct 13, 2013

- Vivien Diniz -
www.u3o8.biz/s/MarketCommentary.asp?ReportID=606537&_Type=Ma…

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No to new nuclear power: Province to rebuild existing reactors instead; Ontario's Liberal government on Thursday abandoned plans to spend billions of dollars to build two new nuclear reactors, saying the province doesn't need the power to meet its electricity demand. "New nuclear will not be part of the long-term energy plan, which we hope to finalize before the end of this year," Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli told reporters.
- US.net/TCP - Oct 10, 2013

- Keith Leslie -
www.uranium-stocks.net/home/no-to-new-nuclear-power-province…
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/no-to-new-nuclear-power-province…

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Axine Water Technologies - Completes Successful Performance Testing, with Multiple Industrial Customers; "Verifies high efficacy wastewater treatment of toxic, dissolved organics, @low cost, low energy consumption &without chemicals" - Jun 27, 2013
www.axinewater.com/news/axine-water-technologies-completes-s…
www.axinewater.com/sites/all/themes/clean/pdfs/axine_bivjuly…

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COM DEV International - Wins $65.000.000 Commercial Contract, "its largest commercial award ever" - Oct 10, 2013
www.comdev.ca/images/docs/CDV_65M_contract_win_Oct_9_13.pdf

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 45.616.729 von Popeye82 am 12.10.13 16:53:37

Axine Water Technologies develops "'radical' industrial water Treatment"; Investment in clean-technology sector is down, but Vancouver company "profiting from market demand for water pollution Solutions" - BIV - Jul 2, 2013

- Nelson Bennett -
www.biv.com/article/20130702/BIV0112/307029993/axine-water-t…

"When it comes to early-stage venture-capital investment, `12 was a bad year for the clean-tech sector. According to the Cleantech Group, early-stage VC investment in clean tech was down, 30%.

A "notable exception" was water treatment technology companies, which enjoyed a 34% increase in venture-capital investment, driven in part by an urgent need by the mining, oil-&-gas &chemical sectors – all of them heavy users of water – to "find cost-effective ways to clean up the water Pollution, they create".

Over the next five years it's "estimated that $120.000.000.000 will be spent globally, on industrial water-treatment technology, according to Global Water Intelligence."

Vancouver's Axine Water Technologies is among the few Canadian clean-tech companies to attract venture-capital investment recently – about $2.000.000 through Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital +the Business Development Bank of Canada(BDC).

Founded by former Ballard Power Systems(TSX:BLD) scientist Colleen Legzdins +Jonathan Rhone, former CEO for Nexterra Systems Corp., Axine has developed a "simple electrolytic process that "promises " to break bottlenecks in traditional biological treatment processes, +lower costs."

"Electro-chemical treatment has been out there for a while, but Axine has figured out a way to do it a lot cheaper," said David Kujawski, vice-president of operations for Refinery Water Engineering & Associates Inc.(RWE), a Texas-based engineering firm, that specializes in water processing +reclamation for the oil-&-gas sector.

"From what we've seen so far, it "looks really promising to solve some very painful issues that exist with refineries today, especially in the United States." "

The oil-&-gas industry is said to process more water than it does oil. In the steam-assisted gravity drainage(SAGD) process, used in the oilsands, the water becomes so heavily contaminated with organic compounds that ~10% of it can never be cleaned up.

Axine uses electrolytic cells to create free radicals that react with organic compounds, breaking them down into water, nitrogen, carbon dioxide +a high-quality stream of hydrogen.

It requires far less electricity than other electrochemical processes, requires no chemicals, produces no sludge +can be used in a wide range of industrial effluent treatment, including oil-&-gas extraction, oil refining, pulp +paper-making +chemical, petrochemical +pharmaceutical industries.

"We've benchmarked our technology in terms of costs for a fairly wide variety of applications," Rhone said. "It "typically benchmarks @between three -10 times lower cost, than incumbent technologies. So it's highly disruptive in the market"."

Primary treatment typically uses biological processes, in which bacteria break down some of the toxic compounds – a process that takes time +produces sludge as a byproduct.

The Axine process doesn't necessarily eliminate the need for biological treatment, but it can speed the process up – +lower costs – when used as a pre-treatment.

"Water treatment in oil +gas +mining – it's an entirely new game," said Ben Sparrow, CEO of Saltworks Technologies, the Vancouver company that developed technology that removes salts from industrial effluent, including oil +gas wastewater. •


BDC to invest $100.000.000, in Canadian clean tech

There is good news on the horizon for Canada's venture-capital starved-clean-tech sector.

BDC Venture Capital recently announced $100.000.000 in new venture-capital funding for early stage companies in the clean-energy +clean-tech sectors, under its Energy Clean Tech Fund.

It builds on an earlier investment of $50.000.000, under its ECT portfolio.

"We're "hoping to invest in between 12 +15 new companies over the next three to four years"," said Tony Van Bommel, senior manager for the BDC Energy Clean Tech Fund.

BDC Energy has been a lead investor in 60% of the deals done.

"We almost always participate with other venture capitals, mainly in the private sector," Van Bommel said.

There are already 11 companies in BDC's ECT portfolio – seven of them from B.C., two from Ontario +two from Quebec. Most of the companies in the portfolio will be eligible for additional rounds of investment.

BDC typically invests between $2.500.000 +$10.000.000 in each company, in a series of investments, depending on milestones being reached. Series A investments typically range from $500.000 to $5.000.000.

The BDC is looking for early-stage investments, not large-scale projects.

"What we're not looking for is heavily capital-intensive opportunities, like building biorefineries or green chemical facilities or independent power-producer projects like wind farms or solar farms," Van Bommel said.

"Many of [those] projects require $100.000.000 or more, juuust to get off the ground. Our whole fund is $100.000.000."

Technologies that might qualify for investment are in areas like electronics, novel materials or information +communication technologies that apply to energy, clean-tech +industrial applications.

B.C. companies funded through BDC Venture Capital's ECT fund include Axine Water Technologies, General Fusion, Cooledge Lighting, D-Wave Systems Inc., Nexterra Systems Corp., Teradici Corp. +Switch Materials. "

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B.C. companies "finding the green in clean"; Province is "forming industry Clusters, focused on smartgrid +water Treatment" - BIV - Nov 12, 2012

- Nelson Bennett -
www.biv.com/article/20121113/BIV0114/121109929/0/BIV
http://analytica-advisors.com/sites/default/files/CCTIR_2013…

"For an industry that is only about 15 years old, Canadian clean-tech punches well above its weight class when it comes to exports, job creation and investment in R&D, according to Analytica Advisors' recent 2013 Canadian Clean Technology Industry Report.


Canada's 700 clean-tech companies – about 200 of which are in B.C. – generate $10.6 billion annually and are on track to hit $26 billion within five years, the report predicts. By contrast, Canada's aerospace industry generates $22.4 billion a year.

KPMG last year forecast B.C. clean-tech alone to generate $2.5 billion. It grew 17% between 2009 and 2011. Annually, Canadian clean-tech spends $1 billion on R&D and employs 52,600 people – up from 44,400 in 2010.

That puts it on par with the mining and oil and gas industries, both of which have been huge drivers for clean-tech, because much of the technology
has been developed to help those sectors reduce pollution and energy consumption. Analytica Advisors identifies 10 sectors within the clean-tech industry, and Vancouver has developed hubs in two of those sectors – smartgrid technology and water treatment.

"The water market is growing dramatically," said Jonathan Rhone, a former CEO of Nexterra Systems Corp. who is now CEO of Axine Water Technologies, which developed an electrochemical process for treating polluted water in the oil and gas sector.

"There are a lot of new entrants and innovation, and there is a lot of pain in large corporations."

Axine Water Technologies and Saltworks Technologies are among the newer players in water treatment. More established companies include BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. (TSX:BQE), Paradigm Environmental Technologies Inc. and Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc., which recently made the 2012 Global Cleantech 100 list.

"What we've seen in the last five years is a massive adoption of clean-tech by large corporations," said Wal van Lierop, president and CEO of Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, a Vancouver-based venture capital firm that invests exclusively in clean technology.

"General Electric will now claim $25 billion in clean-tech revenues in the past two years. This is solar, LED lights, windmills and more energy-efficient engines."

Of the 26 companies Chrysalix has invested in, 12 are in the U.S., seven in Europe and seven in Canada.

The Canadian clean-tech industry is highly export driven. Ostara, for example, has built four of its fertilizer-from-sewage plants in the U.S. Three more are being built – one in the U.K., one in the U.S. and one in Canada.

Smartgrid technology is another cluster that has developed in B.C. Local companies in that space include Tantalas Systems Corp., Clevest, Awesense Wireless, Energy Aware and Enbala Power Network, which, though headquartered in Toronto, has its R&D plant in North Vancouver.

"I think we've got a real emerging cluster of companies that are very strong in that area of smartgrid," said Rhone, who is also chairman of the BC Cleantech CEO Alliance. "

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D-Wave "gains "Superposition" in quantum computing"; Burnaby tech company’s investors include Amazon founder Jeff Bezos +venture capitalist Haig Farris, its customers include Google +NASA - BIV - Oct 1, 2013

- Nelson Bennett -
www.biv.com/article/20131001/BIV0112/310019927/0/BIV0112/d-w…

"When dignitaries joined D-Wave executives recently in cutting the ribbon on the company’s new 42,000-square-foot lab in Burnaby, there were only two possible physical states for the ribbon to be in: uncut or cut.

But in the weird quantum world that D-Wave inhabits, there is a third potential state: simultaneously cut and uncut – metaphorically speaking.

Subatomic particles – which have a property called spin – have been found to have “superposition” – a statistical probability of spinning in opposite directions at the same time.

Quantum computing harnesses superposition, and D-Wave makes some pretty bold claims about its position in the race to build the world’s first functioning, commercially viable quantum computer.

“We’re the only ones who have produced a quantum computer,” D-Wave CEO Vern Brownell – former chief technology officer for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) – told investors and dignitaries at a recent grand opening.

The new 42,000-square foot lab on Beta Avenue will allow D-Wave to grow as it ramps up production of its latest model of quantum computers – the 512-qubit D-Wave 2.



- No two-bit computer maker: D-Wave founder Geordie Rose in front of a quantum computer -


In addition to the two D-Wave computers already built for Google (Nasdaq:GOOG) and Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT), D-Wave has six functioning quantum computers in its new lab and several more in various stages of fabrication.

The company has also attracted a number of blue-chip investors, including Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, In-Q-Tel (the CIA’s venture investment arm), Vancouver venture capitalist Haig Farris and Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). Steve Jurvetson – a founding investor in Microsoft’s Hotmail – sits on the boards of both D-Wave and Tesla Motors Inc.

“At DFJ, we like [investing] in passionate entrepreneurs with unique ideas that could change the world,” Jurvetson told BIV. “Ten years on, D-Wave is still utterly unique and the potential just as revolutionary.”

To date, D-Wave has raised $130 million in venture capital, employs 75 scientists and engineers in Burnaby and has a lab in Palo Alto, California.

At the heart of D-Wave’s big black boxes – six feet by six feet wide and 10 feet tall – is a tiny niobium chip the size of a fingernail. It’s here where the quantum magic happens.

Because any noise or vibration can affect quantum states, these chips must be cooled to just above absolute zero – the point where molecules stop vibrating, magnetic forces are cancelled out and superconductivity occurs. It’s this extreme cooling and isolation that requires the D-Wave machine’s large housings, liquid helium cooling and expensive and exotic materials, like niobium and gold-plated copper components.

Not only is D-Wave the only company in the world claiming to have built a commercial-grade quantum computer, it also holds 100 U.S. patents to some of the key technology behind it.

According to Brownell, that means any competitor that wants to build the type of quantum computer that D-Wave has built “would have to step all over the IP [intellectual property] portfolio somehow.”

“This is an extremely valuable patent portfolio,” he said. •


Understanding quantum computing: it's a coin toss

Flip a coin and it can only land face up or face down. But while it’s spinning in the air, it has the potential to be either.

A subatomic particle’s superposition is a bit like that and quantum computing uses this “superposition.” A classical computer is limited to calculations using two bits: 0 or 1. Quantum computing uses qubits: 0 or 1 or 0/1. This vastly expands its ability to do complex, multiple calculations. Quantum computers won’t necessarily replace classical two-bit computers, however, but work in conjunction with them.

A smartphone, for example, will probably never be powered by a quantum computer. But quantum computing might be used to design the artificial intelligence that would make the smartphone smarter.

Machine learning and artificial intelligence is one area where quantum computers are believed to be superior, which is why Google recently entered into a collaboration deal with D-Wave.

Pattern recognition is another, and NASA hopes to use quantum computing to analyze vast amounts of data from space to detect patterns that suggest the existence of plants outside the solar system.

“It turns out that the problem our system solves very well is the kind of problem that people like Google and Lockheed Martin and NASA have in spades,” said D-Wave founder Geordie Rose. "

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Local ore upgrading technology startup gets funding - BIV - Mar 13, 2013

- Nelson Bennett -
www.biv.com/article/20130314/BIV0108/130319961/0/BIV

"A local startup that has developed mining technology that sorts rock to eliminate lower quality metal ores has received series A funding from Vancouver’s Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital

MineSense Technologies Ltd. has developed a sensor-based sorting system that helps eliminate lower-grade metal ores processed by mineral mines.

Chrysalix did not reveal how much the investment is worth.

Given that many mines have exhausted much of their higher quality ores, Chrysalix believes there could be a big demand for the MineSense technology, since it will eliminate a lot of the waste associated with processing rock with little or no metal ore in it.

The investment marks the first time Chrysalix has invested in a startup in the mining technology sector.

“Mining has always been a highly energy-intensive industry,” said Charlie Haythornthwaite, a partner at Chrysalix. “However, it faces mounting challenges with declining ore grades and less favourable ore bodies, further exacerbating energy use and squeezing margins.

“Now is a great time for Chrysalix EVC to identify step-change mining innovations and to help build some great companies. We hope MineSense will be the first of many mining technology investments.”

The MineSense system uses sensors that eliminate the need for barren rock to be processed.

“It’s about making every single rock count,” Haythornthwaite said.

Haythornthwaite said the technology " "could" reduce costs for mining companies by 25% and increase revenue by 50%. " "

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"World top Bankers warn of dire consequences, if U.S. Defaults"; Three of the world's most powerful bankers warned of terrible consequences if the United States defaults on its debt, with Deutsche Bank chief executive Anshu Jain claiming default would be "utterly catastrophic." - FY/R, WASHINGTON - Oct 12, 2013

- Emily Stephenson -
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/world-top-bankers-warn-dire-17…

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Neptune Technologies &Bioressources - Bluemont Capital - Aug 13, 2013
http://blumontcapital.com/doc_bin/NEPT_Initiation_9_Target_A…

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Balamara Resources - Presentation - Oct13
www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20131001/pdf/42jr4rf6yrmnv3.pdf

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"Es gibt kein Leben nach einem US-Zahlungsausfall"; Beim IWF-Treffen ist die Angst vor den Folgen einer US-Pleite spürbar. Beschwichtigungen lassen Spitzenbanker wie Jain nicht gelten: "Das wäre eine sich schnell ausbreitende, tödliche Krankheit." - W, WASHINGTON - Sep 12, 2013

- S. Jost -
www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article120866300/Es-gibt-kein-Leben-n…

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Kogi Iron - Reports Barging Study Completed, Five scenarios considered - Oct 14, 2013
http://eio.live.irmau.com/IRM/Company/ShowPage.aspx/PDFs/154…

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Waratah Resources - Commodities Division Completes 1st Deal; Sources Indonesian Coal for one of the world’s top utilities Groups, currently ranked as the largest electricity generation company in Asia +2nd largest in the world - Oct 10, 2013
http://waratahresources.com.au/files/5813/8136/5650/101013_F…


Waratah Finance Facility, in final discussions for a A$100.000.000 trade finance facility with the Bank of China, "one of largest bank in the world" - Oct 14, 2013
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=WGO&E=ASX&N=760932

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Alexium International Group - FR Treatment "Successfully Transitions into Production" - Oct 14, 2013

+ Alexium "completes 1st Nycolon™ fire retardant(FR) treatment Commercial production trial, rapidly advancing FR treatment on nylon-cotton blends"

+ Effectively transitions laboratory process to commercial production scale

+ Beginning early product introduction to USA markets

+ Based on the positive results from the production trial, Alexium will extend FR applications to polyester-cotton blends

+ The "addressable Market for Nycolon™ in the "USA alone" is "estimated" to be in excess of 50.000.000 yards/anno". ...
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=AJX&E=ASX&N=652383

"Perth, WA and Greer, South Carolina, Alexium International Group Limited(Alexium) (ASX:AJX, AX:AJX, OTC QX:AXXIY) announced today that it has successfully met a key milestone for Nycolon™, its novel FR treatment for nylon-cotton fabric blends. Alexium completed its first commercial production trial and is moving forward with commercial production transition and early market introduction to potential customers in the USA. In addition to the positive outcome of the first Nycolon™ production trial on nylon-cotton fabrics this month, Alexium exceeded technical expectation by also successfully demonstrating the FR treatment on polyester-cotton fabrics.

The completion of the first commercial production trial at the textile production facilities at North Carolina State University (NCSU) marks the beginning of a key technical stage in the commercialization path. This effort initiates the establishment of key production parameters, benchmarking technical performance and laying the path for further incremental development work. Further commercial production trials and testing are planned to continue rapid progress to achieve production performance, consistency and cost targets for a list of commercial and military markets.

“The technical team has done an excellent job in successfully fast tracking Nycolon™ to commercial production. This trial has shown that our FR formulations and process translate well to the production scale. We anticipate a volume of additional test data in the coming weeks to refine the production parameters from additional trials”, stated Dirk Van Hyning, Alexium’s Head of Product Development and Commercial Transition.

Based on the positive outcome of the first line trial, Alexium is also starting the market introduction phase. “As part of our early product launch activities, we will be sending Nycolon™ - treated fabric samples and requesting specific target fabrics and yardage from customers. We plan to demonstrate the value of Nycolon™ - offering a differentiated and valueadded product for customers seeking affordable and effective FR solutions for a given market,” added Stefan Susta Alexium’s Chief Operating Officer.

The addressable market for Nycolon™ being for 50/50 Nylon Cotton blends with an effective FR treatment is estimated to be at least 50 million yards per annum between the industrial work wear and the defense sector in the USA alone.

Alexium has previously announced the successful achievement of 50 washes of Nycolon™ a key milestone for adoption in the US Defense sector. This end point milestone under an SBIR research grant from the US Marines was achieved at the conclusion of phase 1a of the SBIR, well ahead of future research planning under any SBIR extensions.

For more information visit: www.alexiuminternational.com "

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Holista CollTech - Signs Agreement with Veripan, a "highly regarded think-tank of the global food production industry" +"the leader in providing technologies for the European bread industry", for the latter to sell its patented Neosolite GI, which can lower glycemic index in baked products. The agreement follows scientific validation in Jan `13 by University of Sydney whose study "confirmed that white-bread buns containing Neosolite GI recorded a GI reading of 50— "possibly the lowest GI reading for white bun in the world"." The GI measures how quickly blood sugar levels rise, relative to consumption of pure glucose(which has a reading of 100), after eating a particular type of food. Foods with carbohydrates that break down more slowly, releasing glucose more gradually into the bloodstream, tend to have a low GI - Oct 1, 2013
www.holistaco.com/images/stories/asx2013/01Oct2013_HCT_Signs…


Holista Colltech Has Developed A "Low Calorie Sugar, that is comparable to sugar in sweetness, but costs less"; as sweet as sugar but has only 20% of the calories. The product called 80Less™ only required 1/5 as much as cane sugar +is hence, on a per gram basis cheaper, than standard sugar - Oct 8, 2013
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=HCT&E=ASX&N=651800


USA JV Signed, "to Commercialise Patented Food Ingredients", "will focus on Low fat fries, Low glycemic index(GI) bread, Low sodium salt +Low calorie sugar" - Oct 14, 2013
www.holistaco.com/images/stories/asx2013/14October2013-ASX_A…

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Zitat von Popeye82: Gold Road Resources - identies 22 new "high-priority gold targets"(+13 @Pacific Dunes/Corkwood Gold) - Aug 19, 2013
www.goldroad.com.au/reports/SAMSurveyatBreelyaFINAL.pdf
www.goldroad.com.au/reports/1245665.pdf
www.brrmedia.com/event/114850

Goldroad Resources - " "Breakthrough Gold Discoveries" Confirmed", @Dorothy Hills - Oct 14, 2013
www.goldroad.com.au/reports/GruyereYAM14RCDiscoveries.pdf

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Chrysalis Resources - Reverse Circulation drilling has commenced @the Shikila Copper Project in Zambia, "located 15km along strike to the world class(largest of Zambia/8th largest in the world) Kansanshi Copper Mine" - Oct 14, 2013
www.chrysalisresources.com.au/files/10102013_CYS_Commences_R…

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Zu attraktiv für den Job ; In den USA wurde einer Frau gekündigt, weil ihr Chef sie zu attraktiv fand. Er bekam recht : Entscheidend seien die Gefühle des Mannes , entschied das Gericht in den USA - WiWo/t4l - Oct 14, 2013
www.wiwo.de/bilder/jobsuche-und-bewerbung-die-skurrilsten-ku…

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South Korea to scale back reliance on nuclear power in wake of Fukushima; Dramatic cut in use targeted in wake of Fukushima crisis +domestic safety scandal - US.net/SCMP - Oct 13, 2013
www.uranium-stocks.net/home/south-korea-to-scale-back-relian…www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1331045/south-korea-scale-bac…

"South Korea intends to scale back plans to increase its reliance on nuclear energy amid growing public opposition to atomic power after the Fukushima disaster and a domestic scandal over faked safety documents.

Nuclear energy should account for between 22 per cent and 29 per cent of power generation capacity by 2035, compared with a 41 per cent goal introduced in the previous long-term plan in 2008, South Korea's energy ministry said, citing the findings of a working group of academics and state officials.

Reducing the proportion of energy coming from nuclear power will force South Korea, which imports almost all of its energy, to increase use of other fuel sources to cope with surging demand. The proposal also illustrates the extent to which public opinion has shifted from a technology that has been a mainstay of the nation's energy policy since the first reactor was built in 1978.

"The implementation of energy policy doesn't just involve the government now, it's become an increasingly important and extremely sensitive issue for each and every citizen," Kim Chang- seob, head of the 60-member policy panel, said.

The government last week promised tighter regulation of the nuclear industry after indicting 100 officials on corruption and bribery charges relating to the use of components with faked quality-control certificates.

The probe found 277 faked certificates for parts used in 20 operating reactors as well as 2,010 false documents at eight plants that were offline or under construction, according to the government. "Almost all" of the components have been replaced.

Surveys show nuclear power is becoming increasingly unpopular. Sixty-three per cent of respondents to a March survey said they considered domestic reactors unsafe. That compared with 54 per cent in a poll one year ago.

"We should minimise social conflicts regarding atomic energy's role," the policy panel said in yesterday's statement.

Growing support for South Korea's anti-nuclear lobby has deepened the dilemma facing President Park Geun-hye's government, with power demand expected to surge almost 60 per cent by 2027. In July, Park called for tighter government regulation and monitoring of the nuclear industry.

The energy ministry's long-term plan will be finalised this year pending public feedback and cabinet approval. Nuclear energy accounted for 26.4 percent of power generation capacity as of the end of last year, according to the energy ministry.

The plan maintains the government's target for renewable energy at 11 per cent of supply, according to the statement. The contribution of coal and natural gas would be decided later depending on a plan for greenhouse gas emissions.

South Korea consumes power at almost twice the average of countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development relative to the size of its economy, according to the Hyundai Research Institute in Seoul. Demand has grown to "an excessive level" with supply failing to keep pace, Hyundai Research said in a June 19 report. "

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China to build nuclear power stations in the UK - CER/FT - Oct 14, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64656

"The British chancellor, George Osborne, will sign a deal this week that allows China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) to build nuclear power stations in the UK and have its reactor design approved by British regulators, Financial Times reported.

The UK government will back CGN as a co-investor in EDF Energy’s planned new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset. China’s involvement is seen as crucial if the US$22.4 billion project is to go ahead, which is a centerpiece of the UK government’s ambitions for a low-carbon economy."

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DOE Publishes Methods for Estimating Energy Efficiency Savings - ASE/DOE/EERE - Apr 22, 2013
www.ase.org/efficiencynews/doe-publishes-methods-estimating-…
www1.eere.energy.gov/office_eere/de_ump_protocols.html

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Sierra Mining - Positive Drill Results Extend Mineralisation @Mabilo, drills "up to" 74 metres @2.64% copper, 3.56g/tonne gold, 43.22% iron +22.3g/tonne silver - Oct 15, 2013
http://sierramining.com.au/upload/documents/investor/asx/201…

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Uscom - signs 5 year $7.000.000 China sales deal - Oct 15, 2013
www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20131015/pdf/42k1347lywfkyr.pdf

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Investigator Resources - Maiden Resource Estimate for Paris Silver Project, South Austalia: 5.900.000t @110g/t Ag +0.6% Pb I - Oct 15, 2013
www.investres.com.au/_dbase_upl/IVR_ASX_announcement_Maiden_…

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Linc Energy - "Wyoming EOR Project Revalued, to >USD 1.100.000.000" - Oct 5, 2013

+ Total of oil valuations for Linc Energy’s oil fields in USA now totals $4.500.000.000*

+ Independent consultants Ryder Scott Company, L.P.(“Ryder Scott” )"estimated" Proved(“1P”) reserves for Linc Energy’s Wyoming oil projects of 765.555 barrels of oil), with a 1P NPV10% of US$ 13.370.000, +Proved, Probable &Possible(“3P”) reserves of 67.658.000 barrels of oil(MMbbls), with a 3P NPV10% of US$1.140.000.000** ...
www.lincenergy.com/data/asxpdf/ASX-LNC-510.pdf

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Tin "tantalises, as demand grows +production falls", ASX tin "plays" - PAI A - Oct 11, 2013
www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/49011/tin-tanta…

"The tin price is on the move and seeing a resurgence - as the tin market remains supply constrained due to growing demand and falling production, and there are some Australian Stock Exchange listed tin companies poised to benefit.

Tin is currently fetching around US$23,500 a tonne (A$25,000) - which is already up over 10% from its August-2013 lows.

Demand for tin comes from the electronics industry, with more than 50% of sales used in solder for circuit boards - which power consumer’s insatiable appetite for smartphones and tablets.

The metal is also a key ingredient for packaging food.

A key catalyst for the tin price to gain is the latest decision by the world's biggest exporter Indonesia, to cut shipments, by ~90% , last month.

Over a longer period, Indonesian refined tin shipments are expected to drop, by ~75% , in September-December from the same period last year.

The rules, which aimed to establish a benchmark price in Indonesia, have already driven the nation’s biggest tin producer, state-backed PT Timah, to halt shipments and declare force majeure.

With this in mind - tin buyers have pre-empted the governmental change and increased tin holdings, but these are only expected to last for a couple of months - with a shortage of tin potentially having ramifications in the electronics industry.


2013 tin forecast

The 2013 global forecast for tin has consumption at 340,000 tonnes, while global refined tin production is 339,000 tonnes, and global mine production is 274,700 tonnes.

Currently China is the world's largest producer with 160,000 tonnes annually, followed by Indonesia 55,000 tonnes, Malaysia 31,000 tonnes, Thailand 21,000 tonnes and Peru (mostly San Rafael mine-closing 2017) 23,000 tonnes.


ASX tin plays "to fill void"

There are some Australian Stock Exchange listed companies set to potentially fill this void.

Consolidated Tin Mines (ASX: CSD) remains on track for first tin production in northern Queensland in the second half of 2014.

Consolidated Tin has some impressive metrics, and at a base case of tin priced at A$24,000 a tonne, the company's Mt Garnet project would deliver an internal rate of return (IRR) of 111%, with a LOM cash surplus, before tax of A$378.5 million.

A higher tin price would further improve these metrics, with the company also having sovereign security on its side.


Steller Resources (ASX: SRZ) is another tin play to watch, with the company's wholly-owned Heemskirk tin project in Tasmania the highest grade undeveloped ASX listed tin resource.

Positive metrics include a competitive mine gate cost of US$14,389/t from the Pre-Feasibility Study.

Adding value to Steller, Heemskirk can get much bigger with discoveries at depth, and the best analogy for Heemskirk is Rension Bell - located 18 kilometres to the northeast.


Metals X Limited (ASX: MLX) is Australia’s largest tin producer and holds a pipeline of assets from exploration to production, including the Renison Bell Tin Mine (50% MLX ).


Niuminco Group (ASX:NIU) is also heading into the tin sector, after today declaring its takeover offer for tungsten and tin explorer TNT Mines in Tasmania free of all defeating conditions.


Kasbah Resources (ASX: KAS) has tin interests further afield in Morocco, which has already attracted strategic partners such as Nittetsu Mining Co. Ltd and Toyota Tsusho Corporation of Japan.

Kasbah's Achmmach tin project is targeting first tin production in 2015, with a Definitive Feasibility Study into the development of a 1Mtpa underground mine, concentrator and associated infrastructure at Achmmach is proceeding. "

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National Algae Association announces Algae Production Incubator Programme; to grow algae for start-up companies that require land, buildings +a source of Cox for the 1st 12 months, to grow algae for a range of uses, including fuels. The project will be housed on 17 agree, +"represents NAA's attempt to step up production @the commercial scale" - BD/BI - Oct 11, 2013
www.biofuels-news.com/industry_news.php?item_id=6898

"The National Algae Association (NAA) has announced a new Algae Production Incubator Programme to be located in Texas, US.

The project will be housed across five commercial buildings on 17 acres for new algae production start-up companies that require land, buildings and a source of CO2 for the first 12 months to grow algae for a range of uses including fuels.

‘After 60 years and $2.5 billion (€1.8 billion) spent on algae research it's time to get into commercial production with the assistance of commercially-minded algae researchers, equipment providers and potential investors,’ a NAA statement reads. ‘The only way algaepreneurs will attract investment to their commercial algae farms is to prove themselves outside the laboratory, while keeping start-up costs down for the first year. We have lowered the CAPEX and up-front risk of getting into the algae production industry through this algae production incubator programme.’

The programme is open to so-called algaepreneurs, college graduates, vets and existing companies that are interested in learning about commercial algae cultivation, harvesting, extraction, economics, markets and new opportunities in the algae production industry. "

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Zitat von Popeye82: Northern Minerals - names Sumitomo, "one of the largest worldwide trading companies", as "off-take "MOU" Partner" for Browns Range - Sep 30, 2013
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=NTU&E=ASX&N=650813

Browns Range HRE JORC compliant Mineral Resource estimate upgrade -to 4.130.000 tonnes @0.68% Total Rare Earth Oxides I/I, HREO comprises 82% - Oct 15, 2013
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=NTU&E=ASX&N=652533
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=NTU&E=ASX&N=652537

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Bluechiip - Distribution Agreement with MiTeGen, "one of the world’s major suppliers of cryopins"; has signed an exclusive distribution agreement to use the bluechiip® technology for the tracking of cryopins used in crystallography. Crystallography is the science that examines the arrangement of atoms in solids. In December last year Bluechiip +MiTeGen signed a Joint Development, Collaboration +License Agreement which enabled Bluechiip to develop with MiTeGen a world-1st tracking solution for synchrotrons. The company’s bluechiip® technology "provides unambiguous ID +temperature tracking of samples during their storage +use @synchrotrons, improving the efficiency +reliability for international researchers, including pharmaceutical companies" - Jul 19, 2013
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=BCT&E=ASX&N=392195
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=BCT&E=ASX&N=396192

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Australian Mining Prospect Awards Finalist: Manager of the Year, shortlist - MA - Oct 15, 2013
www.miningaustralia.com.au/features/australian-mining-prospe…

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Zitat von Popeye82: Vmoto - launches 6 new models of electric vehicles, in China - Jun 4, 2013
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201306/20130604142636740.pdf


Vmoto opens 1st flagship retail store in China - Jun 26, 2013
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201306/20130627084122187.pdf


Vmoto opens 2nd retail store in China - Aug 5, 2013
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201308/20130813072607761.pdf


Vmoto delivers electric cleaning vehicles to the district government in Jianye District, Nanjing - Aug 13, 2013
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201308/20130813072619475.pdf


Vmoto opens 3rd retail store in China - Aug 19, 2013
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201308/20130819122257591.pdf


Launch of 5 new electric vehicle models in China - Sep 3, 2013
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201309/20130903090757817.pdf


Vmoto opens 4th retail store in China - Sep 12, 2013
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201309/20130903090757817.pdf
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201309/20130902085509515.pdf

Vmoto raises $5.000.000, +secures "strategic joint venture" - Oct 2, 2013
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201310/20131007182619101.pdf

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"State of the Market: Latin America Annual Mining Report 2013, 'Snapshot' - Intierra" - Oct13
www.intierrarmg.com/Libraries/Brochures_and_Flyers/Latin-Ame…

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OxySure Systems - "Launches OxySure Commercial Finance" - Oct 13, 2013
www.oxysure.com/aed/index.php/news-articles/19-sample-data-a…
www.oxysure.com/OxySure%20Earnings%20Presentation%20-%202Q13…

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Barcelona "will" Miroslav Klose - W - Oct 10, 2013
http://web.de/magazine/sport/fussball/international/primera-…

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Facebook Acquires Data Compression Expert Onavo - E.com - Oct 14, 2013

- Andrew Klips -
www.equities.com/editors-desk/stocks/technology/facebook-acq…

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Angolan Tax Reforms to Result in Greater Costs for International Oil Companies - E.com - Oct 14, 2013

- Michael Teague -
www.equities.com/editors-desk/stocks/energy/

"Angola, Africa’s number two producer of oil behind Nigeria, is set to pass revisions to the tax code effective as early as today that will raise the cost of doing business for foreign oil companies operating in the country by as much as 10 percent.

The new law provides for a doubling of the amount companies pay to rent equipment and raises the cost of services and supplies by some 5 percent, and is the result of a tax reform effort undertaken by the government in 2010 to close tax loopholes and increase state revenue.

The country does not get much play in Western media, but in recent years has been able to rise to the status of a major player on global energy markets, especially with the end of nearly three decades of civil war that began in the mid-70’s and ended in the early years of the new millennium. Since 2006, the country has been a member of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries otherwise dominated almost exclusively by the petro-monarchies of the Gulf.

Angola’s production for the month of September alone averaged out to nearly 2 million barrels a day, most if not all of which is pumped from offshore platforms, and the bulk of which goes to China, by far the largest consumer of the country’s energy resources.

Oil and diamonds together account for well over half of the country’s revenue on an annual basis. The Sonangol Group, a state-owned conglomerate, is the organ through which the political class exercises control of the country’s energy commodities.

By 2017, the government plans to switch the current changes to the tax code, which will shift from being levied on each separate stage of manufacturing to a value-added tax on finished products. But until then, a number of international oil firms could feel the pinch.

BP Plc (BP) , ConocoPhillips (COP) , Statoil ASA (STO) and ExxonMobil (XOM) are some of the big names with presence in Angola who are likely to be see profits impacted by the revamping of the tax code. Given the relative socio-political stability of the Southwest African country, as well as its vast reserves of oil and gas, however, to say nothing of the pressing need among major producers to find replacement reserves every year, it is difficult to imagine that anyone will be more than slightly inconvenienced by new levies. So far, all of the companies mentioned have watched shares edge up slightly in early Monday afternoon trading. "

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Darnley Bay Resources - Discovers Large Magneto-Telluric Anomaly; 3D-inversion model of the Aug `13 MT survey revealed a conductive zone of ~3.5 kilometres long, 1.000 metres wide +250 to 750 metres thick, @a depth of 1.500 metres, with apparent resistivity between 10 -30 Ohm-metres - Oct 15, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/darnley-bay-resources-disc…

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Astrotech Swings a Profit, Shares Surge 50 Percent, "one of the 1st space commerce companies " - E.com - Oct 14, 2013

- Andrew Klips -
www.equities.com/editors-desk/stocks/industrials/astrotech-s…

"Microcap aerospace company Astrotech Corporation (ASTC) shocked the markets on Tuesday when it posted a profitable fourth quarter in fiscal 2013, swinging from a net loss a year prior, while narrowing to a modest net loss for the full fiscal year.

Astrotech is one of the first space commerce companies, diversified in its offerings that include commercial satellite and spaceship customers, development of a miniature mass spectrometer and a biotechnology division that is using microgravity as a research platform for drug discovery. Astrotech was formed in 1984 as Spacehab Inc. and employees about 66 employees.

For the quarter ended June 30, the Austin, Texas-based company reported revenue of $9.2 million, up from $7.6 million in the year prior quarter. Net income for the quarter was $2.2 million, or 11 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $1.3 million, or 7 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012.

For the full fiscal year, Astrotech generated revenue of $24.0 million and a net loss of $200,000, or 1 cent per share. In fiscal 2012, net loss was $2.7 million, or 15 cents per share, on revenue of $26.1 million, indicating that Astrotech has reigned in spending.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, were $2.6 million for the latest quarter and $1.6 million for the full year.

Astrotech’s core business, Astrotech Space Operations, supported the processing of eight missions during the fiscal year. ASO provides all support necessary for government and commercial clients to process satellite hardware for launch, including planning, construction, use of equipment and facilities, fueling, transport and more.

During the year, the company completed a new development facility in Webster, Texas. The company says its subsidiary 1st Detect is ramping up manufacturing capabilities for expected partnerships as it develops a miniature mass spectrometer under an agreement with NASA that it plans to launch commercially.

"Our fourth quarter performance has been exceptional, and we are proud to release the best earnings report in over three years," said Carlisle Kirkpatrick, CFO of Astrotech. "During the quarter, Astrotech Space Operations processed two very important U.S. government missions and we are nearly complete on our multi-year Ground Support Equipment contract.”

Astrotech’s 18-month rolling backlog, which includes contractual backlog, scheduled but uncommitted missions, and the design and fabrication of GSE, was $25.5 million at June 30, 2013.

Working capital was $4.3 million at the end of the year, which included $5.1 million in cash and cash equivalents and $5.3 million of accounts receivable.

Shares of ASTC have bounced around in 2013, but were down about 25 percent through Monday’s close at 67 cents. Today’s news shot the stock ahead to erase the losses, hitting as high as $1.23 before settling back down to $1.02 about two hours into trading, for gains of 52 percent. "

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Lightbridge Energy - Babock +Wilcox Company +Lightbridge "to Collaborate on "Metallic Nuclear Fuel Pilot Fabrication Facility" "; Lightbridge's nuclear fuel technology is "designed to provide an increase in power output, while simultaneously extending the operating cycle length in existing pressurized water reactors." The metallic fuel " "could" provide improved safety +fuel performance benefits" - Oct 15, 2013
www.stockhouse.com/news/press-releases/2013/10/15/b-w-and-li…

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B&W "Leads the Way in Developing Innovative Energy Technologies" - TD - Oct 15, 2013

- E. James Ferland -
www.timesdispatch.com/news/b-w-leads-the-way-in-developing-i…

"The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) is pleased to participate in the 2013 Governor's Conference on Energy

The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) is pleased to participate in the 2013 Governor's Conference on Energy in Richmond. I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce B&W and explain how our company plays an active role the development of innovative energy technologies, serving Virginia, the U.S. and the world in the 21st century and beyond.

B&W, headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., employs nearly 2,500 dedicated and highly skilled people in Lynchburg, Va. Our employees worldwide are engaged in the development of exciting energy technologies that span a broad spectrum—nuclear and clean coal power, biomass and other renewable energy options, waste-to-energy, emissions control technologies for power plants and government energy products and services.

Perhaps the single biggest energy and environmental issue in the U.S., especially in states like Virginia that count on coal for jobs and power generation, is C02 emissions from power plants and industry. B&W is addressing this challenge with a suite of clean coal technologies.

The recently completedjohn W. Turk,Jr. Power Plant, located in Arkansas, is the first commercial ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant built in the United States and features an advanced B&W steam generation system, which burns coal more efficiently than a conventional plant—reducing the amount of carbon dioxide (C02) generated for each megawatt of power produced.

This plant, and many others around the world, feature a B&W-designed Air Quality Control System that uses equipment that limits a variety of pollutants, keeping these plants in compliance with EPA and other environmental regulations.

As America moves toward a lower-carbon future, B&W is again demonstrating its leadership with the development of several promising options that will allow us to capture and store C02 emissions, while keeping coal as a vital component of the nation's energy mix.

One of those is oxy-coal combustion technology. By using pure oxygen during the combustion process, we can produce a stream of C02 that is ready for capture and geologic storage. B&W is part of a team selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for PutureGen 2.0—which seeks to demonstrate commercial scale oxy-coal technology at a power plant in Meredosia, 111.

Maintaining a diverse mix of energy generation options is important to America's energy security, and in addition to coal and renewables,nuclear power will continue to play a major role in power generation.

Earlier this year, B&W reinforced its commitment to Virginia's role in the future of nuclear power, enthusiastically supporting the formation and joining the board of directors of the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority, which seeks to advance the Commonwealth's role as a national and global leader in nuclear energy.

Nuclear power not only keeps the lights on, it plays a key role in national defense. We're proud of our contributions to that effort. B&W Nuclear Operations Group, Inc., based in Lynchburg, Va., manufactures nuclear reactors for the U.S. Navy for use in submarines and aircraft carriers.

We also see small modular reactors (SMRs) as playing an important role in the future of nuclear power, providing an attractive option for utilities and others to deploy safe, reliable, zero-emissions nuclear power, while reducing initial capital costs.

Partnering with the DOE and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) design and testing continue on our 180 megawatt B&W mPower™ reactor in Lynchburg. The reactor is designed to be much smaller than a conventional reactor, can be assembled in a factory and shipped via rail to a plant construction site.These are only a few of the energy innovations B&W is developing in Virginia and in the other communities we call home. Being an energy technology leader requires the hard work and perseverance of our employees, as well as community support and the vision and leadership of our government representatives. I'm excited to continue B&W's role as an energy leader in Virginia and for what the future holds.

As America moves toward a lower-carbon future, B&W is again demonstrating its leadership with the development of several promising options that will allow us to capture and store C02 emissions, while keeping coal as a vital component of the nation's energy mix. "

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Aus govt moves to abolish carbon tax - MW/CMR, PERTH - Oct 15, 2013

- E. Swanepoel -
www.miningweekly.com/article/aus-govt-moves-to-abolish-carbo…

"The newly elected Liberal government has released draft legislation to repeal the carbon tax.

The move was in line with the party’s election commitment of abolishing the much-contested carbon tax as its first act in Parliament.

The Tony Abbott-led government said on Tuesday that the early repeal of the carbon tax would reduce costs for Australian businesses and manufacturers, boost growth, increase jobs and ease cost of living pressures on households.

“This legislation will be the first Bill considered by the new Parliament. It is a Bill designed to not only keep the government's commitments, but to do the right thing by the people of Australia,” Abbot said in Canberra.

The repeal Bills would remove the carbon tax, end the carbon tax on fuels used in shipping, rail and air transport and on synthetic greenhouse gases.

The Climate Change Authority will also be abolished.

“Abolishing the carbon tax will improve Australia’s international competitiveness, which was being undermined by the unfair hit on business,” the Prime Minister said, adding that the legislation would give the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission further powers to take action against businesses that engage in price exploitation following the repeal of the carbon tax.

The Queensland resources sector was the first to welcome the release of the draft legislation, saying it would assist in restoring the confidence of the Queensland coal industry, which was confronting the toughest operating environment in more than a decade.

Queensland Resources Council acting CEO Greg Lane said on Tuesday that the biggest impost for the Australian coal industry was the country’s unique approach of applying the carbon price to unavoidable fugitive methane emissions released during coal mining, with the country’s coal mines currently paying the world's highest price on carbon – some A$24.15/t in 2013/14.

“Queensland’s coal industry will remain at a competitive disadvantage in the global market place while this tax that delivers no environmental gain, stays in place,” Lane said.

Abbot was expecting to pass the legislation by the end of the year. "

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Prospects "perking up for industrial use of gold/"nanogold" " [+Video] –Mintek - MW/CMR - Oct 15, 2013

- M. Creamer -
www.miningweekly.com/article/prospects-perking-up-for-indust…

"The prospects for the greater industrial use of gold are increasing encouragingly, the top brass of South Africa’s State-owned minerals research organisation Mintek said this week.

Mintek president and CEO Abiel Mngomezulu and the organisation’s two top gold researchers, Dr Gary Pattrick and Dr Robert Tshikhudo – who were commenting to Mining Weekly Online in a video interview (see attached) – said gold was breaking out of its classical bullion-for-investment and jewellery typecasting across several fronts.

It is doing so in extremely small particle sizes of two-billionths of a metre.

Taking on a purple colour at nanoscale, gold is becoming increasingly active as a catalyst that oxidises carbon monoxide (CO), the highly toxic chemical that is released in fires and from car exhausts.

Gold is seen as the most commercially relevant material for the low-temperature removal of CO and with the supply side solved, observers believe that it is the demand side that needs more work.

In the field of health, Mintek is focusing on using gold nanoparticles for cancer therapeutics and obesity research.

“Gold nanoparticles can be used as a fat reducing agent,” Tshikhudo told Mining Weekly Online.

Mintek is currently able to produce shape-formed gold catalysts in 65 kg batches, which amounts to a couple of tons a year.

Its gold catalysts, sold under the AUROlite trademark, are distributed by Strem Chemicals, of the US, a nanotechnology and inorganic specialist company.

Strem sells the gold catalysts to a wide range of researchers, which, in turn, increases the potential for finding even more industrial applications for gold.

Many publications are now making use of the AUROlite name as a recommended material, which is building Mintek’s reputation as a reliable supplier, Pattrick commented to Mining Weekly Online.

To date, Mintek has sold half a ton of this gold catalyst material to top global industrial developers of products that remove CO, including fire escape gas masks, mine refuge chambers and military vehicles.

Earlier this year it received a request for a quote for 300 kg of the material, which is indicative of companies moving beyond development and into actual commercial applications in the CO removal sector.

Most people die in building fires from the CO in the smoke, which gold catalysts are able to oxidise to carbon dioxide (CO2).

Mintek, with a partner, is hoping to commercialise gold-catalysed material for gold-catalysed fire escape hoods “in the near future”.

While conventional fire escape hoods generally give an escape time of 15 minutes, the far smaller and lighter gold-catalysed fire escape hoods being developed can provide protection for hours.

Mining Weekly Online can report that in China, fire escape hoods are compulsory in hotels and at airports.

Gold is said to offer a step-change improvement in the performance of fire escape hoods and other CO respiratory protection devices and some believe that it is simply a matter of time before legislation catches up with the advance in technology.

A major new development is the coating of the gold catalyst material on to monolith structures, similar to those found in automotive catalysts, which allow gas flows through a catalyst bed without pressure drops.

It is envisaged that these structures will be used to prevent mercury emissions from entering the atmosphere at coal-fired power stations, which the US is introducing legislation to control.

Gold is able to oxidise that mercury so that it can be prevented from entering the atmosphere.

The gold catalyst coated structures are also under test in Pretoria to stop oxygen from inhibiting CO2 lasers.

There have also been some really good results in oxidation of glycerol and ethanol to higher value products.

Being studied is glucose oxidation to gluconic acid, which is used on a large scale in the construction industry as a cement additive to change how the cement sets.


HEALTH APPLICATIONS

Besides catalytic properties, gold also has optical properties, which prompted Mintek to develop different types of gold nanoparticles, ranging in size from two nanometres to 100 nanometres.

Gold’s different colours at nanoscale increase the number of potential applications.

Health applications on which Mintek is focusing are in the fields of therapeutics and diagnostics.

Therapeutic agents are loaded on to the surface of gold nanoparticles for use as a drug delivery agent and the gold nanoparticles are used diagnostically as ‘labels’ to detect diseases like malaria and tuberculosis in less than five minutes.

Mintek works according to the safety standards of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and South Africa is the sponsor of gold nanotech risk assessment within the OECD.

The State minerals research body produces nano materials in large quantities for assessment abroad.


BACKGROUND TO MINTEK RESEARCH

Mngomezulu was part of the South African gold crisis committee that set out in the late Nineties to find new markets for gold, which is currently again the doldrums.

He was part of the government, labour and business delegation that visited the UK in an attempt to minimise the flooding on to the market of gold.

Mngomezulu recalled how Mintek took up the cudgels for industrial gold in 2000 after the gold price had plummeted to less than $300/oz.

At that stage, AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields and Harmony Gold backed Mintek to launch Project AuTEK, the 13-year-old gold catalysis project.

But gold-mining companies all withdrew their support, AngloGold Ashanti as recently as July.

While this has disappointed Mngomezulu, he has never been more confident because product developers have filled the gaps that the mining companies have left and are helping to take the innovations into the heart of potential global markets.

“We’re doing everything with product partners who are taking the innovations forward. Provided we continually show what gold can do in nano form, there’ll be more and more people interested in it, and ultimately more and more gold will be used,” Mngomezulu enthused to Mining Weekly Online.


STABLE AND OXIDATION IMMUNE

While gold is selectively reactive at the nanoscale, it remains stable and oxidation immune, a property shared with platinum.

Until 2009, Mintek was the only organisation producing gold catalysts on a greater-than-kilogram scale and the only source for those wanting catalysts for screening.

Now that the world has caught up with that technology, Mintek is providing different versions of gold catalysts that require different technologies.

Asian companies are producing gold catalysts, as is US company 3M, a large manufacturer of gas masks.

Interestingly, gold catalysts may well be able to work hand in glove with their precious-metal platinum cousins in the fuel cells arena, where the potential is seen as sizeable.

Gold catalysts are able to remove the CO in hydrogen streams used in fuel cells, but work still has to be done on deactivation issues.

Should the hydrogen economy become a reality and gold be used as a guard bed to remove CO, the offtake of gold catalysts could be significant.

Gold is already being used to meet the most stringent European Euro-5 emission targets, with certified gold catalysts having been fixed to thousands of diesel-powered vehicles.

On the whole, however, it is platinum that enjoys the lion’s share of the emission-reduction business because the melting point of platinum is far higher than the melting point of gold.

While gold starts underperforming at 350 ºC, platinum is successful even beyond 1 000 ºC. "

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Rio Tinto reports record iron, thermal coal output, Oyu Tolgoi boosts copper; Mining major Rio Tinto has delivered increased production across the majority of its commodities during the 3rd quarter ended September, despite the volatile market conditions. “We achieved strong production results in the 3rd quarter, with copper volumes up, as Oyu Tolgoi ramps up to full capacity, +Kennecott continues to recover ahead of expectations,” said Rio CEO Sam Walsh - MW, PERTH - Oct 15, 2013

- E. Swanepoel -
www.miningweekly.com/article/rio-tinto-reports-record-iron-t…

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Velosys Plc(formerly Oxford Catalysts Group Plc) - 100 b/d integrated GTL facility for PTT, "the national energy company of Thailand +Fortune Global 100 firm"; R. Lipski: "We're delighted to be working with PTT +to be progressing with the design of this integrated GTL plant using Velocys technology. It stands to be the largest capacity modular GTL plant of its kind commissioned anywhere in the world, to date.", P. Chuchottaworn: "Synthetic fuels are a strategic growth area for PTT. We are pleased to progress our partnership with Velocys, the leaders in smaller scale GTL.", Masayuki Uchida: "Toyo is pleased to build upon our successful joint development +demonstration activities with Velocys +begin this GTL project with PTT, one of our long-standing clients." - Oct 16, 2013
www.velocys.com/financial/inr/inr131016.php

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China lets London invest directly in mainland securities - CER/SCMP - Oct 16, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64673

"China agreed on Tuesday to allow an 80 billion yuan quota for London-based institutional investors to invest in stocks, South China Morning Post reported.

London has now become only the second city, after Hong Kong in 2011, to be allowed to invest directly in domestic securities in China. Under the renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) scheme, they will be able to apply for licenses to invest yuan directly into the mainland. The new deal follows a 200 billion yuan currency swap deal in June between the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and the Bank of England. "

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China renews market mechanism on bloated industries - CER/R/SC - Oct 16, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64675

"China will seek to control capacity glut in such industries as steel and cement by freezing new projects and retooling market strategies, Reuters reported, citing a new plan issued by the State Council on Tuesday.

Margins in the targeted sectors, which also include shipbuilding, aluminum and glassmaking, have been affected for years by overcapacity that has left many firms suffering heavy losses and reliant on government subsidy. The long-awaited plan said it would focus on "establishing and perfecting" market mechanisms, marking a change of approach after years spent trying to strong-arm the sectors into submission. "

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Africa Oil - Announces US$450.000.000 Brokered Private Placement - Oct 16, 2013
http://africaoilcorp.mwnewsroom.com/Files/1d/1d72f4f4-51be-4…

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China to sell more reactors, to Pakistan - CER/WSJ - Oct 16, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64670

"China has agreed to a US$9.1 billion deal in which it will sell two nuclear reactors to its longtime ally Pakistan, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The deal has raised concerns that China is overstepping international rules on transferring nuclear technology. The reactors will be technologically advanced and built outside the southern city of Karachi. Each will provide 1,000 megawatts of electricity, which is needed for the power-starved country. The first reactor will arrive in 70 to 80 months. China will also provide 82% of the financing through a loan. "

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Yuan hits record highs, against the dollar - CER/SCMP - Oct 16, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64671

"The onshore spot rate for the yuan hit a record high of 6.0972 per US dollar in intraday trading Tuesday, breaking a record set just a day earlier, South China Morning Post reported.

Beijing has allowed the yuan to hit record highs against the US dollar repeatedly over the past few days, prompting speculation that more liberalization of the country's foreign exchange market - including a widening of the currency's trading band - could be around the corner. The fix rate, set by the People's Bank of China each trading day, was just below the record high. "

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Genel Energy "happy with Tawke, as horizontal well delivers 32.500 barrels/day" - PAI UK - Oct 14, 2013

- Ian Lyall -
www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/62107/genel-ener…

"Genel Energy (LON:GENL) said the second horizontal well on the Tawke Field in Kurdistan flowed at a record 32,500 barrels a day.

Operator DNO International gave the update on Tawke-23, whose performance underscores the prolific nature of this area of Northern Iraq.

The company’s first horizontal well, Tawke-20, flowed at 25,000 barrels and another two horizontals are planned by the year-end, Tawke-21 and Tawke-22.

One of the eye-catching elements to this latest well is at US$12mln it was comparatively cheap to drill, complete and test.

London-listed Genel holds a 25% stake in Tawke, while Norway’s DNO has 55% and the Kurdistan Regional Government holds the rest.

Chief executive Tony Hayward said: "The outstanding result of the Tawke-23 horizontal well is further evidence of the world-class properties of the Tawke field.

“We look forward to the results of further horizontal drilling ahead of the significant planned increase in the field's production capacity."

The update revealed that each of ten independent fracture corridors penetrated by a 930-metre horizontal section in the Cretaceous reservoir interval flowed in excess of 9,000 barrels per day.

Tawke-23 was spudded in May 2013.


Profile

An independent oil and gas exploration and production company listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. The company, with headquarters in London and additional offices in Ankara and Erbil, is the largest independent oil producer and the largest holder of reserves in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and, through value-accretive acquisitions, is building a high impact exploration portfolio within the Middle East and Africa. "

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Applied Graphene Materials "looks to £10.000.000 AIM float" - PAI UK - Oct 14, 2013

- Ian Lyan -
www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/62113/applied-gr…

"Manufacturer Applied Graphene Materials is planning a spin-out from FTSE 250 IP Group that will reportedly net the business around £10mln.

The AIM listing, which is expected to value the high-tech firm at around £25mln, will allow it to increase production and accelerate commercial opportunities with blue chip partners.

It will be one of two companies set to join the market whose technology is based on work by researchers at Durham University: the other is Kromek, an Amphion Innovations partner company.

The work of Nobel Prize winning physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov showed that graphene, a one molecule thick layer of graphite, has huge potential.

It is incredibly strong (a layer of it no thicker than cling film could support an elephant ) as well as being a marvellous conductor of heat and electricity.

Such is its potential that companies such as Samsung and Nokia are considering graphene as a replacement for the traditional silicon based technology.

The difficulty is producing graphene cost efficiently &@scale, but Applied Graphene Materials " "reckons" it has solved this problem" , +can produce one tonne of graphene/year, from its plant on Teesside.

Chief executive Jon Mabbitt said: "Applied Graphene Materials' planned admission to AIM marks a significant step forward in the company's development.

“The global appetite for, and interest in, graphene is growing at a rapid pace.

“Many industries have recognised the significant qualities it possesses.

“We have seen considerable interest from blue-chip businesses which have recognised the advantages of our production process, enabling us to continuously produce graphene cost efficiently on a commercial scale.

“Admission to AIM will provide the company with the funding for its next phase of development and build our position as a global graphene manufacturer."


Profile

IP Group’s core business is the creation of value for its shareholders and partners through the commercialisation of intellectual property originating from research intensive institutions. Our strength lies in managing this process from finding suitable intellectual property to commercialise to either helping develop businesses and create value out of them, or identifying and establishing appropriate commercial partnerships to do so. IP Group’s extensive expertise in this area combined with its inside knowledge of both industry and finance have enabled the group to create a formidable track record of consistently delivering excellent results for our companies, for our partners and for our shareholders. "

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2013 Global Hunger Index - WHH/IFPRI/CWW, BONN/WASHINGTON, DC/DUBLIN - Oct 16, 2013

- Grebmer, Klaus, Headey, Derek, Olofinbiyi, Tolulope, Wiesmann, Doris, Fritschel, Heidi, Yin, Sandra, Yohannes, Yisehac, Foley, Connell, von Oppeln, Constanze, Iseli, Bettina, Béné, Christophe, Haddad, Lawrence -
www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ghi13.pdf
www.ifpri.org/publication/2013-global-hunger-index?utm_sourc…

"The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report—the eighth in an annual series—presents a multidimensional measure of national, regional, and global hunger. It shows that the world has made some progress in reducing hunger since 1990, but still has far to go. World hunger remains “serious,” and 19 countries suffer from levels of hunger that are either “alarming” or “extremely alarming.”

The theme of the 2013 GHI report is resilience in theory and in practice. The relief and development communities have long struggled to understand why some people fare better than others when confronting stresses or shocks. Resilience-building efforts are much needed to help poor and vulnerable people cope with hunger seasons, droughts, and other natural and manmade disasters. To help build resilience in ways that will boost food and nutrition security, the report calls for breaking down the silos between the relief and development communities and for focusing on approaches that contribute to the ability of people and systems to resist, absorb, and transform in response to shocks.




Content

Summary

Chapter

- The Concept of the Global Hunger Index
- Global, Regional, and National Trends
- Understanding Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security
- Building Community Resilience to Undernutrition: Learning from the Past to Inform the Future
- Policy Recommendations

Appendixes

- Data Sources and Calculation of the 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2013 Global Hunger Index Scores
- Data Underlying the Calculation of the 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2013 Global Hunger Index Scores
- Country Trends for the 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2013 Global Hunger Index Scores

Bibliography

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Warren Buffett "snaps up Britain's IMI for $1.100.000.000" - SH/CP, OMAHA - Oct 16, 2013
www.stockhouse.com/news/business-news/2013/10/16/warren-buff…

"Warren Buffett's company is buying the beverage-dispensing machine business of Britain's IMI PLC (GREY:IMIAF, Stock Forum) for $1.1 billion.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B, Stock Forum) agreed to buy make the purchase on behalf of its Marmon Group subsidiary.

Buffett said on CNBC Wednesday that the ongoing budget debate in Washington, D.C., didn't affect this deal.

Buffett has insight into the beverage business because Berkshire is the biggest shareholder in Coca-Cola and it owns Dairy Queen.

Marmon officials say the IMI unit will fit well with its other food service businesses.

IMI says it plans to return most of the cash from the deal to shareholders and use the rest to contribute to pension funds. "

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Ecuador Gold &Copper - Condor Resource Upgrade -to 8.432.000 Ounces @~0.60g/t Au +745.000.000 Ibs Cu I/I - Oct 16, 2013
www.ecuadorgoldandcopper.com/_resources/news/nr_2013_10_16.p…

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Equatorial Resources - Rail +port access confirmed, for Mayoko-Moussondji - Oct 17, 2013

+ Equatorial has received formal notification from the Republic of Congo Government, confirming the Company’s existing access agreements +the commercial framework for use of the state owned railway +port infrastructure, for Mayoko-Moussondji.

+ The government have confirmed:

- The high quality iron ore planned to be produced from Mayoko-Moussondji will be exported using the existing railway +existing port, @Pointe-Noire;

- The railway +the port will remain state owned infrastructure +will continue to be made available to multiple users; +

- Commercial terms for use of the railway +port will be applied in a consistent manner among mining companies.


+ The Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Congo has confirmed that Equatorial’s transport requirements, for the initial 2.000.000t/a Project, are understood +has provided assurances that the state owned rail +port authorities will be able to assign available capacity for transport, storage, +ship loading.

+ Confirmation of Equatorial’s access to rail +port infrastructure for Mayoko-Moussondji "provides a strong platform to advance discussions +negotiations with potential strategic partners +financiers." Equatorial "continues to explore opportunities for collaboration +partnership, in order to "fast track the financing +development of Mayoko-Moussondji"." ...
www.equatorialresources.com.au/media/articles/Investor---ASX…

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Alibaba profits >doubled in 2nd quarter - CER/WSJ - Oct 17, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64676

"Alibaba’s revenue rose during the second quarter by 61% to US$1.737 billion from US$1.077 billion a year earlier, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a presentation made by Yahoo (YHOO.NASDAQ).

The company’s net profit also surged from US$273 million last year to US$707 million for the quarter through June as did its operating profit that more than doubled to US$856 million from US$372 million. Alibaba is planning its IPO and could be the largest internet IPO since Facebook’s (FB.NASDAQ) last year and according to analysts, it could value the company at more than US$70 billion. "

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Rettung in letzter Sekunde; USA wendet Finanz-Kollaps ab, Obama unterschreibt Gesetz, Hunderttausende Staatsbedienstete kehren aus dem Zwangsurlaub zurück, Übergangsetat gilt bis zum 15. Januar; Fitch droht mit Herabstufung - W, WASHINGTON - Oct 17, 2013
http://web.de/magazine/finanzen/wirtschaft/18089228-us-abgeo…
http://web.de/magazine/finanzen/wirtschaft/18085724-agentur-…

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$2.000.000.00 in Zimbabwe diamond mining revenue goes missing - SH/P, HARARE - Oct 17, 2013
www.stockhouse.com/news/natural-resources/2013/10/17/zimbabw…

"Despite living in an impoverished country under sanctions, some in Zimbabwe seem awash in money, judging by the Mercedes-Benzes parked at a country club and the private woodland estate with artificial lake and mansion built by the nation's police chief.

The wealth enjoyed by just a few comes, at least in part, from the vast Marange diamond field that was exposed by an earth tremor in 2006. The deposit in eastern Zimbabwe is the biggest diamond field found in Africa for a century, worth billions of dollars.

Now, as most Zimbabweans remain mired in poverty, with government coffers short on funds to build and maintain the nation's roads, clinics, utility services and schools, questions are being asked as to where all the money went and who benefited.

A recent bipartisan parliamentary investigation concluded that tens of millions of dollars in diamond earnings are missing from 2012 alone. The lawmakers who wrote the unprecedented and unusually candid report said their ``worst fears were confirmed'' by evidence of ``underhand dealings'' and diamond smuggling since 2009.

In a speech opening parliament on Sept. 17, President Robert Mugabe took the rare step of accusing one top mining official and ruling party loyalist of accepting a $6 million bribe from Ghanaian investors to obtain diamond mining rights in Marange. Mugabe said Godwills Masimirembwa took the bribe when he was head of the state Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation which is in charge of mining concessions.

Masimirembwa quit that post to contest the July 31 national election as a candidate for Mugabe's ZANU-PF party but failed to win a parliament seat. Masimirembwa denies any wrongdoing.

The parliamentary report and a human rights group say diamond mining has led to serious human rights abuses and that diamond concessions were awarded by government officials to enrich top members of the ZANU-PF party, of the security forces and Chinese allies.

In declaring his innocence, Masimirembwa said the purported deal with the Ghanaian investors was discussed with national Police Chief Augustine Chihuri and then Mines Minister Obert Mpofu, a longtime business associate of Masimirembwa who is also one of the nation's wealthiest businessmen.

Chihuri and Mpofu have frequently insisted in the state media that their wealth comes from legitimate business empires to make up for poor salaries paid for full-time government duties.

Expected revenues from the Marange diamond fields have scarcely materialized.

Former Zimbabwe Finance Minister Tendai Biti says he was promised $600 million for economic and development projects from diamond revenues last year but only received $41 million. Nothing was paid into the national treasury up to the disputed July elections that the ZANU-PF won, a vote result that caused the end of a coalition government with the MDC party that Biti belonged to, and the loss of his Cabinet seat.

Some $2 billion in Zimbabwe's diamond revenues have been unaccounted for since 2008, according to Global Witness, which campaigns against natural resource-related conflict and corruption and associated environmental and human rights abuses. Zimbabwe is the world's fourth-largest diamond miner, producing an estimated 17 million carats this year, according to the Kimberley Process which is charged with ensuring that gems reaching world markets don't bear the taint of being ``blood diamonds.'' Marange diamonds have been declared conflict free.

But controversy and secrecy have swirled around Marange since the earth opened up and exposed its riches.

The discovery lured thousands of impoverished Zimbabweans to dig in the alluvial deposit. In 2008, the Zimbabwean army sealed off the 60,000 hectare (130,000 acre) area to take control of the mining. At least 200 people died in a mass expulsion of people living in the closed area, Global Witness and other rights groups have alleged.

Chinese construction contractors built an airfield at the Marange diamond fields. Executive planes arrive there and at a bonded warehouse alongside the runway at Harare's main airport, without traceable flight plans or having to go through customs and immigration formalities, say commercial pilots who say they have complained of the irregularities to aviation authorities. They insisted on anonymity because of fears for their safety.

Some are living high from diamond deals.

As children begged in the street a block away, Zimbabwean diamond company executives accompanied by elegant young women arrived at a popular Harare nightclub last year, ordered drinks for about 120 patrons and picked up the $ 4,000 tab, said a person who witnessed the scene and who demanded anonymity to prevent reprisals.

The identities of owners, directors and shareholders in diamond enterprises have never been officially disclosed, though the Zimbabwe Republic Police Trust, a business enterprise of the police force, is publicly listed as holding a 20 per cent stake in the Ghanaian diamond investment project.

The parliamentary panel's report said powerful officials, politicians and police and army commanders repeatedly tried to thwart the probe into diamond dealings. The chairman of the 22-member panel, Edward Chindori-Chininga, a former Mugabe mines minister, died in a car crash just days after he signed the report in June.

Police said Chindori-Chininga's death was accidental and that his car had veered off the highway and slammed into trees.

Car wrecks or mysterious accidents have taken the lives of 12 senior politicians, all of whom were believed to have bucked official policy, in the past two decades, according to local press reports.

The parliamentary committee's report said several officials lied while giving evidence under subpoena and that diamond earnings are not only shielded from scrutiny but are not channeled into the state coffers. It said the Marange fields in particular are a no-go area, shrouded in secrecy and deception. The mining companies don't even buy food or services from surrounding communities, the report said.

Mugabe's government and ZANU-PF have repeatedly denied diamond revenues have been siphoned off.

But Global Witness says otherwise.

``Our research has exposed links between Zimbabwe's two largest diamond mining companies and the Zimbabwean military and other ZANU-PF insiders,'' said Emily Armistead, senior campaigner for Global Witness.

``It is not clear where the money is going,'' she added. ``It appears there is a mixture of corruption enriching specific individuals and some funds going to security operations. Our concern is that it could be used to fund repression and human rights abuses.''

The difficulty with monitoring diamond earnings lies in the ``opaque'' way the mining enterprises were formed and financed, said Zimbabwean economist John Robertson. Information on their expenditure, profits and staff levels have not been divulged, he said.

``You are not allowed to know what is going on and if you need to know that amounts to attempted espionage,'' Robertson said.

So far, no legal action has been taken against Masimirembwa, the man accused by Mugabe.

And despite widespread reports since September in the Zimbabwean press that other top political and military figures would likely be exposed, so far none has. "

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TrueGold Mining - announces start of detailed engineering +design, @the Karma Project - Oct 17, 2013
www.truegoldmining.com/sites/default/files/13-10-17_Detailed…

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Energizer Resources - Announces "Commissioning +Start-Up of Molo Graphite Pilot Plant"; DRA Mineral Projects, Africa’s leading mine builder has been retained to complete the Molo BFS +subject to project financing, will be subsequently commissioned for design, construction +operation of the future mine. It should be noted that the BFS will incorporate revised CAPEX +OPEX numbers generated from the latest enhanced +optimized metallurgical results, versus the existing data that was used +reported in the Company’s latest PEA study. This is " "expected" to have a "positive Impact" on the already robust Internal Rate of Return(“IRR”) +Net Present Value(“NPV”) of the Project" - Oct 17, 2013
www.energizerresources.com/news/343-energizer-resources-anno…

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China's 4G roll-out will boost operator revenues - CER/SCMP/IHS - Oct 17, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64682

"China's three mobile operators will boost revenues with planned 4G mobile network roll-outs, South China Morning Post reported, citing a report from technology research firm IHS.

The report says China Mobile (CHL.NYSE, 0941.HKG), China Unicom (CHU.NYSE, 0762.HKG) and China Telecom (CHA.NYSE, 0728.HKG) will deploy a total of 1.05 million 4G base transceiver stations by 2015, which will increase the operators' lucrative data traffic in the world's biggest smartphone market. The 4G expansion will likely help the industry achieve another target set by Beijing's 12th five-year plan: More than US$241.9 billion in revenue by 2015. The three operators had combined revenue of US$172.9 billion last year. "

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Former PetroChina exec investigated for graft - CER/R - Oct 17, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64680

"Wei Zhigang, the former head of PetroChina's (PTR.NYSE, 601857.SHA, 0857.HKG) Indonesian unit, is being investigated by the Chinese government as part of its broader probe into the company's leadership, Reuters reported, citing Chinese oil industry sources familiar with the matter.

PetroChina and its parent firm, China National Petroleum Corporation, are at the center of one of the biggest corruption investigations into the Chinese state sector in years. Until now, no executives from PetroChina's foreign operations have been implicated."

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Mining Review Africa - Oct13
http://spintelligentpublishing.com/Digital/Mining-Review-Afr…

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More investors target Zambian mining sector - MR/AA.com, LUSAKA - Oct 14, 2013
www.miningreview.com/node/22783
http://allafrica.com/stories/201310142183.html

"Several Chinese and other foreign investors have expressed interest in the possibility of investing in the Zambian mining sector, through the United Nations South-South Co-operation initiative.

Revealing this in an interview here, allAfrica.com reports that Zambian commerce, trade and industry minister Emmanuel Chenda said that on the sidelines of the recently held UN General Assembly in New York, he had met with several potential investors, among them Chinese, who had expressed interest in setting up mineral exploration ventures in Zambia.

“Several Chinese investors have approached government proposing to set up businesses in Zambia's mining industry, and these firms have brought forward their intentions on the premise of adding value to our country's mineral wealth,” he said. He went on to say that the government had already assessed the credibility of these potential investors.

“Discussions between the government through the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines-Investment Holdings (ZCCM-IH) and the investors are on-going and at an advanced stage. Very soon, there will be some feedback on the matter," he said.

Chenda says the benefits of government's intervention to remove the subsidy on fossil fuels has started paying off, as a number of other renewable forms of energy are being identified.
The minister reiterated that maintaining the subsidy on fuel could have negatively affected the country's capacity to generate energy from other sources.

"Even countries like Norway recently implemented such policies such as the removal of the subsidy on fossil fuels, and today that country is saving 25% of its GDP (Gross Domestic Product) by using other renewable forms of energy,” he revealed. "

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"Major growth "predicted", in Mozambique mining" - MR/AA.com/BMI, LONDON - Oct 17, 2013
www.miningreview.com/node/22798
http://allafrica.com/stories/201310160342.html

"Mozambique will see a rapid growth in its mining sector over the next few years, as a combination of investment into its sizeable coal reserves and a relatively strong business environment combine to provide rapid growth in output.


Quoting a report released here by Business Monitor International, allAfrica.com said that Mozambique was set to be one of the major growth stories in the global mining sector.

The researchers “expect the value of the country's mining sector to grow from US$263 million in 2012 to US$735 million in 2017”. This represents a jump from 1.8% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2012 to 2.9% in 2017.

The report pointed out that the country's coal sector would expand over the next few years. Almost all of the coal mined would be exported, giving Mozambique the potential to become one of the largest global exporters, with India and China the main destinations.

The report warned, however, that there were still concerns about the capacity of Mozambique's infrastructure to cope with the projected increase in production. It noted, “there have in fact been positive developments, with Mozambique's Nacala port ready to export its first shipment of coal from December 2013”.

In addition, the analysis stated that the government planned to submit a draft of a revised mining law by the end of 2013 in a bid to streamline procedures and attract more investment to its booming coal sector.

“The government has stated that its new mining code will not change royalties or mining taxes, and is purely to speed up the licence process and reduce bureaucracy for mining investment” ‒ a move that appears to be wholly positive for the sector.

Last week, BMI brought out a report on risk factors in Mozambique. It estimated that GDP growth would more than double from 7.1% this year to 15% in 2020. This is when BMI expects the country's natural gas fields to begin production.

Recently, BMI estimated that Mozambique would be the fastest growing economy in the world over the next decade. It calculated that accumulated GDP growth by 2022 would be 158.8% "

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Angola’s proven oil reserves total 13.000.000.000 barrels - MR/MHNA, DAEGU - Oct 16, 2013
www.miningreview.com/node/22795
www.macauhub.com.mo/en/2013/10/16/angola%E2%80%99s-proven-oi…

"The Angolan deputy oil minister Anibal Octavio Teixeira da Silva has confirmed that the southern African country has proven oil reserves of 13 billion barrels.

Revealing this at the World Energy Congress here, the deputy minister pointed out that the figure was around 4 billion barrels more than the estimate of 9.1 billion barrels announced by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at the end of 2012.

Macauhub News Agency reports that Teixeira da Silva said that Angola would continue to produce 1.7 million barrels of oil per day until the end of the year, and that in 2015 Angolan oil production was expected to rise to 2 million barrels per day.

Information on contracts for November showed that Angola would export a daily average of 1.74 million barrels of oil per day, which was practically the same amount as Nigeria, which is still Africa’s biggest oil exporter. "

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Jonathan Trent: Energy from floating algae pods - 2013

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In Spain, a researcher @the Public University of Navarra has genetically modified tobacco to produce 700% as much starch +500% as much fermentable Sugars, in the leaves for use in biofuel production - TR/BR - Oct 15, 2013
www.tobaccoreporter.com/2013/10/moving-forward-with-tobacco-…
www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=4745&hi…

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Linc Energy - Oil Production Increases to >6.900 BOEPD, end-of-year-"target" of 8.000 -9.000 BOEPD - Oct 18, 2013
www.lincenergy.com/data/asxpdf/ASX-LNC-513.pdf

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Tiger Resources - secures 100.000t Stage2 offtake partner - Oct 17, 2013
www.tigerresources.com.au/aurora/assets/user_content/TGS%201…

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Lenovo mulls Blackberry purchase - CER/WSJ - Oct 17, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64690

"Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group (0992.HKG) is proactively contemplating an offer for beleaguered smartphone maker BlackBerry (BBRY.NASDAQ, BB:TSE), The Wall Street Journal reported, citing several people familiar with the matter.

Lenovo has signed a "nondisclosure" agreement that allows it to look at BlackBerry's books, one of the people said, joining a list of potential bidders for the company, which has put itself up for sale. A Lenovo purchase of BlackBerry would be one of the biggest and most noteworthy Chinese acquisitions of a Western company."

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China rating agency down grades US debt - CER/BB/D - Oct 18, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64685

"China’s Dagong Global Credit Rating, one of the country’s four biggest credit rating companies, has cut the sovereign rating for the US, Bloomberg reported, citing an email from Dagong.

The downgrade came on Thursday, hours after President Barack Obama signed legislation to raise the federal debt limit. The company cut the local and foreign currency ratings of the world’s largest economy from A to A- and is maintaining a negative outlook. The US government shutdown began on October 1 and took US$24 billion out of the economy. "

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China GDP grows by 7.8%, in the 3rd quarter - CER/WSJ - Oct 18, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64689

"China's growth picked up again in the third quarter, growing 7.8% year-on-year and putting an end to worries that the world's second-largest economy is slowing, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Scrutiny will now fall on coming quarters to see whether China's economy —a major global growth engine—can sustain that faster pace. The quickened growth rate, announced by the National Bureau of Statistics today, compares with 7.7% in the first quarter and 7.5% in the second. It also matched the median forecast of 18 economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal. "

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Angola "must beat challenges, to tap huge diamond potential" – study - MW/R, LUANDA - Oct 17, 2013
www.miningweekly.com/article/angola-must-beat-challenges-to-…

"Angola's century-old diamond industry has "huge" potential for growth, but to tap it the country needs to develop transport links and services for mining companies, and make geological data more accessible, according to a new study.

Angola is the world's fourth-largest diamond producer by value, and sixth by volume, and the government is keen to boost a sector where few companies are currently drilling.

"The country is endowed with both kimberlites and alluvial diamond deposits, many of those still await development," analysts at the Sinese economic geology consultancy and the sub-Saharan investment bank Eaglestone said in the study, published on Friday.

"Probably many more deposits have yet to be explored and discovered in a territory with huge potential for diamonds."

Angola's diamond industry, which began 100 years ago under Portuguese colonial rule, is dominated by the Catoca mine, the world's fourth-largest.

Russia's Alrosa and Angola's state-owned Endiama each own 32.8% of the mine, which is responsible for about three-quarters of the diamonds extracted in Angola.

The global financial crisis in 2008 hit the sector hard and led to the closure of several mines and projects, with the result that output slumped by a third in 2009 to $804 million. It has still not recovered to pre-crisis levels.

In 2011, the government introduced a new mining code intended to boost exploration for diamonds and other minerals and help diversify an economy that depends heavily on oil.

The study said the code was a step in the right direction, but that more was needed, including reliable transport links, which were improving, but too slowly.

Angola should also emulate Brazil and Canada, where public availability of basic geological information has boosted development, the study said.

Another major challenge is the lack of support services for the industry, including drilling contractors, topography services and laboratories.

Angola is Africa's second-largest oil producer after Nigeria, and crude has tended to dominate the attention of government and investors at the expense of other sectors."

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MAC welcomes Progress, towards finalising EU trade agreement - MW/CMR, TORONTO - Oct 18, 2013

- H. Lazenby -
www.miningweekly.com/article/mac-extols-federal-progress-tow…

" The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) on Friday praised the federal government's progress towards finalising the Canada-European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Friday announced in Brussels that they have reached an agreement in principle on a comprehensive trade agreement that would significantly boost trade and investment ties between the two partners, and create jobs and opportunities for Canadians.

"Given the global nature of our [mining] sector, the Canadian mining industry is highly supportive of the formation of new trade agreements with key markets. Today's agreement in principle on the comprehensive economic and trade agreement is a significant step forward that, once finalised, will eliminate existing European tariffs on Canadian mineral products, help facilitate labour mobility, and encourage European investment in the Canadian mining sector,” MAC president and CEO Pierre Gratton said.

The EU is Canada's second-largest export market for Canadian metals, the third-largest market for nonmetals, and the fourth-largest market for mineral fuels.

On a yearly average between 2010 and 2012, Canada exported $20.4-billion worth of metal and mineral products to the EU, led by precious gems and metals. Critical exports included gold, nickel, diamonds, aluminium and iron-ore.

Upon implementation, the new agreement would eliminate 98% of Canadian and eurozone tariffs, while phasing out remaining tariffs over time.

Of specific interest to the Canadian mining industry is the elimination of aluminium and aluminium products, from rates averaging 6.3%, with peaks of 10%; nickel and nickel products, from rates of up to 3.3%; nonferrous metals, including copper, zinc, lead and tin, from rates averaging 3.1% with peaks of 9%; and iron and steel and its products, from rates of up to 7%.

The agreement also expands into areas of investment, labour mobility and enhanced regulatory cooperation. The CETA is the first bilateral trade agreement in which Canada had included provisions on regulatory cooperation. By fostering cooperation earlier in the regulatory process, differences in approaches between Canada and the EU could be reduced, resulting in fewer barriers to trade once regulations are put into place.

The MAC said the CETA's temporary entry provisions would make it easier for highly-skilled professionals, such as engineers and senior managers, to work in the eurozone and vice versa.

Further, investment provisions in the CETA were expected to provide greater certainty, stability and protection to investments from both jurisdictions.

Canada's mining industry is responsible for about 10% of Canadian direct investment abroad, and 9% of foreign direct investment in Canada.

"Foreign investment into Canada contributes directly to job creation, Canada's mining services sector, and to our nation's overall economic prosperity," Gratton said.

“For these and other benefits accompanying freer trade, MAC encourages the federal government to continue with its active trade agenda, through negotiating and, where possible, finalising other free trade agreements and foreign investment promotion and protection agreements.” "

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China to outweigh rest of the world, for base metals demand - MW/CMR,PERTH - Oct 17, 2013

-E. Swanepoel -
www.miningweekly.com/article/china-tipped-to-become-global-l…

"China is expected to become a biggest market for base metals by 2017 than the rest of the world combined, accounting for 52% of global demand, advisory firm Wood Mackenzie stated in its latest base metals demand forecast.

China’s demand for base metals is currently at around 46% of the 96-million tonnes produced globally.

“Our forecasts for the next five years show that across all of the base metals – aluminium, copper, lead, nickel and zinc – growth in demand will come predominately from China,” said Wood Mackenzie head of base metals market research Helen Matthews on Friday.

Demand growth in the next five years would not be as fast as the previous five years have been, owing to weaker gross domestic product growth in China. But Matthews stressed that demand would only be slower and not lower.

"Demand growth has slowed from the double digits we saw from 2008 to 2013 to single digits – ranging from 5% to 8% - however, it’s important to note that in absolute tonnage terms we still see significant numbers.”

She noted that the global base metals market was set to grow from 96-million tonnes in 2013 to 122-million tonnes in 2018, with a huge shift set to occur in 2017.

“Today, the rest of the world, excluding China, accounts for 54% of the global base metals market, however, as we’re seeing with many other commodities, China’s rampant appetite will overtake the rest of the world, growing to 52% of demand in a 117-million tonne market.”

Wood Mackenzie senior economist Jonathan Butcher noted that while there were a number of factors behind growth in demand for each base metal, a key theme for China was continued urbanisation and rising domestic wealth.

“Wood Mackenzie’s proprietary China Activity Index tracks a number of factors, and gives us confidence that economic growth will remain strong in the short term. Looking out to 2030, we see a bright future for Chinese commodity demand. Urbanisation rates will reach 70%, compared to just under half of the population in 2013.

“This will have a widespread impact on the economy over the next 20 years, with electricity consumption per capita forecast to reach the same level as Korea today,” Butcher said. "

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Iran Discussions: Optimism +Skepticism; Iran has hinted @the possibility of scaling back its uranium enrichment plans, putting the west a little more @ease. During this week's round of negotiations - the 1st since newly elected president Hassan Rouhani +US President Barack Obama shared a phone call last month - Iran is looking for a compromise that will see the harsh economic sanctions on the country lifted - U308.biz - Oct 18, 2013

- Vivien Diniz -
www.u3o8.biz/s/MarketCommentary.asp?ReportID=608163&_Type=Ma…

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Study "highlights potential +risks, of shale gas in Africa" - MW/CMR/AfDB - Oct 18, 2013

- T. Creamer -
www.miningweekly.com/article/study-highlights-potential-and-…
www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Project-and-Op…

"A new African Development Bank (AfDB) study into the prospects for shale gas in Africa concludes that several countries have potentially viable shale-gas deposits, but urges governments to weigh the most advantageous way of proceeding before embarking on the full-scale exploration and development of the resources.

The study notes that, if developed, the shale gas reserves "could lower gas prices, reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, particularly in South Africa whose energy mix is currently dominated by coal, and offer substantial economic benefits to producer countries".

But exploitation will also present substantial environmental challenges, including the use of large amounts of water, as well as the potential for water contamination, increased seismic activity and the venting and flaring of associated gas.

It reviews resource estimates that have been made for shale gas deposits in Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania, South Africa and the Western Sahara and highlights that there is also potential in other countries for which information is currently not available.

In the foreword to the study, which is titled ‘Shale Gas and its Implications for Africa’, AfDB president Donald Kaberuka says the bank is willing to support these countries and any others with shale gas prospects. "

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Q2 iQ Report - BM/IQR; Canadian Oil &Gas Comparison, "To adapt is to survive " - Oct 17, 2013

- B. Mills -

- Fewer players

At the end of the second quarter of 2013 there were only 49 producers that operate in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, trade on the TSX or TSX Venture exchange and produce between 500 and 10,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe/d). While this is the same number of junior producers as last year at the same time, it's much lower than the peak over the last 10 years of 94 in the third quarter of 2007. The numbers have been on a steady decline since then. The decline in the number of juniors has outpaced the decline in the number of public oil and gas companies in general, suggesting the juniors have been taking more than their share of the hit. The biggest challenge facing the juniors has been the high cost to drill high-impact wells at a time when funding is hard to find. But it's not just the juniors that are waning. The number of intermediate players at the end of the second quarter of 2013 had declined to 26 from 31 at the same time last year. For the purpose of our comparison, we define intermediates as oil and gas companies that produce between 10,000 and 200,000 boe/d.


Gassing up

After six consecutive quarters in which Western Canada's junior oil and gas companies decreased the amount of natural gas they were producing relative to the amount of oil, their median natural gas weighting increased from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2013. In the second quarter of 2013, the median junior had a gas weighting of 45.6% compared with only 43% in the previous quarter. The intermediates experienced the same phenomenon, increasing their natural gas weighting to 53% in the second quarter of 2013 from 50.6% in the first quarter. Despite the increase, the latest natural gas weighting still represents a noteworthy achievement when one considers that the median junior had a gas weighting of 76% in the second quarter of 2009, 65% in 2010, 56% in 2011 and 50% in 2012. The median intermediate has also been reducing its natural gas weighting.


Stable market

Although the share price of the median junior declined 2.6% in the second quarter of 2013, share prices moved up 11.8% in the following two months, allowing the median junior to return 3.1% over the five-month period from April through August 2013. The top gainer amongst the juniors in the second quarter was Questfire Energy at 150% after the company acquired producing assets from Advantage Oil & Gas. While the median junior's share price declined marginally in the second quarter of 2013, the median intermediate's share price did not change at all during the quarter and declined by 3.5% in the following two months, for a total return over the five-month period of minus 1%.


Cashing in

The median cash flow netback for the juniors in the second quarter of 2013 was a healthy $24.19 per boe compared with $19.56 in the previous quarter and $18.46 in the second quarter of 2012. The margins are higher thanks to the high oil weighting and strong oil prices. The median intermediate reported a cash flow netback of $20.37 in the second quarter of 2013 compared with a cash flow netback of only $14.31 in the same quarter of 2012. The lower cash flow netback of the intermediates than the juniors is a function of their higher natural gas weighting. Cash flow is determined by taking the net earnings and adding back non-cash expenses such as depreciation.


Bridging the enterprise gap

The gap narrowed between the enterprise value of the intermediates and the enterprise value of the juniors in the second quarter of 2013. The enterprise value is determined by adding a company’s market capitalization to its net debt. When we compare enterprise values to production levels, we see a wide range of valuations. A strong valuation allows companies to access capital or use equity to complete deals that are accretive to shareholders. For intermediates the range of valuations goes from $20,661 per flowing boe for Perpetual Energy, all the way to $176,472 per flowing boe for Paramount. For juniors, the range is even wider, starting with $11,747 per flowing boe for Wrangler West and rising to $225,278 per flowing boe for Questerre. The gap between the median enterprise value of the juniors and intermediates declined from $14,425 in the first quarter of 2013 to $9,886 in the second quarter of 2013 as the median for the intermediates declined while the median for the juniors increased. The median intermediate had an enterprise value of $58,689 in the second quarter of 2013, slightly lower than the median of $63,157 in the first quarter. By contrast, the median junior's enterprise value inched up to $48,803 in the second quarter of 2013 from $48,732 in the first quarter.


Content

- Q2 2013 Review
- wHEELiNG +DEALiNG

- JuNiOR COmpARiSON CHARTS

- Q3 production (boe/d)
- Q3 production mix -Natural Gas weighting(%)
- Change in production -Q1 2013 to Q2 2013(%)
- Change in production/share –Q1 2013 to Q2 2013
- Enterprise value versus Q2 production($/boe/d)
- Q2 Cash Flow Netback($/boe)
- Q2 Operating +Transportation Expenses($/boe)
- Q2 General +Administrative Cash Expenses($/boe)
- Q2 Depletion, Depreciation +Accretion Expenses($/boe)
- Annualized Q2 Cash Flow multiples
- Q2 Net Debt to Annualized Cash Flow
- investment Returns –Capital Gains +Distributions or Dividends(%)
- Juniors Listing –Data Table


- iNTERmEDiATE COmpARiSON CHARTS

- Q2 production(boe/d)
- Q2 production mix -Natural Gas weighting(%)
- Change in production -Q1 2013 to Q2 2013(%)
- Change in production/share -Q1 2013 to Q2 2013
- Enterprise value versus Q2 production($/boe/d)
- Q2 Cash Flow Netback($/boe)
- Q2 Operating +Transportation Expenses($/boe)
- Q2 General +Administrative Cash Expenses($/boe)
- Q2 Depletion, Depreciation +Accretion Expenses($/boe)
- Annualized Q2 Cash Flow multiples
- Q2 Net Debt to Annualized Cash Flow
- investment Returns -Capital Gains +Distributions(%)
- intermediates Listing –Data Table


- EmERGiNG CONvENTiONAL COmpANiES wATCHLiST
- EmERGiNG OiLSANDS COmpANiES
- CANADiAN COmpANiES OpERATiNG AbROAD
- iQ TRENDS ...-
http://iq.bmir.com/main/documents/iQ-2013-Q2.pdf

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"50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy" - BD - Oct 11, 2013

- J. Lane -
www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2013/10/11/solazyme-lanzatech…

"Renewable oils developer Solazyme took the #1 spot in the 2013-14 “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” rankings.

It was the third consecutive year at the top for Solazyme, which also topped the Biofuels Digest polls in 2009-10.


LanzaTech (#2), KiOR (#3), Sapphire Energy (#4), Gevo (#5), Beta Renewables (#6), POET (#7), INEOS Bio (#8), GranBio (#9) and DSM (#10) rounded out the top 10.

Ranked #11 through #20 are DuPont Industrial Biosciences (#11), Novozymes (#12), Abengoa Bioenergy (#13), Enerkem (#14), Amyris (#15), CoolPlanet Energy Systems (#16), Joule Unlimited (#17), Neste Oil (#18), Virent (#19), and Ceres (#20)

The annual rankings, which recognize innovation and achievement in biobased chemicals and materials development, are based 50 percent on votes from an invited panel of distinguished international selectors, and 50 percent on votes from subscribers of Biofuels Digest and voters on Twitter, Facebook and photo voting via BiofuelsDigest.com. Overall, more than 100,000 individual company ratings were received from panelists and voters.

“This year, the voters went global in picking four companies out of the top 10 founded outside the United States,” said Biofuels Digest editor and publisher Jim Lane. “Feedstocks and intermediates dfid particularly well this year — algae, jatropha, renewable sugars. In addition, companies that did well have demonstrated financial strength as well as technological differentiation.

Among the Hot 50, 38 were US-based companies and 12 were from other countries. 20 are active in cellulosic biofuuels development (up from 17 last year), 12 utilize algae, advanced yeasts or cyanobacteria in their microbial energy solutions (up from nine last year), and 15 are producing “drop-in” renewable biofuels such as biobutanol, renewable diesel, green gasoline and renewable jet fuel (up from 14).

New companies in the list this year are: GranBio (#9), CoolPlanet (#16), Sweetwater Energy (#27), Propel Fuels (#29), American Process #37), BASF (#40), Midori Renewables (#47) and Cellana (#49).

The Miami, FL-based Biofuels Digest published more than 3,000 news stories on bioenergy in the past year, and serves more than 600,000 unique readers and followers via the web, newsletters and social media in every UN-recognized country.


The "50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2013-14" are:

1. Solazyme
2. LanzaTech
3. KiOR
4. Sapphire Energy
5. Gevo
6. Beta Renewables
7. POET
8. INEOS Bio
9. GranBio
10. DSM

11. DuPont Industrial Biosciences
12. Novozymes
13. Abengoa Bioenergy
14. Enerkem
15. Amyris
16. CoolPlanet Energy Systems
17. Joule Unlimited
18. Neste Oil
19. Virent
20. Ceres

21. Renewable Energy Group
22. Butamax
23. Mascoma
24. Honeywell’s UOP
25. Algenol
26. BP Biofuels
27. Sweetwater Energy
28. Fulcrum BioEnergy
29. Propel Fuels
30. ZeaChem

31. Waste Management
32. LS9
33. Elevance Renewable Sciences
34. Renmatix
35. OPX Biotechnologies
36. EdeniQ
37. American Process
38. Boeing
39. Fiberight
40. BASF

41. Codexis
42. Valero
43. Cobalt Technologies
44. Cosan
45. SG Biofuels
46. Dyadic
47. Midori Renewables
48. Coskata
49. Cellana
50. Virdia (tie)
50. Iogen (tie) "

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Energizer Resources - &Caterpillar Mining Finance, subsidiary of "a leader in building the world's infrastructure", Sign Letter of Intent for Molo Graphite Project financing arragements - Oct 21, 2013
www.energizerresources.com/news/344-energizer-resources-and-…

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Zitat von Popeye82: HaloSource - Signs 1st Strategic Chinese Partner; Perfect Water Purification Manufacturing Co. Ltd will deploy HaloPure® technology in drinking water purification devices; HaloSource, Inc.("HaloSource" or the "Company")(HAL.LN, HALO.LN), the clean water technology company, today announces a partnership with its 1st Chinese partner, Perfect Water Purification Manufacturing Co. Ltd., a leading global supplier of consumer goods with US$1.600.000.000 in sales in ´10; partnership marks HaloSource's entry into the direct selling channel for drinking water purification devices in China. Under the terms of the partnership agreement, HaloSource's HaloPure® cartridges will be inserted into Perfect's multi-stage water purifier to deliver 99.9% reduction of virus +bacteria; HaloSource has granted Perfect the exclusive right to sell devices powered by HaloPure® technology through its direct sales channels in the pressurized water purification segment in China. To maintain this exclusive right, Perfect is required to purchase a minimum of 500.000 units/anno, representing ~US$4.500.000 of revenue, for HaloSource; M. Coles: "We are delighted to announce the news of our agreement with Perfect, a global leader in consumer product sales in China. The agreement ties completely to our new strategy of building strong partnerships with leading companies that are able to deploy successfully our technologies. We are proud of the HaloPure® media’s distinction as the 1st +only drinking water purification technology to be approved under a new tough standard developed by China’s Ministry of Health(MOH), in April ´11, engaging with Perfect shortly thereafter to begin development of this breakthrough line of products" - Apr 17, 2012
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/halosource-signs-first-strateg…

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HaloSource - Expands Clean Drinking Water Offerings into Latin America, with H2O International +Fortune500 Partner, HaloSource will provide its gravity-based disinfecting water pitchers powered by its patented HaloPure media in five Latin American countries - Jun 26, 2013
http://ir.halosource.com/news-item?item=1536528845111296" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://ir.halosource.com/news-item?item=1536528845111296



"Benefit from Partnership", with Tupperware; Tupperware India's national direct sales force has begun selling HaloPure technology in its new line of TupperSure gravity-fed devices - Jul 1, 2013
http://ir.halosource.com/news-item?item=1540306268848128


Partnership with Perfect Water Manufacturing, a "leading global supplier of consumer goods in the direct selling channel", was the 2nd enterprise approved by the Chinese government to market directly to consumers, through >7.000 outlets in China; MOH-approved drinking water purification technology has launched to consumers in China - Aug 5, 2013
http://ir.halosource.com/news-item?item=1565844144390144

Halosource wins Contract with Morf India, which "is the recipient of several "prestigious Awards", such as UNESCO-Water Digest Award for the years `10, `11 +`12, Aqua Excellence Award `11 +`12, Best OEM Award from Pentair in `09" +"has executed ~750 treatment projects of various sizes +has close to 20.000 domestic customers, across South India" - Oct 1, 2013
http://ir.halosource.com/news-item?item=1606725790597120

HaloSource Enters Petrochemical Market, with Industrial Dewatering International - Oct 21, 2013
http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/halosource/rns/regulatory…

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Eden Energy - Signs World–wide Exclusive Licence Agreement with Monash University, to Use Carbon Nanotube +Concrete Technology; Monash +Eden have been collaborating for the past two years, with Eden having supplied Monash with the carbon nanotubes that were used by Monash in developing the Technology, as "part of its highly regarded Engineering Faculty research programmes". To date Monash has "achieved an impressive increase in compressive strength, with carbon nanotube-enriched cement paste of "up to" 30%, with the addition of Eden’s carbon nanotubes having a total weight of <1% of the weight of the cement used in the paste." Trials on concrete are yet to be conducted - Oct 21, 2013
http://edenenergy.com.au/pdfs/589b6ac514dcda2ca07ff221bb88da…
http://edenenergy.com.au/pdfs/dc01ec56eaca31f2938f55c04de972…

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Eurocontrol - Xenemetrix Wins Tender with India's National Thermal Power Corporation, "India's largest power company +included on the list of the 500 largest companies worldwide" - Oct 21, 2013
www.eurocontrol.ca/data/EurocontrolPressRelease-Oct21-13-Ind…
www.eurocontrol.ca/data/presentation/files/EUO%20Presentatio…

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Ucore Rare Metals - Announces Resource Upgrade for Bokan Dotson-Ridge -of 4.931.000 Tonnes @~0.611% TREO I/I, with ~40% HREO over TREO - Oct 21, 2013
http://ucore.com/ucore-announces-resource-upgrade-for-bokan-…

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China urges economic policy, to spur rebound - CER/BB - Oct 21, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64695

"China’s central government has called for its economic policies and reforms to be implemented in order to strengthen the country's recovery and improve the quality of growth, Bloomberg reported, citing a statement made by the State Council on Sunday.

China’s economy grew by 7.8% during the third quarter from a year earlier. The leaders of China will meet next month to draft economic reforms and sustain long-term growth at around 7%. "

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Largo Resources - completes construction of electrical power line +commences commissioning of crushing systems, @the Maracás Vanadium Project, Bahia, Brazil - Oct 21, 2013
www.largoresources.com/English/investors/news/news-release-d…

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China property tax to hit more cities - CER/XNA - Oct 21, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64696

"China may ramp up its efforts to implement property tax trials amid a renewed surge in home prices in many cities, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday, citing local media.

The Beijing-based Securities Daily said the expectations for upgrading the real estate market control are increasing and a long-term mechanism will be gradually rolled out. The expansion of property tax trials is one of the most likely approaches for the government to adopt, it said. "

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China battles oil majors, for new Brazil fields - CER/BB - Oct 21, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64697

"Chinese oil majors Cnooc Ltd. (0883.HKG) and China National Petroleum are among 11 companies set to bid for deep-water fields near Brazil’s southeastern coast that could become one of the world's two largest, Bloomberg reported.

The area, which is known as Libra, requires an estimated US$185 billion investment. Brazil’s oil regulator, ANP, estimates that Libra holds as much as 12 billion barrels of oil, the equivalent of three years' consumption in China. Winning the license would change the strategy for Chinese state producers from buying into operating fields in Latin America to one of drilling and developing new deposits. "

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Zitat von Popeye82: GuestLogix - Signs 10-Year Agreement with IFE System Leader Thales, a "global technology leader for the Defence &Security +the Aerospace +Transportation markets", to Facilitate Transaction Processing through Seatback Screens; Industry's Most Prominent Transaction Processing Engine Now Used to Enable IFE Payment Acceptance Across Extensive Global Customer Base; GuestLogix +Thales "anticipate rollout to begin" Jul ´13. A joint deployment is currently underway onboard a 1st major airline custome - Mar 11, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_03-11-13.html


GuestLogix Secures "Multi-Year Agreement" with European Airline Germania, Company to Deploy Onboard Retail Technology Platform across Germania Airline's Entire Fleet - Mar 22, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_05-02-13.html


GuestLogix Secures 4-Year Agreement with Leading Asia Pacific Airline, Cathay Pacific +Subsidiary Dragonair in Major Duty-Free Agreement, with Inflight Sales Group Hong Kong; Cathay Pacific to Manage Entire Onboard Retail Operations with GuestLogix Onboard Retail Platform, new customer win represents >27.000.000 passenger trips for GuestLogix - May 2, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_03-22-13.html


GuestLogix Secures Multi-Year Agreement with China's 1st Low Cost Carrier, Spring Airlines, agreement represents 9.100.000 passenger trips for GuestLogix - Jun 4, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_06-04-13.html


GuestLogix Announces Major Customer Win, with Signing of Asia’s Largest Airline, for the 34th consecutive year/5th largest airline in the world, China Southern; Company to Enable Inflight Auction of Seat Upgrades Onboard China Southern Airlines - Jul 8, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_07-08-13.html


GuestLogix Strengthens Relationship with Momentum Services +Eurostar, with "New Merchant of Record Agreement"; Company 2Deploys Global Payment Services, to Support Growing Onboard Retailing Program Onboard Major Rail Customer" - Aug 15, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_08-15-13.html

Zitat von Popeye82: Guestlogix - &Air Canada, "named “Best Airline in North America” for the 4th consecutive year in a worldwide survey of >18.000.000 airline passengers", Sign "Multi-Year Agreement", to Support Growing Inflight Entertainment Offerings Across Expanding Fleet; Onboard Retail Technology Leader to Provide IFE Payment Processing Service, to Facilitate Congruent Entertainment Experience for Canada’s Largest Airline - Aug 22, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_08-22-13.html

Zitat von Popeye82: GuestLogix - Announces "Multi-Year Agreement" with Scandinavia's Largest Regional Airline, Wideroe - Aug 28, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_08-28-13.html

Zitat von Popeye82: GuestLogix - Global Rail Division Secures North America's Largest Privately Owned Passenger Rail Service, Rocky Mountaineer; Company Expands Global Footprint with 1st North American Rail Customer Agreement - Sep 18, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_09-18-13.html

GuestLogix +NCR, the "global leader in consumer transaction technologies", to "Integrate Leading Technologies, to "Transform Self-Service Retail, throughout Global Travel Industry" " - Oct 21, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_10-21-13.html

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Zitat von Popeye82: Apollo Minerals - " "Large IOCGU "Target" " Supported by High Density Body", @Titan - Feb 26, 2013
http://srv15.netregistry.net/~apap5260/wp-content/uploads/20…


"Highly Anomalous Base & Precious Metals", @Acacia East - Mar 11, 2013
http://srv15.netregistry.net/~apap5260/wp-content/uploads/20…


SA Govt Funds Study of IOCG(U) Potential, @Titan Project - May 28, 2013
www.apollominerals.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/AON-201…


JV Discussions Underway, for Titan Base Metals Project; discussions are currently in "initial" stages, Apollo is "delighted @the level of interest shown inthe Titan Project, by "some of the world’slargest mining companies" " - Jul 3, 2013

+ Apollo has entered discussions "with a number of leading mining companies, on a potential JV for the Titan Base-Precious Metals Project, in South Australia

+ Results from recently completed drilling were "highly "encouraging", with iron, copper, gold, silver +cobalt mineralisation being intersected, @the Acacia East Prospect

+ Apollo’s targeted exploration results "continue to "validate the Company’s exploration model" +confirm the project’s "potential", to host a major deposit."

+ The Titan Project "hosts "a number" of high priority IOCG-U targets, from which Apollo is "seeking to discover a major deposit, "similar" to the nearby Prominent Hill +Olympic Dam projects"

+ The Company will provide updates on the progress of JV discussions in due course ...
www.apollominerals.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/AON-201…

"Multiple, Large-Scale IOCG Targets identified", @Bundi Prospect, Titan Base-Precious Metals Project - Aug 21, 2013

+ Large-scale IOCG targets identified, from extensive geophysics, including gravity, magnetics, electro-magnetics(EM), resistivity, seismic surveying +geochemistry

+ Detailed gravity survey @Bundi Prospect "confirms "multiple large-scale IOCG "targets" " ":

- Very large circular residual gravity anomaly, of up to 5mGal amplitude, identified

- Residual gravity anomaly " "compares very favourably" with other leading IOCGs", including Carrapateena, Prominent Hill +Olympic Dam

- Major target - ~35km2 –2-3 times larger than Carrapateena +4-5 times larger than Prominent Hill(Figure1)

- "Multiple pipe-style targets, comparable to the Carrapateena IOCG deposit, identified"

- Target depths range from 150m to 300m, below surface(Figure 2)


+ Pipe-style gravity targets +large-scale sub-vertical dykes "appear closely associated with major faults +structure"

+ Surface geochemistry immediately above gravity high is "strongly anomalous in IOCG pathfinder elements", including Fe, Cu, Au, Co, Se +Cl

+ Magnetic data " "suggests very large hydrothermal alteration system", with strong similarities to that seen @Carrapateena +Prominent Hill"(Figure 3)

+ Ground EM survey has "identified a conductor consistent with higher-grade sulphide development, within an IOCG system"

+ Reprocessed magnetotelluric +seismic data "highlight a conductive, mantle derived plume, associated with crustal penetrating regional faulting immediately below Bundi"(Figure 4) -as also seen below the Olympic Dam deposit

+ Follow-up high-powered induced polarization survey planned, to finalise drill targets

+ Heritage +approval processes for drilling are underway, with drilling "planned" , for Q4 ...
http://gallery.mailchimp.com/9f70e4bcddd7095275f9ce5e0/files…

New IOCG Target Identified, @Mars Aurora Tank Prospect - Oct 21, 2013

+ New "large-scale IOCG "target" identified", @Mars Aurora Tank2 Prospect, north-western corner of Apollo’s Titan IOCG Project Area

+ Recently discovered brecciated outcrop "appears strikingly "similar" to geology @Olympic Dam +the nearby Vulcan IOCG Prospect"(see Figure2 below)

+ "Intense haematite alteration" confirmed

+ Regionally rare, volcanic mesadiscovered nearby

+ Historic drilling targeting epithermal gold along southern edge of system "returned "significant" iron, copper +gold results, including maximum intersections @:

- 52% Fe
- 470ppm Cu
- 2.0 g/t Au, +
- 4.0 g/t Ag


+ Surface geochemical anomaly extends for over 1.7km along eastern margin of target. 2nd zone along northwest margin trends for over 800metres

+ Preliminary geological age dating underway to "confirm association with key IOCG mineralisation timing, of 1560 –1620Ma", +

+ Planning underway, for detailed ground gravity +airborne magnetic surveys, to support drill targeting. ...
www.apollominerals.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/AON-201…

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MagIndustries - Provides Update on Financing - Oct 21, 2013
www.magindustries.com/news.aspx?newsid=110&pageid=3

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Metallica Minerals - Sconi JORC Resource Upgrade -to 70.700.000tonnes @0.50% Nickel, 0.06% Cobalt +61ppm Scandium M/I/I, "one of the worlds largest scandium resources" - Oct 21, 2013
www.metallicaminerals.com.au/sites/default/files/JORC%202013…
www.metallicaminerals.com.au/sites/default/files/MLM%20PPP%2…

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Argex Titanium - Signs LOI for Distribution of "up to" 25.000 of TiO2/Year, with "one of the world’s largest chemical distribution companies" - Oct 22, 2013
http://argex.ca/documents/LOI%20NR.pdf

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Torex Gold Resources - Starts Construction of Its El Limon-Guajes Mine - Oct 22, 2013
www.torexgold.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=608292

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Zitat von Popeye82:

Zitat von Popeye82: ...

"Multiple, Large-Scale IOCG Targets identified", @Bundi Prospect, Titan Base-Precious Metals Project - Aug 21, 2013

+ Large-scale IOCG targets identified, from extensive geophysics, including gravity, magnetics, electro-magnetics(EM), resistivity, seismic surveying +geochemistry

+ Detailed gravity survey @Bundi Prospect "confirms "multiple large-scale IOCG "targets" " ":

- Very large circular residual gravity anomaly, of up to 5mGal amplitude, identified

- Residual gravity anomaly " "compares very favourably" with other leading IOCGs", including Carrapateena, Prominent Hill +Olympic Dam

- Major target - ~35km2 –2-3 times larger than Carrapateena +4-5 times larger than Prominent Hill(Figure1)

- "Multiple pipe-style targets, comparable to the Carrapateena IOCG deposit, identified"

- Target depths range from 150m to 300m, below surface(Figure 2)


+ Pipe-style gravity targets +large-scale sub-vertical dykes "appear closely associated with major faults +structure"

+ Surface geochemistry immediately above gravity high is "strongly anomalous in IOCG pathfinder elements", including Fe, Cu, Au, Co, Se +Cl

+ Magnetic data " "suggests very large hydrothermal alteration system", with strong similarities to that seen @Carrapateena +Prominent Hill"(Figure 3)

+ Ground EM survey has "identified a conductor consistent with higher-grade sulphide development, within an IOCG system"

+ Reprocessed magnetotelluric +seismic data "highlight a conductive, mantle derived plume, associated with crustal penetrating regional faulting immediately below Bundi"(Figure 4) -as also seen below the Olympic Dam deposit

+ Follow-up high-powered induced polarization survey planned, to finalise drill targets

+ Heritage +approval processes for drilling are underway, with drilling "planned" , for Q4 ...
http://gallery.mailchimp.com/9f70e4bcddd7095275f9ce5e0/files…

New IOCG Target Identified, @Mars Aurora Tank Prospect - Oct 21, 2013

+ New "large-scale IOCG "target" identified", @Mars Aurora Tank2 Prospect, north-western corner of Apollo’s Titan IOCG Project Area

+ Recently discovered brecciated outcrop "appears strikingly "similar" to geology @Olympic Dam +the nearby Vulcan IOCG Prospect"(see Figure2 below)

+ "Intense haematite alteration" confirmed

+ Regionally rare, volcanic mesadiscovered nearby

+ Historic drilling targeting epithermal gold along southern edge of system "returned "significant" iron, copper +gold results, including maximum intersections @:

- 52% Fe
- 470ppm Cu
- 2.0 g/t Au, +
- 4.0 g/t Ag


+ Surface geochemical anomaly extends for over 1.7km along eastern margin of target. 2nd zone along northwest margin trends for over 800metres

+ Preliminary geological age dating underway to "confirm association with key IOCG mineralisation timing, of 1560 –1620Ma", +

+ Planning underway, for detailed ground gravity +airborne magnetic surveys, to support drill targeting. ...
www.apollominerals.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/AON-201…

Further Testwork "Heightens Potential IOCG Discovery, @Titan" - Oct 22, 2013

+ Age dating at Titan highlights potential genetic link with major IOCG deposits in South Australia including Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill +Carrapateena

+ 1st reliable 1580Ma – 1620Ma age dates for this frontier of the Northern Gawler Craton, "comparing favourably" to Olympic Dam +Prominent Hill,
+ SA Geological Survey reviewing findings as part of Government Grant, +

+ Planning underway for high powered Induced Polarisation(IP) survey @Bundi, to finalise Round1 drill targets. ...
http://gallery.mailchimp.com/9f70e4bcddd7095275f9ce5e0/files…" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">a@url]circa 1590Ma

+ Apollo’s Bundi, Mars Aurora Tank +Wirrida Prospects confirmed as "high potential IOCG targets"

+ SA Geological Survey reviewing findings as part of Government Grant, +

+ Planning underway for high powered Induced Polarisation(IP) survey @Bundi, to finalise Round1 drill targets. ...
http://gallery.mailchimp.com/9f70e4bcddd7095275f9ce5e0/files…

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New Gold "achieves historic lowest-cost quarter" - MW, TORONTO - Oct 21, 2013

- H. Lazenby -
www.miningweekly.com/article/new-gold-achieves-historic-lowe…

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Zitat von Popeye82: Solid Resources - Reports Historical Data, on Spanish Iron Ore Concessions; (historical)Resource of 76.060.000 tonnes @~39.25% Fe M/I/I, From the analysis of the aerial magnetometric information, taken from the archives of IGME, the Company has an "exploration target" of "in excess" of 100.000.000 tons, During the next 2 -3 months Solid will undertake work programs to begin upgrading the historical resource estimate to NI 43-101 compliant reserves; The 62 separate concessions, which were mined for iron ore during the 20th century, offer "excellent infrastructure", including hydro, water +a railway, ~12 km away, connecting @the rail station in the municipality of Calasparra, to the deep sea port of Cartagena, 100 km away; Production can commence on the existing permitted concessions upon the Company updating the viability +environmental studies to the satisfaction of the local mining +environmental authorities - Feb 15, 2013
www.solidresources.com/component/content/article/518-news-re…

Solid Resources Enters Co-operation Agreement with Glencore Xstrata plc; Glencore would be granted a 20% interest in the Cehegin Project, with Solid retaining an 80% interest. The joint venture would progress exploration +phased development studies, with the "objective of identifying +constructing a new iron ore mine" - Oct 22, 2013
http://solidresources.com/index.php?news&nid=11

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Pilot Gold - establishes four kilometre long, oxide gold system @TV Tower; Sampling +mapping "outline project’s largest gold-in-soil anomaly" - Oct 22, 2013
www.pilotgold.com/sites/default/files/news_pdfs/13-10-22_K2_…

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China restricts imports, of TV programs - CER/R - Oct 22, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64706

"China will limit satellite TV stations to broadcast one foreign program each year from 2014, part of the move to push "morality-building" and educational shows, Reuters reported, citing state media on Monday.

The new rules are an intensification of an earlier policy announced in February, which capped the broadcast of foreign television series to 50 episodes, and will result in fewer foreign series being broadcast in China. The Chinese government is increasingly concerned about what it sees as rising vulgarity in domestic television programming. At the same time, it has been moving to limit domestic channels' reliance on imported content. "

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Chinese firms join winning, for Brazil oil field - CER/XNA - Oct 22, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64705

"A consortium including China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC; 0883.HKG, CEO.NYSE) and China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) on Monday won a bid to develop Brazil’s giant offshore Libra oil field, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

The Chinese firms bid with Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A.NYSE, RDSA.LON), France's Total (TOT.NYSE) and Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras; PBR.NYSE). CNOOC and CNPC have a 10% stake each, with Shell and Total taking 20% each, and Petrobras the remaining 40% share. The contract between the Brazilian government and the winning consortium is expected to be signed within a month. "

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China detains solar executives for fraud - CER/WSJ - Oct 22, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64702

"Chinese authorities in August detained three executives at China Solar Energy Holdings (0155.HKG) for alleged “fraudulent acts,” The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a stock exchange filing on Friday.

The solar-equipment manufacturer is the latest company in China to be swept up in a nationwide anti-corruption drive. Based on an internal investigation, China Solar said it never fully paid up the registered capital of two Chinese subsidiaries. In China, companies with foreign investment must hold a minimum amount of registered capital to obtain financing and do business with other companies. "

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Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla up the ante in cellulosic biofuels pioneer KiOR - BD - Oct 21, 2013

- Jim Lane -
www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2013/10/21/bill-gates-vinod-k…

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Digital Energy Journal - Oct13
http://83a7383a5e33475eed0e-e819cda5edf0a946af164bb0b2f2ae3c…

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Apple(AAPL) Announces New iPad, Free OS Software for PC &Laptop Users - E.com - Oct 22, 2013

- M. Teague -
www.equities.com/editors-desk/stocks/technology/apple-aapl-a…

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China +Russia sign $85.000.000.000 oil supply deal - CER/SCMP - Oct 23, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64710

"Russia has signed a deal worth US$85 billion to supply China with oil over the next decade, South China Morning Post reported, citing state media.

The agreement was sealed on Monday during a visit by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to Beijing. Russian oil major Gazprom will supply 70 million barrels of crude a year for 10 years. Russian energy minister Novak said Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corp. had also agreed on a gas pricing formula with a view to supplying 38 billion cubic meters of Russian gas per year. "

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China's big banks triple debt write-offs - CER/BB - Oct 23, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64709

"China's five largest banks tripled their bad loan write-offs in the first quarter in light of a potential round of defaults, Bloomberg reported, citing bank filings.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (601398.SHA, 1398.HKG) and its four largest rivals expunged US$3.63 billion (RMB22.1 billion) of debt that couldn’t be collected in the first six months, up from US$1.25 billion a year earlier. First-half profits were unfazed, climbing to a record US$76 billion thanks largely to provisions previously set aside when loans were beginning to sour. Writing off bad debts may allow the banks to mitigate a surge in nonperforming-loan ratios amid rising defaults. "

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China home prices surge, in major cities - CER/BB/NBoSD - Oct 23, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64711

"Home prices in China’s four largest cities surged in September, recording the biggest increases since January 2011, Bloomberg reported, citing National Bureau of Statistics data.

New home prices in September rose 20% in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, 17% in Shanghai and 16% in Beijing from a year earlier as prices climbed in 69 of the 70 cities the government tracks. The increases prompted renewed fears of a housing bubble. Property stocks fell in Shanghai on speculation that Premier Li Keqiang will be forced to impose stricter policies to rein in prices and limit risks to the economy. "

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Zenyatta Ventures - Drilling for NI 43-101 Resource Estimate Complete; All Drill Holes Intersected Wide Zones of Graphite Mineralization on the East +West Pipes - Oct 23, 2013
www.zenyatta.ca/article/press-release-1313.asp

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Caterpillar (CAT) forecasts 40% drop in mining revenue - SH/CP, MINNEAPOLIS - Oct 23, 2013
www.stockhouse.com/news/natural-resources/2013/10/23/caterpi…

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Amyris - to Enter Partnership to Supply Renewable Jet Fuel to GOL Airlines, the "largest low-cost +low-fare airline in Latin America" - Oct 22, 2013
www.amyris.com/News/338/Amyris-to-Enter-Partnership-to-Suppl…

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US$5.000.000.000 needed for Zimbabwe platinum expansion; The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe says investment of as much as US$5.300.000.000, plus the maintenance of stable mining policies, are essential if the country is to boost platinum output to rival Russia as the world's 2nd-biggest producer of the metal - MR/Aa.com/NZ.com, HARARE - Oct 23, 2013
www.miningreview.com/node/22806
http://allafrica.com/stories/201310210264.html

"The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe says investment of as much as US$5.3 billion, plus the maintenance of stable mining policies, are essential if the country is to boost platinum output to rival Russia as the world's second-biggest producer of the metal.

allAfrica.com, citing NewZimbabwe.com, reports that an investment of US$2.8 billion will be required to increase Zimbabwean platinum production to the more than 500,000ozpa needed to justify the construction of base and precious metal smelters and refineries.

In addition, as much as US$2 billion will have to be spent on processing plants, and between US$200 and US$500 million to ensure adequate power supply, the Chamber of Mines report added.

“It's evident that from 2017 onward Zimbabwe's production of platinum will be approaching that of Russia,” the Chamber said. “This growth projection, however, requires significant investment.”

While mines operated by Impala Platinum Holdings, Anglo American Platinum Limited and Aquarius Platinum will this year produce about 365,000oz of the precious metal, investment has been hindered by power shortages and a government demand that control of assets be ceded to the state or black Zimbabweans.

Russia produced about 800,000oz of platinum last year, according to the Chamber. Added to expansions planned by existing producers companies including Todal, which is 60% owned by Eurasian National Resources plc (ENRC), Global Platinum, Ruschrome Mining, Amari Platinum and ACR, could start mines in Zimbabwe, the Chamber said. “Todal is likely to be the next Zimbabwe producer,” the Chamber added.

Expansion would generate as many as 4,000 jobs, and 115MW of additional power would have to be provided, the group said. Of that Todal would need 50MW, the Chamber said.

Zimbabwe currently accounts for about 6% of world platinum production. South Africa is the biggest producer. "

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Government releases draft legislation repealing the mining tax; The Federal Government has today released draft legislation set to repeal the Minerals Resource Rent Tax(MRRT) - MA - Oct 24, 2013

- A. Heber -
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/government-releases-draft-le…

" The Federal Government has today released draft legislation set to repeal the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT).

Moving on its election mandate to remove the mining tax the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 will abolish the tax from July 1.

The legislation will be introduced soon after parliament resumes on November 12.

But with Labor and the Greens holding the balance of power in the Senate until July 1 next year it isn’t a done deal yet.

“The MRRT is a complex and unnecessary tax which struggled to raise the substantial revenue predicted by the former Government,’’ Treasurer Joe Hockey said in a statement today.

“Further still, this failed tax imposed significant compliance costs on one of our most important industries, while damaging business confidence which is critical to future investment and jobs.’’

Hockey said repealing the mining tax will deliver $13 billion of savings to the Budget’s bottom line on an underlying cash basis over the forward estimates.

“The former Government linked a number of spending measures to the failed MRRT,” he said.

“These came at a significant cost to the Budget, to the point where the Government is borrowing money to pay for these commitments.

“The repeal of the MRRT will contribute towards repairing some of the fiscal damage inflicted by the previous government on our nation’s finances.’’

Submissions on the draft legislation are open until October 31. "

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Glow-In-The-Dark Paths "Could Be The Future Of Street Lighting" ; Particles absorb light during the day, then emit a blue glow @night - PopSci - Oct 24, 2013

- Shaunacy Ferro -
www.popsci.com/node/133348/?cmpid=enews091913&spPodID=020&sp…

"

Evening visitors to Christ's Pieces park in Cambridge, England are basking in the glow of a whole new type of street light. Starpath, a new type of resurfacing material being tested within the park, absorbs ultraviolet light during the day, then emits a blue light at night to illuminate walkways.

The glowing particles can be painted over existing paths to turn a dark road into a stretch of bright color, no overhead lighting required. This could allow cash-strapped towns to keep their streets safely lit at night while eliminating the cost of street lights. The Cambridge City Council has said that if Starpath works out well in the park, it might be expanded to cover other part of the city. The technology might be useful to illuminate the bike lane of a road, for instance. "

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MorphoSys erhöht seine Ergebnisprognose für `13, von EBIT 2.000.000 -6.000.000 auf 7.000.000 -10.000.000€ - Oct 24, 2013
www.morphosys.de/pressrelease/morphosys-erhoeht-seine-ergebn…

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Amgen Testing Record Highs, as Drug Sales Rise in 3rd Quarter - E.com - Oct 24, 2013

- Andrew Klips -
www.equities.com/editors-desk/stocks/healthcare/amgen-testin…

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Lightbridge CEO on Asia Demand for Nuclear Energy - BB, NEW YORK - Oct 24, 2013
www.bloomberg.com/video/lightbridge-ceo-on-asia-demand-for-n…

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China looks to clean up local government debts - CER/WSJ - Oct 24, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64717

"China decided on Wednesday to help local governments pay off bonds and loans by approving more short-term debt issues, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

Economists estimate local governments may have borrowed as much as US$5 trillion in recent years to fund projects and keep the economy humming as Beijing scaled back the stimulus efforts it had undertaken following the global financial crisis. This move comes just weeks before a widely anticipated national audit of local government debt designed to uncover just how much banks and investors have lent to local governments. "

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Rolls-Royce China prices higher because of tax: CEO - CER/BB - Oct 24, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64715

"The CEO of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes, said on Wednesday that greater taxes means the company sees the same profit on a car sold in China as it does in other countries, despite higher prices, Bloomberg reported.

Mueller-Oetvoes said that the tax levels in China are “extremely high” and exceed other markets like the US and Europe. The starting price for a Rolls-Royce Ghost sedan in China is US$688,500 whereas a similar vehicle in the US starts at US$256,650 . Foreign luxury automakers have come under scrutiny by state media for the high price of their cars in China. "

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Glaxo’s China sales plunge, 61% - CER/BB - Oct 24, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64713

"UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.NYSE, GSK.LON) said third-quarter sales fell by 61% in China due to an anti-corruption probe that started in July, Bloomberg reported, citing a company statement on Wednesday.

The company has been accused of bribing hospitals, doctors and officials. Revenue from consumer health-care products in China fell 29% and the drugmaker gave no outlook on how long the downturn would last. Glaxo shares fell 1.9%, the biggest decline the company has seen in six weeks. Competitors Novartis AG (NVS.NYSE, NOVN.VTX) and Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY.NYSE) said Q3 China sales rose by 18% and 11%, respectively. "

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Chinese property loans keep growing - CER/XNA/PBoC - Oct 24, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64716

"China is seeing an uptick in loans to the property sector as the housing market recovers, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing data released from the central bank on Wednesday.

By the end of last month, financial institutions in China had lent US$2.31 trillion (RMB14.17 trillion) to the property sector, up 19% year-on-year, 0.9 percentage points faster than the growth at the end of June, said a report from the People's Bank of China. Housing prices in first tier cities surged nearly 20% in September from a year earlier despite government cooling measures. "

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ResGen "welcomes major SA investor", the "South African government's Public Investment Corporation" - MW/CMR, PERTH - Oct 24, 2013

- E. Swanepoel -
www.miningweekly.com/article/resgen-welcomes-major-sa-invest…
www.brrmedia.com/event/117339
http://resgen.com.au/static/files/assets/a04c9bb3/RES_EO_Pre…

" Dual-listed Resource Generation (ResGen) has welcomed the South African government's Public Investment Corporation (PIC) as a major shareholder, following a recent A$62.6-million capital raising to start major construction work at its Boikrabelo coal mine, in the Waterberg.

ResGen MD Paul Jury said this week that existing shareholder Noble Group had supported the raising, along with other major South African investors, including Altius Investment Holdings, which introduced PIC to ResGen’s share registry.

“To say the least, we are very excited to have the PIC as a major investor, their substantial presence on the register really will provide us with a significant qualitative message about the project and its potential,” said Jury.

The PIC is reported to have a 19.9% shareholding in ResGen.

ASX- and JSE-listed ResGen also recently sold a 15% interest in the company to Singapore-listed Blumont Group, in an investment priced at between A$20-million and A$25-million.

ResGen’s Boikarabelo mine is in the Waterberg region, which accounts for 40% of South Africa’s remaining coal resource, and has a probable reserve of 744.8-million tonnes. Stage 1 of the mine development is targeting an initial output of some six-million tonnes a year. "

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Document Security Systems - Announces Agreement with MedTech Wristbands, a "world leader in recreational, event, +medical wristbands, security +anti-counterfeit solutions, +advertising +promotional products", to Employ the AuthentiSuite Technologies - Sep 23, 2013
www.dsssecure.com/newsroom/document-security-systems-announc…


Document Security Systems Announces Partnership with National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators, the "nation’s most prominent organization linking healthcare regulators, manufacturers +consumers" - Oct 22, 2013
www.dsssecure.com/newsroom/document-security-systems-announc…

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'Antibiotic Resistance Crisis ': Interview with Dr. Ramin (Ron) Najafi CEO - YT - Jul 23, 2013
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwBDgCSNOuU

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The Buffetts on `Forty Chances,' Philanthropy; Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman +chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., his son Howard G. Buffett, chairman +CEO of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, +grandson Howard W. Buffett, executive director of the foundation, talk about philanthropy +the book "40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World." They speak with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television's "In the Loop." - BB - Oct 22, 2013
www.bloomberg.com/video/the-buffetts-on-forty-chances-philan…

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Berkshire "Beats Apple, as Favorite Stock of Tiger 21 Group" - BB - Oct 22, 2013

- Margaret Collins -
www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-22/berkshire-beats-apple-as-f…

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Greenland Repeals Zero Tolerance Uranium Policy - Oct 24, 2013
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=GGG&E=ASX&N=654346

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Miners "set sights on West Africa, as the "next big iron-ore destination" " - MW - Oct 25, 2013

- Chantelle Kotze/Martin Zhuwakinyu -
http://gallery.mailchimp.com/ac554aa2779b66851749b7dc0/files…

" West Africa’s significant untapped resources of high-grade iron-ore are attracting significant international attention, which has resulted in a withdrawn interest in Australia’s iron-rich Pilbara region.

West Africa-focused iron-ore exploration company West African Iron Ore CEO Guy Duport tells Mining Weekly that the addi- tional interest in West Africa from iron-ore majors such as mining giant BHP Billiton, Brazilian mining company Vale and diversified miners Rio Tinto and GlencoreXstrata, has highlighted West Africa’s emerging as the next significant iron-ore region.

He says these companies are taking West Africa seriously and all have a presence in the region, owing to the wealth of iron-ore deposits, the low entry barriers and future revenue potential, as a result of expending market economies in China and India.

“There is general consensus that global demand for iron-ore is increasing and will potentially double by 2030. In light of this, it is unlikely that Australia and Brazil alone will be able to meet this massive demand. West Africa, however, looks capable of filling this deficit,” notes Duport.

Junior miners from Canada, Australia and the UK have been active all over West Africa, having made some important discoveries in the last three years.

Duport says there is "a minimum of 20 "potential" mines that could open in West Africa, in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Mauritania, from 2015 to 2020." These mines " "may" produce a combined output of up to 600-million tons a year."

Several companies have already started ope- rations in West Africa, such as Rio Tinto, with its Simandou project, in Guinea; exploration company Sable Mining Africa, with its Nimba iron-ore project, in Guinea Vale, with its acquisition of 51% of diversified natural resources business BSG Resources, in Guinea, and the Mount Coffey Hydro Plant restoration, in Liberia; BHP Billiton, with its Garmu mine, in Liberia; and GlencoreXstrata, with its Zanaga and Guelb El Aouj projects, in Mauritania, and the Marampa mine, in Sierra Leone.

Global steel and mining company ArcelorMittal is also considering potential acquisitions in West Africa, he notes.

Duport maintains that over the next five to ten years, steelmakers are expected to continue integrating vertically with suppliers by acquiring iron-ore operations, which will benefit West Africa.

While there may not be any outright acquisition, Duport says more strategic alliances between junior iron-ore companies operating in West Africa, major mining companies and Chinese steelmakers will be forged.

“Steelmakers, pressured by high iron-ore prices driven by growing demand, are interested in operations outside Australia and Brazil, and West Africa seems to be their number one destination, having invested several billion dollars over the last five years in mining and infrastructure projects in West Africa.”


Political Climate

Although there is some political uncertainty in the region, West Africa is becoming more attractive as mining companies look for the next frontier. “Many countries in West Africa are struggling with their democratic process, as did the developed world since the early twentieth century.

Political risk remains a primary concern for businesses in West Africa, and although demo- cracy is more firmly established with coups and civil war becoming less frequent, ethnic, religious and socioeconomic rifts still give rise to terrorism and political violence.

Foreign companies must assess and mitigate a myriad of risks, such as political instability, unequal development, poverty, disease and violence, to play a role in West Africa’s growth.

Duport says that African countries welcome the investment, but are always suspicious of foreign companies “coming in, taking the resources out of the ground and causing environmental damage”.

Other risks facing the mining industry in West Africa include the nonapplication of good governance and transparency policies by companies and governments, which is a must for such newly rooted democracies.

While West African countries adhere to international codes of ethics, these are not always respected and this can create a climate of suspicion and insecurity for mining companies and their management.

Duport suggests that a better understanding of the parties’ cultural differences can mitigate some of the difficulties currently faced by mining companies in West Africa.

The implementation of corpo- rate social responsibility programmes can also assist in mitigating risks, says Duport, adding that “as foreign companies or investors, it must always be remembered that companies and investors are only welcomed guests in the country”.

Local communities need to be encouraged to understand that mining companies aim to create sustainable development that will result in not only value for shareholders but also economic growth and stability.

Other challenges prevalent in West Africa include a lack of infrastructure to transport iron-ore from the mine site to the port for export, a lack of stable and cost-effective power supply, climatic risk factors and limited access to a skilled workforce.

Despite these issues, Duport says the increased development of mines will result in the parallel development of roads, rail and ports or the rehabilitation of existing infrastructure.

To solve the infrastructural challenges, mining companies can also cluster their projects, which would enable them to share infrastructure costs.

While West Africa’s mining industry may have barriers to entry, the region provides several opportunities and advantages for the mining industry. These include access to large, high-grade reserves of iron-ore, which lowers production costs and typically yields higher prices; a mining-friendly approach with supportive legislations that benefits the extractive industry in most West African countries; economies of scale; and ownership links with steel manufacturers in Europe, China and India that permit easier access to markets when demand is weak. "

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Fast jede sechste Person war 2011 armutsgefährdet - FN/DESTATIS, WIESBADEN - Oct 25, 2013
www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2013-10/28400635-fast-j…

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Hybrid PayTech World - Signs Agreement With PIICOM Inc, "one of the largest Canadian resellers of enterprise hardware +software for fleet, delivery +transport" - Oct 1, 2012
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_136183_hybrid_an…


Hybrid &Precitec, a "leader offering the latest technology in product design +fabrication of plastic injection molds", Develop Tablet &Device Cradle for Retailers - Oct 9, 2012
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_136463_freeport_…


Hybrid Partners with Bancnet of the Philippines, the "largest electronic banking consortium in the Philippines" - Nov 9, 2012
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_137167_freeport_…


InvoiceA SAP +Hybrid Paytech Team Up for Mobile Payments, Invoicing +POS - Dec 10, 2012
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_137957_invoiceas…


Hybrid Enters Into Partnership LOI with GGC of Philippines - Dec 21, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_138208_press_rel…


hybrid PayTech +Go FUN Hong Kong sign deal - Feb 2, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/FAS_139178_gofun_and…


Hybrid Enters Into Partner Agreement With Froogalit; HybridPaytech "provides the world’s 1st completely secure, end-to-end mobile payment service that can process both credit +debit card transactions." It is "currently the only company to implement adequate security measures to meet the strict criteria of the debit card firms" - Apr 18, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/FAS_140895_hybrid_fr…


Hybrid & Cardtek Sign partnership - Jun 21, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/FAS_142626_hybrid_pa…


Mobi724 S.R.L. signs a commercial agreement with Grupo Sancor Seguros Argentina S.A, the "most important insurance brand in Argentina"; " "Revolutionary", strengthened +more secure, mobile redemption platform solution is "ready to be rolled out" " - Oct 21, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/HPT_Mobi724_SRL_sign…


Hybrid PayTech World Announces Appointment of Mario Cohen As Operations Manager for Hybrid Paytech’s European Operations, Ex Director of Sales of Wirecard - Oct 23, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/HPT_Announces_Appoin…

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China unveils its 1st 3-D bio printer, to make human body parts - YT/CNN - Aug 9, 2013

- P. Wu -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH9lAJxfU2o

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Vettel holt Weltmeisterschaft Nummer4, in Folge; nun auf einer Stufe mit Alain Prost, der 1985, 1986, 1989 +1993 Weltmeister wurde, Besser sind nur Fangio mit fünf Titeln (1951, 1954-1957) +Schumacher, der insgesamt siebenmal Formel-1-Weltmeister wurde (1994, 1995, 2000-2004); Konstrukteurstitel ebenfalls zum vierten Mal in Folge - S, HAMBURG - Oct 27, 2013
www.spiegel.de/sport/formel1/sebastian-vettel-ist-zum-vierte…

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Saskatchewan Research Council's new mineral processing pilot plant open - MW/CMR, TORONTO - Oct 25, 2013

- H. Lazenby -
www.miningweekly.com/article/saskatchewan-research-councils-…

"The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) officially opened its new mineral processing pilot plant in Saskatoon on Friday.

The pilot plant, announced in the fall of 2012, was now fully operational and had been well-received by the mining industry, already taking requests from clients in Saskatchewan and across Canada, the SRC said in a statement.

The new pilot plant, coupled with SRC's existing mineral processing expertise, laboratory and testing facilities, including a new quantitative evaluation of minerals by scanning electron microscopy, known as the Qemscan service, would allow mining companies to access a full range of mineral processing services, making it more efficient, convenient and economical to do business.

"The mining industry continues to be a pillar of the Western Canadian economy. Our investment in SRC's pilot plant facility will help improve productivity and lead to the creation of more jobs and opportunities for growth,” Saskatoon Member of Parliament Brad Trost said.

The pilot plant would specifically support developing and demonstrating new and improved methods for processing minerals such as potash, uranium, gold, base metals, coal, oil sands and oil shale, along with being one of the few centres in Canada with an emphasis on rare earth minerals.

Through enabling the pilot-scale demonstration of new technologies, it would be able to assist companies increase mining yields and decrease associated costs.

"This pilot plant showcases not only the latest evolution SRC has made in support of the mining industry, but also how they continue to be a leader in this very important sector," the Economy Minister and Minister responsible for SRC Bill Boyd said.

"The fact that this facility is gaining worldwide attention goes to show that Saskatchewan's talents are recognised around the globe and we are a hub for providing some of the very best services in the world."

The pilot plant adjoins SRC's diamond facilities and pipe flow technology centre.

Operating at a throughput capacity of about two metric tonnes a day, the plant could process 400 t/y to 500 t/y for multiple clients and projects.

"The response we have received to this pilot plant has been encouraging and we are pleased to be able to offer these much-needed services to the mining industry not only here in Saskatchewan but in Canada and internationally. The addition of this pilot plant is just another example of the many ways SRC is contributing to the continued economic growth of the Saskatchewan economy,” SRC president and CEO Dr Laurier Schramm said.

The Canada-Saskatchewan Western Economic Partnership Agreement funded $1.27-million of the project, with the SRC providing $930 000 for the project. "

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KWG files patent application, for new gas chromite reduction method - MW/CMR, TORONTO - Oct 25, 2013

- H. Lazenby -
www.miningweekly.com/article/kwg-files-patent-application-fo…

"– Prospective Northern Ontario chromite miner KWG Resources on Friday announced that it had filed a patent application for a new natural gas chromite reduction method.

The Toronto-based firm, with plans to mine chromite ore at its Black Horse deposit, within the still-unlocked Ring of Fire minerals-rich area, made the patent application ahead of discussions to commercialise the new technique of refining the into ferrochrome by means of natural gas.

"It would appear that this process, combining North America's newly discovered high-grade chromite with its also newly discovered wealth of natural gas, could usher a new paradigm into the stainless steelmaking world. This process could in any event enable further processing of the Ring of Fire chromite to occur in Ontario, without special exemptions to its domestic electricity price,” KWG president Frank Smeenk said.

KWG said the development of huge deposits of natural shale gas in the US and in Canada had led to a fall in the long-term cost of natural gas and the prospect of stable pricing for many years to come.

The company pointed out that there were currently no commercially viable chromite deposits in the US and all ferrochrome used in producing steel is imported, typically from South Africa and Kazakhstan. However, significant deposits of such ores were recently discovered in Canada, which is a low-cost natural gas producer, and because of this combination, the invention could be ideally exploited in the Ring of Fire.

The invention uses a modification of the basic and well-established technology used to produce directly reduced iron, to produce a chromium/iron alloy by using natural gas to reduce the oxides of both chromium and iron contained within the chromite ore, the morphology of which had been shown in testing to facilitate the progress of the reduction reactions.

KWG said laboratory work had demonstrated the validity of the process.

Chromite samples from a deposit within the Ring of Fire were successfully reduced to a highly metallised chromium/iron alloy suitable for steelmaking. The temperature required for reducing chromium was much higher than that for reducing iron alone.

The use of an accelerator to enable the reduction process to proceed at an acceptable rate at lower temperatures.

The chromite ore concentrate was supplied as fines and needed agglomeration before the reduction stage. This was accomplished by using a disc pelletiser, commonly available for producing iron-ore pellets. It had also been shown that carbon is a required additive to the chromite to facilitate reduction.

KWG said the process had been shown to produce metallisation levels of chromium and iron of 80% or more. Higher metallisation rates for both chromium and iron could be expected with more process development.

The resulting reduced chromite pellets were suitable for stainless and alloy steelmaking, either as batch or continuously charged components of the steelmaking charge.

Substantial cost advantages were expected when compared with the use of conventionally produced ferrochrome alloys. The carbon content of the reduced chromite could be considerably lower than the ferroalloys produced in a submerged electric arc furnace (SAF).

This would result in significant process advantages for the steelmaker and therefore lower its cost of production. The reduced chromite pellets can form part of the charge of a conventional SAF furnace producing ferrochrome, with significant cost benefits. "

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Zitat von Popeye82: Sierra Mining - Positive Drill Results Extend Mineralisation @Mabilo, drills "up to" 74 metres @2.64% copper, 3.56g/tonne gold, 43.22% iron +22.3g/tonne silver - Oct 15, 2013
http://sierramining.com.au/upload/documents/investor/asx/201…

Highest Grade Intercept to Date @Mabilo Project, drills "up to" 53 metres @5.31g/t Au, 3.14% Cu, 11.0g/t Ag +51.06% Fe - Oct 28, 2013
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=SRM&E=ASX&N=654433
http://sierramining.com.au/upload/documents/investor/asx/201…

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Tiger Resources - Increases 2014 Copper Production Guidance, 85% - Oct 28, 2013
www.tigerresources.com.au/aurora/assets/user_content/2013102…

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B2Gold - Agrees to Acquire Volta Resources Inc. - Oct 28, 2013
http://b2gold.mwnewsroom.com/Files/9b/9b6b423f-7a7f-4b95-a1b…

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LION E-Mobility AG - Tochter steigert Umsatz um 250% und erreicht Break-Even - Oct 28, 2013
www.lionemobility.de/index.php/news/57-lion-e-mobility-ag-to…

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MAG Silver - Announces Start of Juanicipio Underground Development - Oct 28, 2013
www.magsilver.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=609155

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Shanghai mayor defends FTZ restrictions - CER/WSJ - Oct 28, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64729

"Shanghai's mayor, Yang Xiong, told reporters Sunday that initial restrictions on financial services in the newly established Shanghai Free Trade Zone were part of the government's attempts to be transparent, and will likely be lifted in the long term, The Wall Street Journal.

The government has hailed the zone as a major reform. Yet most of what is known about how the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone might actually operate comes from a "negative list" of what isn't being permitted—more than 200 restrictions that limit foreign investment in banks, insurers and hotels. "

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Midas Gold - Reports Mineral Resource Estimate for Golden Meadows Tailings: 2.702.000 Tonnes @~1.19g/t Gold, ~0.17% Antimony +~2.92g/t Silver I/I - Oct 28, 2013
www.midasgoldcorp.com/i/pdf/nr/2013-10-28_NR.pdf

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Liquefied Natural Gas - Focus Research - Oct13

- Summary

Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (ASX:LNG) is a small company with a potentially powerful position in the global seaborne LNG market which is currently in a major long term expansion. Global seaborne LNG is currently over 260mtpa and is forecast to rise over 50% to almost 400mtpa by 2020. LNG Ltd has a project that would make up to ~2% of this trade.

The company’s OSMR LNG technology has allowed an innovative lower cost development to be established at the Magnolia LNG Project in Louisiana and involves some world standard energy companies as offtake partners and with some important midlevel marketing and finance groups as project partners.

LNG Ltd has developed the Magnolia Project over the past 12 months and has agreements for project equity, has input and offtake arrangements and is progressing FERC approvals for plant construction and operation. Magnolia LNG already has approval to export up to 4 mtpa to countries with a Free Trade Agreement(`FTA’) with the US and has recently applied to increase that approval to 8 mtpa. In addition, to provide great flexibility to supply to global markets, Magnolia also applied for up to 8mta to Non Free Trade Agreement countries which opens up markets in Japan and Europe. The project is ready to begin construction in first half 2015 with a 36 month build schedule to give first LNG shipments in first half 2018 .


"Key Points"

+ 1st application of LNG Ltd’s OSMR technology in new US Magnolia 8.000.000t/a LNG Project

+ "Proprietary OSMR technology" gives 50% lower capital +30% lower operating costs

+ Offtake, gas supply +equity funding structure arrangements "well underway"

+ U$660.000.000 project equity underwritten, by Stonepeak Partners LP

+ 4.000.000t/a project is " "potentially" >A$700.000.000(A$2.43/sh) +>A$ 4.71 for 8.000.000t/a net to LNG Ltd"

+ Fisherman’s Landing Gladstone Qld site awaiting gas supply developments ...-
http://focusresearch.com.au/wp-content/uploads/LNG-Focus-Res…

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New IOCG Target Identified, @Mars Aurora Tank Prospect - Oct 21, 2013

+ New "large-scale IOCG "target" identified", @Mars Aurora Tank2 Prospect, north-western corner of Apollo’s Titan IOCG Project Area

+ Recently discovered brecciated outcrop "appears strikingly "similar" to geology @Olympic Dam +the nearby Vulcan IOCG Prospect"(see Figure2 below)

+ "Intense haematite alteration" confirmed

+ Regionally rare, volcanic mesadiscovered nearby

+ Historic drilling targeting epithermal gold along southern edge of system "returned "significant" iron, copper +gold results, including maximum intersections @:

- 52% Fe
- 470ppm Cu
- 2.0 g/t Au, +
- 4.0 g/t Ag


+ Surface geochemical anomaly extends for over 1.7km along eastern margin of target. 2nd zone along northwest margin trends for over 800metres

+ Preliminary geological age dating underway to "confirm association with key IOCG mineralisation timing, of 1560 –1620Ma", +

+ Planning underway, for detailed ground gravity +airborne magnetic surveys, to support drill targeting. ...
www.apollominerals.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/AON-201…

Further Testwork "Heightens Potential IOCG Discovery, @Titan" - Oct 22, 2013

+ Age dating at Titan highlights potential genetic link with major IOCG deposits in South Australia including Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill +Carrapateena

+ 1st reliable 1580Ma – 1620Ma age dates for this frontier of the Northern Gawler Craton, "comparing favourably" to Olympic Dam +Prominent Hill,
+ SA Geological Survey reviewing findings as part of Government Grant, +

+ Planning underway for high powered Induced Polarisation(IP) survey @Bundi, to finalise Round1 drill targets. ...
http://gallery.mailchimp.com/9f70e4bcddd7095275f9ce5e0/files…" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">a@url]circa 1590Ma

+ Apollo’s Bundi, Mars Aurora Tank +Wirrida Prospects confirmed as "high potential IOCG targets"

+ SA Geological Survey reviewing findings as part of Government Grant, +

+ Planning underway for high powered Induced Polarisation(IP) survey @Bundi, to finalise Round1 drill targets. ...
http://gallery.mailchimp.com/9f70e4bcddd7095275f9ce5e0/files…

Large, Near-Surface Conductive Anomalies Identified, @Bundi IOCG Target - Oct 25, 2013

+ Magnetotelluric(MT) +audio-magnetotelluric(AMT) surveys have revealed large-scale, near-surface conductive anomalies, within the Bundi IOCG(Iron-Oxide Copper Gold) target

+ AMT survey results over the previously identified BUN001 electromagnetic(EM) conductor are "consistent with a large-scale disseminated sulphide alteration halo, around a high-sulphidation core"

+ MT/AMT conductive zones "correlate strongly, with recently defined high density +geochemically anomalous zones", "outlining a number of targets for massive haematite and/or disseminated sulphide bodies", within an "extensive IOCG mineralised system"

+ This survey "confirms Bundi as a "very large target, extending over an area of ~2.500m by 1.250m" +continuing vertically to @least 2.000m"

+ Government approvals for a maiden IOCG focused drilling programme @Bundi have been received , +

+ Planning for high powered induced polarisation(IP) survey is "well advanced" +is expected to finalise priority drilling targets @Bundi. ...
http://gallery.mailchimp.com/9f70e4bcddd7095275f9ce5e0/files…

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Research coordinator "advocates new mining method for gold, platinum"[+Video] - MW/CMR, JOHANNESBURG - Oct 18, 2013

- M. Creamer -
www.miningweekly.com/article/research-coordinator-advocates-…

" A new mining method, which avoids the wasteful shattering of precious metal during blasting, has the potential to boost gold and platinum mining significantly, says highly experienced research coordinator Dr RE (Robbie) Robinson.


Selected blast mining (SBM), assisted by modern computer programming, could be re-piloted in a matter of months to become standard practice across South Africa’s narrow-reef precious metals mines within a year, the former director of the National Institute for Metallurgy, now Mintek, says in a Mining Weekly Online video interview. (To watch this video interview, click on the icon on the picture accompanying this article).

Currently, a high percentage of precious metal fails to find its way into refined bar because of reef being widely scattered during blasting.

This relates to what miners refer to as the mine call factor, which is the difference between the quantity of precious metal in the ground and the actual quantity of precious metal that ends up in refined form.

SBM "has the "potential" to increase the mine call factor dramatically, from its current parlous 70% for gold and 65% for platinum to a nigh 100% for both ", says Robinson.

“The critical part of this is that if you use SBM, you avoid this loss of gold and/or platinum,” says Robinson, who has been associated with the South African mining industry since 1949.

After retiring in 1990, he formed AC Mining Consulting Services and worked intensively on SBM, which involves fracturing rock in such a way that the reef remains intact.

The former Sentrachem director of mining chemicals and explosives would like to see SBM set in motion immediately, ahead of AngloGold Ashanti’s promising automated raise-boring technology, which he expects also to come into its own over time as a fully automated mechanical cutting method.

Equipment for AngloGold Ashanti’s “game-changing” technology, which mines “all of the gold, only the gold, all the time, safely”, is under construction, with the first machines scheduled to become available in the first quarter of 2014.

Figuratively speaking, Robinson is “pretty sure” that SBM can be introduced “tomorrow”.

With SBM, shock waves transmitted into the reef layer throw the waste material away from the stope face, leaving space for the reef material to drop to the floor without the losses of the fine precious metal that occur when the high velocity explosion gases generated in current blasting methods disperse ultra fine particles.

Robinson further advocates the use of hydrometallurgical platinum processing to avoid the high cost of smelting.

His addendums to SBM in gold mining include underground crushing, underground pressure leaching and solving the acid-mine drainage problems at the same time.

All these augment his mine community cluster concept and concomitant mine-agriculture interface to solve South Africa’s worrying migrant labour problems.

He advocates crops being grown within mine precincts for the production of biofuels to power mining equipment.

From maize, ethanol could be produced, which he describes as the “only suitable fuel in mine automation”.

“Research is a spider’s web of possibilities and I am trying to convince the mining industry to have a portfolio of research and to get away from the careful selection of one favourite project,” he comments to Mining Weekly Online.

His philosophy is to have a portfolio of research projects where there are several alternatives to solving a problem.

“If you’ve got three alternatives, your chances of finding the final answer is much better than if you just select one,” he adds. "

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Zitat von Popeye82: Elementos - Acquisition of Advanced Tin Deposit - Apr 2, 2013
www.elementos.com.au/PDF/ASX_2April13_Elementos%20to%20Acqui…


Cleveland Tin, Copper +Tungsten JORC Resources -of 6.119.000 Tonnes @0.68% Sn +0.25% Cu I/I +3.850.000 Tonnes Tailings @0.30% Sn +0.13% Cu +3.980.000 Tonnes @0.30 WO3 I - Apr 18, 2013
www.elementos.com.au/PDF/ASX_18Apr13_Cleveland%20Tin,%20Copp…
www.elementos.com.au/PDF/Investor_Presentation_April2013.pdf

Cleveland Project Tungsten Potential: 24.000.000 -60.000.000t @0.2 -0.3% WO3 - Oct 28, 2013

+ "Conceptual Exploration target" of between 72.000 +120.000 tonnes of contained WO3, below 850m RL

+ Supported by separate Inferred Mineral Resource, containing 13.000 tonnes of contained WO3, above 850m RL

+ Located within a world-class minerals district, with "excellent support infrastructure"

+ " "Potential" to be one of the western world’s largest tungsten resources, when fully defined by drilling" ...
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=ELT&E=ASX&N=763961

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Liquid Nutrition Group - Announces Five New Franchise Agreements, +"New Franchise Recruitment Strategy" - Oct 28, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/liquid-nutrition-announces…

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Deepwater mining in Norway - MF/NTU - Oct 25, 2013
www.minefocus.com/2013/10/deepwater-mining-in-norway/?utm_so…
www.thealmagest.com/deepwater-mining-norway/2606

"The mid-ocean ridges where tectonic plates meet in the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans are seething with volcanic activity. The most active areas are deep under water, several thousand metres down. Ocean water penetrates several kilometres down towards the centre of the Earth where the crust is fractured. Geologists call this hydrothermal activity.

Liquid magma heats the water to about 400 °C before the water squirts back out again as an underwater geyser. The ocean water draws minerals and metals out of the Earth’s crust and carries these back up to the seabed. Gold, silver, copper, cobalt, zinc, and lead are all deposited when the hot springs meet the cold ocean water.

This process formed the foundation for the land-based mines we have as well. The Norwegian ore deposits in Sulitjelma, Kongsberg and Røros were underwater 500 million years ago. But now, mines in Norway and elsewhere in the world are starting to run low on easily accessible ores. This coincides with a drastically increased demand for metals.

Several countries, including Norway, are now examining the possibility of mining the ocean floor.





Mapping the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Statoil, and the mining company Nordic Mining are collaborating on a research project that will map marine mineral resources along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The parties signed a one-year collaboration agreement at the end of November 2012.

“Our primary goal is to map potential resources,” says Fredrik Søreide, an adjunct professor at NTNU’s Department of Marine Technology who is heading up the project. “We can then prioritize research and development as we move ahead.”

Researchers from the university’s Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering and Applied Underwater Robotics Laboratory will also participate in this project.

The University of Bergen (UiB) has already gathered interesting samples from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The samples were extracted from the ridge in the area between Jan Mayen Island and the Fram Strait, off the east coast of Greenland. The researchers discovered an area of interest close to Jan Mayen in 2005. They named the area Soria Moria, after a castle in a Norwegian fairy tale.


Loki’s Castle

UiB’s scientists identified another large hydrothermal field with rich mineral deposits 300 km west of Bjørnøya in 2008. This field is located 2300 metres below the surface of the ocean. The field was named Loki’s Castle. It was hard to find, and was thus named after the Norse god Loki, who was a master of disguise. Loki’s Castle is the northernmost hydrothermal field that has been charted so far.

The researchers on the project will continue to map the ocean floor along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge for potential mineral deposits, using images from echo sounders and remotely operated submersible vessels.

“We still have many years of data collection ahead of us,” Søreide says. “But I do believe that Norway, with all of its offshore experience, is in a good position to develop this potential. It is likely that the mining industry will move offshore eventually, the same way that the petroleum industry did. ”


First minerals from the sea

The Canadian company Nautilus Minerals is the leader in marine mineral exploration. Nautilus Minerals has developed robotic technology for deep-sea mining in collaboration with the French company Technip. The company is planning to open the first deep-water mine in 2015. The Solwara 1 mine will be located 1600 metres below sea level. The company has found large deposits of copper and gold there. Solwara 1 is located in the Pacific Ocean, north of Australia, in Papua New Guinea.

Nautilus Minerals plans to continue searching for additional commercially viable deposits of copper, gold, zinc, and silver outside of Fiji, Tonga, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Solwara 1 was supposed to start operations in 2013, but this was postponed. Local activists say that the environmental impact of the mine has not been fully investigated. The government of the independent island state of Papua New Guinea is currently negotiating with the mining company in terms of investments and profits.


Robots mining for gold

Nautilus Minerals will use submersible robots to work on the ocean floor and break apart loose ore. A pipeline will then transport the ore to a specialty vessel on the surface, which then will transport the ore to shore for refining.

“This is an extremely rich deposit of gold and copper,” says Terje Bjerkgård from Norway’s Geological Survey (NGU). He studies mineral resources and has participated in two research expeditions that included the area around Papua New Guinea.

“Underwater mining will first be commercialized in the Pacific,” he says. “The largest known deposit on the ocean floor is in Middle Valley in the northeast Pacific Ocean, off Canada. Other interesting deposits are north of New Zealand. Underwater mining will become more viable as land-based deposits become harder and more expensive to exploit. The challenges are tied to the distinct fauna around the hot springs.”


Black smokers

Rolf B. Pedersen, a professor at the University of Bergen, has been active in the exploration of the ocean floor along the Mid-Atlantic ridge. He is head of the Centre for Geobiology, which examines volcanic hydrothermal activity and the formation of the mineral resources. The Centre also conducts research on the biodiversity around underwater hot springs, including extremophile bacteria (bacteria that live in extreme environments). The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is populated by a unique fauna and flora. Scientists at the Centre discovered ten new species just in the area around Loki’s Castle. The mineral-rich water is the reason for the diversity.

Steaming chimneys called black smokers protrude from the volcanic areas at the bottom of the oceans. They can be several tens of metres tall, and grow as minerals are deposited when the hot water meets the cold ocean water at the outlet of the hydrothermal vents. Some of the metal sulphides precipitate right by the outlet, which contributes deposits that expand the structures, while the rest turn into a black smoke that the water pressure pumps into the water. The temperature of the water inside the “chimneys” can be as high as 400 °C.


The origin of life?

Hydrothermal chimneys were first observed in 1979, two years after hot springs were discovered close to the Galapagos Islands. The researchers used the submersible vessel Alvin to make the surprising discovery that volcanic areas are home to biological communities that derive their energy from chemical energy and not from sunlight. They also discovered a range of new and unknown species by the thermal vents.

The chemotrophic bacteria that live in and around the hydrothermal vents are able to use chemical energy from the mineral-rich water. The process provides all the energy this unique ecosystem requires to live . The discovery also created an understanding that the origin of life on Earth was nooot necessarily dependent on photosynthesis and sunlight.

“The environmental impact has not yet been examined,” says Pedersen. “The University of Bergen is a part of an international consortium that has applied for EU funding to examine the environmental impact. These special ecosystems mean it would only be appropriate to operate prospective mining operation in areas where the hydrothermal activity has ceased. However, industrial activities involve environmental consequences that have to be measured against the value of the activity.”


Obstacles beneath the surface

The problem is that inactive fields are very hard to discover with existing technology, which means that only active black smokers are currently being explored. This poses enough substantial enough challenges in and of itself, including environmental issues, technology, and great depths. Many countries are active in securing rights to underwater mineral resources, even though the start of large-scale mining efforts remains years away.

“Many countries, such as China, Russia, Japan, France and India, are positioning themselves strategically to secure resource areas in international waters,” says Søreide. “The politics of international oceans is full of intricate details, with a lot of the laws tied to the international laws of the sea.”

Interested governments have recently created rules for prospecting in international waters. Countries that have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea are bound by these rules. The US is among the countries that have not ratified the Convention.


Future Norwegian industry?

Norway is in special situation in regards to deep-water mining.

“Norway is unique in that these resources are within the Norwegian economic zone,” says Pedersen. “That means that underwater mining could be a future industry, when the technology is in place and if the environmental impacts are acceptable. The deposits have to be relatively big for the endeavour to be commercially profitable. There are big differences between the various estimates provided by researchers. We are trying to clarify the resource base, and need systematic studies regarding the deposits.”

This is exactly what the NTNU research project will contribute.


Offshore Expertise Worth its Weight, in Gold

Norway’s extensive experience with offshore technology development could be worth its weight in gold, even if conditions in the waters in the Norwegian economic zone turn out to be too rough, or the deposits turn out not to be financially profitable. Development of underwater mining technology could become a new Norwegian industry.

The ripple effect in Norwegian industry is already visible: AXTech in Molde provided all of Nautilus Minerals’ winches. Nautilus Minerals is ready to head down into the deep to retrieve gold. This is just one indication that underwater mining can be important for Norwegian suppliers of offshore equipment. "

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5 Small-Cap Materials Stocks "Most Favored by the Smart Money" - E.com - Oct 28, 2013

- M. Teague -
www.equities.com/editors-desk/stocks/materials/5-small-cap-m…

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Top miners operating in Mexico to leave, if 7.5% tax approved - M.com - Oct 28, 2013

- Cecilia Jamasmie -
www.mining.com/top-miners-operating-in-mexico-to-leave-if-7-…
www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/c15b1235e999e2856101b53…

"Goldcorp (TSX:G, NYSE:GG) and Grupo Mexico, two of the largest miners operating in Mexico, are warning they may need to take billions of dollars in planned investments to other markets if proposed new taxes on resource companies are approved.

Both companies expressed last week that President Enrique Peña Nieto’s plans to reap more income tax from the mining sector’s higher earners, through a proposed 7.5% tax on resource companies, and as much as 8% for gold, silver and platinum, would likely forced them to rethink their future in Mexico.

Delivering its Q3 results Monday, Grupo Mexico, whose 80% owned Southern Copper (NYSE: SCCO) is the country’s No. 1 biggest copper producer, warned investor that if the senate approves the new taxes, the company “would be forced to redirect” close to $5.4 billion of planned investment to other countries including Canada, the U.S., Chile and Peru.

And last week, Canadian Goldcorp also said that if Mexico approves its proposed royalties on mining companies, it will likely have to readdress investments in the country, especially if it can’t get the returns it wants.

Meanwhile, Mexican miners would see their total duties jump up to 57% if the levies are approved, according to the country’s president of the country's mining chamber Camimex, Sergio Almazán.

In an interview with local paper Milenio (in Spanish), he also said the chamber estimates that total investment in the sector would fall over 50% , from the currently projected $30 billion to less than $12 billion in the next five years.

About 334,000 people work in Mexico’s mining sector, and more than 2 million are indirectly employed by it, which makes it the country's fourth largest industry in dollar income, only behind cars, oil and electronics.

If approved by the senate, the new mining tax will be implemented as early as January 2014. "

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"10 Hottest Tickets along Algae's Broadway" - BD - Sep 29, 2013

- J. Lane -
www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2013/09/29/10-hottest-tickets…

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The "20th Century's Richest Men" - E.com - Oct 28, 2013

- Joel Anderson -
www.equities.com/editors-desk/economy-markets/wall-street/a-…

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The Prospector - Oct13
http://theprospectornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/TheP…

[muenchenguru]

Hi Popeye,
wiedermal danke für die interessanten Infos.

Im Gegensatz zu den verrückten Space-Mining-Konzepten könnte ich mir vorstellen, dass mariner Bergbau schon recht bald umgesetzt wird.
Nautilus ist ja wie erwähnt schon recht nah dran.

Die Branche ist im Umbruch, definitiv, so wie sich Landwirtschaft heute in Richtung High-Tech wandelt, so macht es die Minenbranche nach.

Norwegen ist aufgrund seiner Offshore-Expertise ganz besonders gut geeignet hier schnelle Fortschritte zu machen.

Für uns Investoren wird die Lage daher nicht unbedingt einfacher u. übersichtlicher.

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Zitat von muenchenguru: Für uns Investoren wird die Lage daher nicht unbedingt einfacher u. übersichtlicher.

Moin Muenchenguru,

Also ich denke wenn man im Rohstoffbereich noch (long)schaut -es hört sich oft nach einem doofen Allgemeinsatz an, aber dann dürfte "Stock Picking" einfach immens zunehmend von Bedeutung sein.

Von einer allgemeinen Wende im Rohstoffsektor würde ich, wie schon öfter mal angemerkt, auf absehbare Zeit absolut nicht ausgehen. Weil Du ja nach "Zustand der Minenbranche/Strukturwandel" schaust wie die Rohstoffunternehmen der Krise begegnen können -ich denke da gibt es keine allgemeingültige Antwort/"Paradelösung", als dass es vielmehr viele kleine Schritte sind.

Gruß
P.

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Cost of banking clean-up hits Deutsche +UBS anew - FY/R, FRANKFURT/ZURICH - Oct 29, 2013

- K. Bart +T. Atkins -
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cost-banking-clean-hits-deutsc…

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Argex Titanium - Valleyfield R&D Centre Commences Operations - Oct 29, 2013
http://argex.ca/documents/Argex%20PR%20-%20R&D%2028-10-13.pd…

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New Energy Technology - to Unveil High Performance, 'Next Generation' SolarWindow™ Able to Generate Electricity on See-Through Glass, within the upcoming calendar quarter - Oct 29, 2013
www.newenergytechnologiesinc.com/new-energy/new-energy-to-un…

"Columbia, MD, October 29, 2013 – New Energy Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: NENE), developer of SolarWindow™, the world’s first-of-its-kind see-through technology capable of generating electricity on glass and flexible plastics, has announced plans to unveil the Company’s next generation, high performance SolarWindow™ working prototype within the upcoming calendar quarter.

“Our next-generation SolarWindow™ has been engineered to deliver an architecturally neutral, aesthetically-pleasing, solution-processable coating technique for depositing see-through electricity-generating coatings on to glass surfaces as a source of electricity to today’s towers, offices, and commercial buildings,” stated Mr. John A. Conklin, President and CEO of New Energy Technologies, Inc. “The first-ever public demonstration of our next-generation prototype and its electricity-generating capabilities is the result of several important technical breakthroughs, over twenty patent filings, the collaboration of strategic partners, and ongoing support and financing by our loyal shareholders and lead investors.”

Today’s announcement follows this month’s successful $3 million financing by principal investor, Kalen Capital Corporation, and news of Company researchers achieving faster fabrication time, improved transparency, and a two-fold increase in power conversion efficiency using New Energy’s novel spray applications. Researchers have also engineered an improved device design and architecture, and reported greater transparency.

As a result, the Company recently announced expanded applications of its electricity-generating coatings to high-value applications such as aircraft bodies, associated hardware, and pilot flight suits for producing reliable, low-cost, light-weight ancillary and emergency power.

SolarWindow™ is now the subject of forty-two (42) US and International patent filings. The technology is produced using low-cost manufacturing methods, and is capable of remaining see-through and light-weight while generating electricity using both natural and artificial light sources, as well as in shaded conditions at all times of the year. In contrast, conventional solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies can be heavy and bulky, and typically require expensive manufacturing processes. Today’s typical solar PV products are impossible to see through, with opaque surfaces which only work efficiently when exposed to direct (or near direct) sunlight during optimal weather conditions.

Currently under development for eventual commercial deployment in the estimated 85 million commercial buildings and detached homes in America, SolarWindow™ is the subject of forty-two (42) patent filings and is the world’s first-of-its-kind see-through technology capable of generating electricity on glass windows and flexible plastics; and a planned ‘building integrated photovoltaic’ (BIPV) technology. BIPV products are expected to achieve compound annualized growth of 41%-plus through 2016, according to Pike Research.

New Energy’s high-performance working prototype will be publicly unveiled before year-end 2013. The Company will provide more information about the Next Generation SolarWindow™ Unveiling Event location and date, and performance features in the upcoming weeks. "

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Government commits to keeping Antarctica free of mining - MA - Oct 29, 2013

- Vicky Validakis -
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/government-commits-to-keepin…

" Environment Minister Greg Hunt said Antarctica should not be a place of mineral exploitation, stating it was critical for Australia to protect the southern continent from resource exploration.

Unveiling the terms of reference for the Abbott government’s 20-year Antarctica strategic plan in Hobart yesterday, Hunt said it was critical to ensure the southern continent remained a "rare place of peace in the world”.

"Our goal is to make sure that this is not a place of strategic competition, that it is not a place of mineral exploitation," he told AAP reporters.

"The only drilling in Antarctica should be for ice cores and not for minerals."

Antarctica is thought to have reserves of coal, iron ore, oil and gas, and other base minerals, but the deposits are located in largely inhospitable environments that are difficult and costly to reach.

China and Russia have already voiced interest in exploring Antarctica: China has received approval to explore between Africa and Antarctica, and Russia has already started exploring some regions of the Arctic in the northern hemisphere.

Last week, a report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute titled “Cold Calculations"’ said with growing interest in the region, the continent risked facing issues around sovereignty and mining.

"We could see the Antarctic Treaty break down, illegal fishing become rampant, our territorial claim disputed, the environment irreparably damaged, and a cold rush for oil, gas and minerals begin," the report said.

The report stated that Australia should protect its territorial, environmental and research interests in the region.

Hunt said the commitment to ensure the continent stays mining free was ‘iron-clad’, stating he would work within the Antarctic treaty system to ensure an international consensus could be reached.

Australia lays claim to around 40 per cent of Antarctica’s territory and was one of the first signatories to the 1959 Antarctic Treaty. "

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New compact drill: Narrow vein, more options - MA - Oct 28, 2013

- Cole Latimer -
www.miningaustralia.com.au/features/new-compact-drill-narrow…

" The future of mining is not just automation, it's also opening up new areas that manned mining simply could never before reach.

Narrow vein mining has been touted by many as the future for mining, particularly in Africa, although it is unlikely to become a major component of the Australian hard rock mining industry in the near future.

Speaking to contractors at a recent mining event, they told Australian Mining that as mines get deeper and more expensive and higher grades are harder to come by many miners will turn to narrow vein mining to cut costs and operate more efficiently as tunnels no longer have to be as large.

Seeing this trend as becoming more globally widespread in the future, Sandvik have released a new underground narrow vein development drill.

According to the company, the DD211 has been designed for narrow vein applications in hard rock mines, and features safety upgrades and more automated processes for greater efficiency.

Johannes Valivaara, the product manager for underground development drills at Sandvik explained that the drill has been primarily developed for the American and CIS markets, although it does have the same safety features as the rest of the company's drills.

Valivaara stated that "a major feature of this new rig is the electro-hydraulic controls, which are designed to enable more accurate drilling performance in a wide range of rock conditions".

It uses a single SB20 boom THC651 electro-­hydraulic control that incorporates constant speed drilling controls, stop and return automatics, and air-mist flushing with rock drill return.

The boom provides a maximum coverage of up to 26 square metres.

The DD211 can also be fitted with the new SB20NV boom, which incorporates a CFX 6/12 telescopic feed, and is designed for applications where extremely high levels of manoeuvrability are required when drilling up-holes and cross cuts in the smaller, compact space environments underground.

Seeing the DD211 during a trial at Sandvik's test mine, the machine was able to take extremely tight turns at a fairly moderate pace.

"The carrier has been designed for 2.5 metres by 2.5 metres tunnels, providing fast tramming (of up to 7 kilometres per hour) and precise steering functions," Valivaara said.

"At the same time, its turning radius has been reduced to just 2.5 metres, enabling the rig to negotiate tight curves," which it did during the test showing, taking a tight 90 degree turn in front of a large crowd.

During the event Australian Mining was told that it operates at a higher frequency, and is 30 per cent faster than the previous model.

"While it is smaller, with the new rock drill it will have a greater impact," Australian Mining was told.

The drill has a ROPS and FOPS compliant hydraulically operated canopy as well as upgraded braking systems, automatic fire suppression and indicator lights for both front and rear jacks.

"Operator comfort has also been improved through the use of a more ergonomically designed seat, including the ability to turn the seat for drilling, and low effort joystick controls." "

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GoldQuest Mining - Reports Maiden Resource Estimate from Romero: 29.440.000 Tonnes @~2.14g/t Au, ~0.50% Cu, 0.35% Zn +~3.7g/t Ag/3.171.000 EqOunces @~3.14g/t AuEq - Oct 29, 2013
www.goldquestcorp.com/index.php/news/2013-news/217-goldquest…

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China to monitor smog's effects on health - CER/R - Oct 29, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64737

"China's Health Ministry will establish within five years a national network to study the health effects of smog, Reuters reported, citing state media.

The network will gather data on PM2.5, or particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers, in different locations around the country. The government has long pushed back against such a close watch over PM2.5 levels but the ministry admitted in a recent report that the absence of monitoring has smudged the link between pollution and illness. Air quality is of increasing concern to China's stability-obsessed leaders, anxious to douse potential unrest spurred by deteriorating environmental conditions. "

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Abe's remarks fan China-Japan tensions - CER/FT/GT - Oct 29, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64739

"Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Japanese troops on Sunday that Tokyo opposes the use of force to galvanize the status quo in Asia, comments Beijing took to be directed at China, Financial Times reported.

The Chinese foreign ministry responded on Monday by accusing Japan’s leaders of “repeatedly making provocative remarks” and displaying “wild arrogance.” The state-run newspaper Global Times said the chance that friction between the powers would “escalate into military clashes is growing”. Tensions have been escalating between the two powers since Japan bought three of the Senkaku, or in Chinese, Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea, which Beijing claims is China's territory. "

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Rio Tinto's former boss says miners were 'too slow' to react - MW/R/CMR, LONDON - Oct 29, 2013
www.miningweekly.com/article/rio-tintos-former-boss-says-min…

"Mining companies were too slow to respond to changing investor demands from mid-2011 as sentiment deteriorated, failing to spot the wave of change which eventually swept out a generation of executives, the former boss of miner Rio Tinto said on Tuesday.

"We didn't react fast enough," said Tom Albanese, chief executive of Rio Tinto until he was ousted in January - one of a string of executives toppled by writedowns at the world's largest mining firms, as boom-year deals soured.

Recalling Rio's half-year earnings, released in August 2011, Albanese told an industry gathering that the company had felt at the time that it was announcing positive numbers. Indeed, it reported record cash flow and record profits.

Investors, though, were watching screens "filled with red", he said, and the mining group's shares fell. Instead of demanding more growth, investors had begun to feel nervous.

"It felt like panic was setting in... We said this is not us, this is not our problem. We should have said this is us, this is our problem," the US-born mining veteran said, in one of his first public appearances since his departure from Rio.

"At that point the sentiment changed very quickly - a matter of three weeks - and it never turned. It probably took us 18 months to get that."

Albanese left Rio in January 2013, ending his six-year tenure at the top after the world's third-largest mining company announced a $14-billion writedown almost entirely on the value of his two most significant acquisitions, the Alcan aluminium group and Mozambican coal.

The deal to buy Mozambique-focused coal miner Riversdale - pursued as Rio came under pressure to move into what was seen as the next coking coal frontier - completed in June 2011, just months before the turning point Albanese identified.

"Even if we had had that clairvoyance in August 2011, it would have been very hard to turn back," he said of projects approved before that turning point, arguing investors were pushing for growth only months before.


OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

Since the spring of 2011, five of the world's six largest diversified mining companies have changed their chief executive. Most of these former bosses of major listed firms have since chosen to eschew public markets, preferring private ventures.

Albanese is the only one of the big names to have stayed in the industry with a full-time job at a listed company, albeit a smaller one. He announced last month he had taken a senior advisory role at Indian mining firm Vedanta.

But he said on Tuesday there would be opportunities for rivals who, like Xstrata's Mick Davis or Vale's Roger Agnelli, have chosen private firms to pursue deals at a time he said would prove fruitful as some firms struggle - ahead of an improvement in the sector from 2015.

Davis, ejected from Xstrata after the takeover by Glencore earlier this year, has gone on to set up X-2 Resources, which last month announced it had received $500-million each in backing from trading house Noble and private equity group TPG. Agnelli set up B&A Mineracao last year.

"The market is going to be weak this year and for a period of time," he said. "I look at that, from a mining perspective, as the time to go for consolidation, to build the foundation for the next few years ... to strengthen your position for what should be a pretty good run." "

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Save The World Air - Montana State Senator Ryan Zinke +STWA Board Member Announces His Candidacy, for the U.S. House of Representatives - Oct 29, 2013
http://content.stockpr.com/_news/stwa/2013-10-29_Montana_Sta…

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Black Range Minerals - Acquisition Uranium One’s “conventional” uranium assets in the USA, +Financing - Oct 30, 2013
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=BLR&E=ASX&N=655139

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Côte d'Ivoire "has enormous gold exploration potential" –Bristow - MW/CMR, JOHANNESBURG - Oct 28, 2013

- Natasha Odendaal -
www.miningweekly.com/article/cte-divoire-has-enormous-gold-e…

"Despite facing its own drawn-out battles in establishing a sustainable mining operation in Côte d'Ivoire, Randgold Resources CEO Mark Bristow believes the West African country has the potential to become one of sub-Saharan Africa's key exploration destinations.

The West African country was relatively unexplored but highly prospective for gold and other metals, which could potentially provide gold investors with a platform to establish a sustainable mining industry, Bristow said in a speech delivered at a media briefing at the weekend.

He stated that the nation had, arguably, the most advanced infrastructure in the region and a competent civil service.

However, he urged the government to ensure that its mining code, which was currently under review, remained investor-friendly, while government should act as a partner to the mining companies, to create long-term economic value to benefit all stakeholders.

Randgold commissioned and started production at Côte d'Ivoire's largest gold mine Tongon, in 2010, and already produced more than 600 000 oz of gold and contributed more than $50-million to the State in the form of royalties and taxes, despite a difficult start to the project.

The mine was commissioned amid the unrest that followed a disputed outcome of the presidential election and had, in addition to suffering erratic power supply from the national grid, experienced some plant start-up issues, which were being dealt with through a number of plant expansion and upgrade projects.

The mine's performance was steadily improving, Bristow commented.

He added that Randgold remained committed to working with the country’s government to build a sustainable mining industry and would use its Tongon operation as a platform from which to find and develop world-class gold deposits.

Randgold geologists were aggressively exploring its portfolio of 15 permits elsewhere in the country for further multimillion-ounce gold deposits. "

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Northern Star Resources - Makes 'Significant' Pilbara Coal Discovery, sets "Initial Exploration Target" -of 340.000.000 -615.000.000 Tonnes - Oct 30, 2013
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=NST&E=ASX&N=655089

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Equatorial Resources - Badondo Drilling Results Increases "Exploration Target" -to 370.000.000 -620.000.000 tonnes @58% -67% Fe Hematite +2.800.000.000 -4.600.000.000 tonnes @35% -67% Fe Itabirite - Oct 30, 2013
www.equatorialresources.com.au/media/articles/Investor---ASX…

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"Least-mined Bushveld SA’s biggest iron-ore resource"; While the Bushveld hosted between 25.000.000.000 -27.000.000.000 tons of iron-ore, it was the Kalahari basin with 3.000.000.000 tons in the Northern Cape where most of the mining was under way - MW, CAPE TOWN - Jun 3, 2013

- Martin Creamer/Paul Jourdan -
www.sableplatinum.co.za/Extra%20Files/Creamer%20Media%27s%20…

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India sets timelines, to invite private miners in coal PPP projects - MW, KOLAKTA - Oct 29, 2013

- Ajoy K Das/Esmarie Swanepoel -
www.miningweekly.com/article/india-sets-timelines-to-invite-…

"India’s Coal Ministry has galvanized producer Coal India Limited (CIL) to rope in private mining companies to revive defunct coal mines, and to complete the process by March 2014.

According to the Ministry, this would mark a significant step in permitting private domestic and foreign coal mines - in a sector reserved for government miners - through private-public-partnership (PPP) based on common model concession (MCA) agreements.

As per directive from the Ministry, CIL would have to invite private miners and get the defunct mines operational within definite timelines.

The MCA agreement, approved by a group of Ministries, would have to be adopted by the CIL board by November 30, while the request for qualification had to be done by December 15, requests for proposals floated by February 2014 and contracts awarded by March 31, 2014, with the stipulation that successful private miners bring defunct mines into production within five to eight months from the date of award of contract.

The Coal Ministry, along with CIL, had made several failed attempts since 2008 to revive about 20 identified defunct coal mines with an estimated reserve of two-billion tonnes of coal.

At one point, leading global miners like Rio Tinto, Joy Mining and ArcelorMittal, along with domestic players like Essar Mining, submitted proposals in response to CIL notices to revive defunct mines, but not a single proposal was accepted.

One of the major impediments to roping-in private miners was the absence of a common mine development and operator agreement acceptable to private miners, while simultaneously adhering to the legal framework governing coal mining in the country, a government official said.

Implementation of a PPP model in the coal sector was also facing legal uncertainties, as according to the Indian Coal Nationalisation Act, coal mining was the exclusive domain of government miners and private miners, and the government was not sure about the legal locus standi of private miners in PPP projects.

However, the official said that the PPP framework, including the MCA, had been framed at the highest level, the Prime Minister’s Office, and had subsequently received approved from an inter-Ministerial group comprising representatives of the Coal, Finance, Law and Mines Ministries. "

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Adriana Resources - Lac Otelnuk Resource Upgrade -to 27.480.000.000 Tonnes @29.8% Fe M/I/I, one "of the worlds largest iron resources" - Oct 30, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/adriana-announces-completi…

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Cuesta Coal - Maiden Inferred Resource @Yellow Jacket Coal Project: 364.000.000t I - Oct 29, 2013
http://clients2.weblink.com.au/clients/cuestacoal/article.as…

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State price change boosts Sinopec, PetroChina performance - CER/WSJ - Oct 30, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64747

"Chinese oil giants China Petroleum & Chemical (Sinopec; 600028.SHA) and PetroChina (601857.SHA) reported strong results in the third-quarter on China's new oil-pricing system, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Sinopec on Tuesday posted a 20% rise in third-quarter net profit from a year earlier, better than larger rival PetroChina, which announced a 19% increase in net profit for the same period. The changes introduced in March involved more frequent adjustments to state-set domestic Chinese refined oil product prices than had been the case in the past, which has meant they are now more closely aligned with global prices. "

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China's central bank jumps at inter-market rate -CER/R - Oct 30, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64746

"People's Bank of China in a closed -door meeting last week sought to reassure money-market traders that a short-term spike in interest rates would not necessarily translate into a tightening of liquidity, Reuters reported.

The PBOC also warned against "excessive leverage", or borrowing, that would leave banks overexposed to sudden spikes in demand for cash, said sources who attended the meeting. China's short-term interest rates began rising sharply last week, leaving banks stretching for funds even as the central bank repeatedly declined to inject cash. Officials told traders that liquidity remained ample and the bank would maintain stable short-term monetary operations this year. "

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Zitat von Popeye82: Eurasian Minerals - Options Three Arizona Porphyry Copper Projects, to Desert Star Resources; Projects occur in a region of the Arizona porphyry belt, that hosts a number of copper mines +deposits, including Resolution(Rio-Tinto/BHP Billiton), Pinto Valley(Capstone Mining), Carlota(KGHM International), Miami-Inspiration(Freeport McMoRan), Magma(BHP Billiton) +Ray(ASARCO). These mines +deposits "provide "context" for EMX’s Projects, which occur in a "similar geologic setting", but this is not necessarily indicative that the Projects host similar mineralization - Sep 4, 2013
www.eurasianminerals.com/i/pdf/130904nr.pdf

Eurasian Minerals Options Three Porphyry Copper Projects, to Savant Explorations - Oct 30, 2013
www.marketwired.com/printer_friendly?woid=907657&segid=1

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Zitat von Popeye82: Eurasian Minerals - Options Three Arizona Porphyry Copper Projects, to Desert Star Resources; Projects occur in a region of the Arizona porphyry belt, that hosts a number of copper mines +deposits, including Resolution(Rio-Tinto/BHP Billiton), Pinto Valley(Capstone Mining), Carlota(KGHM International), Miami-Inspiration(Freeport McMoRan), Magma(BHP Billiton) +Ray(ASARCO). These mines +deposits "provide "context" for EMX’s Projects, which occur in a "similar geologic setting", but this is not necessarily indicative that the Projects host
simi lar mineralization - Sep 4, 2013
www.eurasianminerals.com/i/pdf/130904nr.pdf

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Date set for reform meet, in Beijing - CER/R/XNA - Oct 30, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64745

"China's leaders will convene a long-awaited policy meeting on November 9-12 to discuss the country's economic agenda for the next decade, Reuters reported, citing the official Xinhua News Agency.

Historically, such meetings, known as third plenums, have been a springboard for economic change in China. One of China’s top leaders Yu Zhengsheng said last weekend the meeting will unveil "broad" and "unprecedented" reforms. Earlier this week, media said the Development Research Centre, an influential think tank linked to China's state council, or cabinet, had recommended eight key areas for reform; finance, taxation, land, state assets, social welfare, innovation, foreign investment and governance. "

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Cyclone Power Technologies - Selected to Present All-Fuel Engine @"Exclusive Defense Energy Summit", was "among a limited number of companies selected by a review panel to showcase innovative energy technologies to the U.S. Military +Department of Defense"; summit "will be attended by key representatives +buyers, from both the government +private industry, seeking new energy solutions for distributed +portable power generation, among other categories" - Oct 30, 2013
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cyclone-power-technologies-sel…

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The "Coming Carbon Asset Bubble"; Al Gore: "Avoid Big Oil…”Carbon Bubble” Is Going to Burst"; The Daily Ticker's Aaron Task interviews former U.S. Vice President Al Gore[+Video] - FY/WSJ - Oct 30, 2013

- David Blood Al Gore -
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/coming-carbon-asset-bubble-232…

"After the credit crisis and Great Recession, it seemed ridiculous to have thought that investing in subprime mortgages was a good idea. As with most market "bubbles," the risk of giving 7.5 million mortgages to people who couldn't possibly pay them off was somehow invisible to many investors at the time.

One reason such bubbles form is the tendency by many investors to confuse "risk" with "uncertainty." As the economist Frank Knight established, there is a subtle but crucial distinction between the two: Uncertainty is what good investors usually fear the most, because it cannot be measured or priced as risk can be. But when investors mislabel risk as uncertainty, they become vulnerable to the assumption that since it cannot be measured, they might as well ignore it.

That is exactly what is happening with the subprime carbon asset bubble: It is still growing because most market participants are mistakenly treating carbon risk as an uncertainty, and are thus failing to incorporate it in investment analyses. By overlooking a known material-risk factor, investors are exposing their portfolios to an externality that should be integrated into the capital allocation process.

Here is the relevance of carbon to investing: There is consensus within the scientific community that increasing the global temperature by more than 2°C will likely cause devastating and irreversible damage to the planet. Reliable measurements make it clear that we will easily cross this threshold in the near term at our current rate of CO2 emissions. So in an effort to avoid it, the International Energy Agency has calculated a global "Carbon Budget" that accommodates the burning of merely one-third of existing fossil fuel reserves by 2050. Put differently, at least two-thirds of fossil fuel reserves will not be monetized if we are to stay below 2°C of warming—creating "stranded carbon assets."

A stranded asset is one that loses economic value well ahead of its anticipated useful life. Stranded carbon assets include fossil fuels, as well as those assets which, given their dependence on fossil fuels, are also CO2-emissions intensive. Not all carbon-intensive assets are created equal, and it is reasonable to assume that in carbon-constrained scenarios the projects with the highest break-even costs and emissions profile (e.g., tar sands and coal) will be stranded first.


Many investors cite what we believe is a misinformed view that carbon assets will not be vulnerable to stranding until a meaningful carbon price is enforced by a global accord. While a global price on carbon certainly would be important, we believe that investors are mistaken to assume that is the only path to stranding carbon assets. We believe that any such strategy is unwise and increasingly reckless—because of three broad risks:

First is regulation that could strand assets in several ways: direct regulation on carbon led by authorities at the local, national, regional, or global level; indirect regulation through increased pollution controls, constraints on water usage, or policies targeting health concerns; and mandates on renewable energy adoption and efficiency standards. Even the threat of impending regulation creates uncertainty for long-lived carbon-intensive assets.

Second, stranding may occur as a result of market forces. Renewable technologies are already economically competitive with fossil fuels in a number of countries without subsidies. This cost competitiveness, combined with the ability to secure stable long-term prices for power, and an increase in distributed electricity models, could continue to shift capital allocation way from fossil fuels.

Third, sociopolitical pressures (e.g., fossil-fuel divestment campaigns, environmental advocacy, grass-roots protests and changing public opinion) could create an environment in which carbon-intensive businesses could lose their "license to operate," thereby stranding assets.


Delaying action to mitigate climate change will not delay climate change itself. As such, investors can strand fossil-fuel energy assets today, or absorb the cost of inaction by causing a much larger stranding across industries and asset classes in the future. The case to incorporate carbon risk into both equity and debt valuations now is one of short- and long-term prudent risk management. There are four principal ways investors can do this:

First, identify carbon asset risks across portfolios. At a minimum, investors should determine the extent to which carbon risk is embedded in current and future investments. This can be achieved by, for example, considering the key drivers of a company's current and future asset base in the context of carbon risks and developing tools that quantify risks for valuations. Note that passive, index tracking funds should also identify their exposure to carbon risks since they too are vulnerable to stranding as fossil fuel-dependent assets make up roughly 10%-30% of most major exchanges.

Second, engage corporate boards and executives on plans to mitigate and disclose carbon risks. Investors should ask questions like: Do companies have a shadow price on carbon (if not, why not?) and how does it impact their cash position? What is the amount of carbon they plan to burn and how does it relate to their long-term strategic plan? Investors should pressure executive teams to divert cash flow away from capital expenditures on developing fossil fuels and toward more productive uses in the context of a transition to a low carbon economy.

Third, diversify investments into opportunities positioned to succeed in a low-carbon economy. Investors should tilt portfolios away from assets with embedded carbon risks and toward assets with low or no carbon emissions. Investors have the opportunity to capitalize on emerging solutions such as: energy generation (e.g., solar, wind, geothermal); buildings (e.g., insulating materials, lighting, metering); and transport (e.g., engines, electric vehicles, fleet logistics). This hedging strategy will buffer the impact an extreme carbon risk event might have on a portfolio while potentially capturing the upside of the transition away from fossil fuel assets.

Fourth, divest fossil fuel assets. This is certainly the surest way to reduce carbon risk, though we fully recognize that divesting can be complicated and may be difficult for many asset owners. Such a transition could be phased in over several years, and there are gradations; early and easy progress can be made by at least divesting from the most emissions-intensive forms of energy—especially since they are likely to face stranding well ahead of less carbon-intensive fossil fuels.


In the words of President John F. Kennedy, "There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction." The transition to a low carbon future will revolutionize the global economy and present significant opportunities for superior investment returns. However, investors must also acknowledge that carbon risk is real and growing. Inaction is no longer prudent.

Mr. Gore is a former vice president of the United States and is now chairman of Generation Investment Management. Mr. Blood is senior partner of Generation Investment Management. "

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Globex Mining - Acquires Titanium Dioxide-Iron Property, with "grab sample assayed 59.17% Fe2O3(34.3% Fe), 38.0% TiO2 +1.575 ppm V" - Oct 30, 2013
www.globexmining.com/staging/admin/news_pdfs/10-30-13%20Tita…

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Midas Gold - Reports Results from Yellow Pine Drilling Golden Meadows Project, Idaho; drills "up to" 96meter @@3.63g/t Au, 4.1g/t Ag +Antimony, 78m @6.42g/t Au, 4.3g/t Ag +Antimony +109m @3.28g/t Au, 18.7g/t Ag +Antimony - Oct 30, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/midas-gold-reports-results…

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Facebook - Q3 '13 Beats With $2.200.000.000 Revenue, up 66% YoY, $0.25 EPS, up from a loss of $0.02/share YoY, With 49% Of Ad Revenue Now Via Mobile - FY/AP, NEW YORK - Oct 29, 2013
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/facebook-3q-results-fly-past-2…

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The "Future of US Water Supplies"[Video] - RRF - Oct 2, 2013

- Lynn Scarlett, Thomas C. Brown, Yusuke Kuwayama, Ken Nowak, Len Shabman +Brad Udall -

- Two significant agency reports were released in the past year evaluating US water supplies moving forward and the potential of both growth patterns and climatic changes to increase the risk of water shortages. The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) released the Colorado River Basin Supply and Demand Study, and according to BOR Commissioner Michael Conner, “Findings indicate that in the absence of timely action to ensure sustainability, there exists a strong potential for significant imbalances between water supply and demand in coming decades.” The Vulnerability of US Water Supply to Shortage, released by The US Forest Service, focuses more broadly on the lower 48 states and their 98 sub-regional basins. According to that report, the US water supply will be more susceptible to shortages due to changes in supply rather than demand. Although these reports have some limitations (clearly identified in the reports themselves), they provide significant insights into water availability issues over the next 50 to 100 years. Additionally, a collaborative study was released by the American Meteorological Society—Understanding Uncertainties in Future Colorado River Streamflow—that examines and explains the wide range of projected reductions in Colorado River streamflows due to climate change.

Resources for the Future’s Center for the Management of Ecological Wealth is hosting a dialogue to discuss these findings and explore the potential for economic mechanisms (water pricing, trading, and ecosystem service valuation, for example) to help reduce future gaps between supply and demand. ...-
www.rff.org/Events/Pages/The-Future-of-US-Water-Supplies.asp…

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1st Quantum Minerals - Reports 3rd Quarter `13 Results - Oct 30, 2013
www.first-quantum.com/Media-Centre/Press-Releases/Press-Rele…

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WuXi PharmaTech - AppTec Successfully Completes Its 1st 2000L Disposable Bioreactor Run Using an NS0 Cell Line; "now operates the largest biologics facility with disposable bioreactors in China +the largest disposable bioreactor in the world", This event "marks an important milestone in the global biologics manufacturing industry" - Oct 30, 2013
http://app.quotemedia.com/quotetools/newsStoryPopup.go?story…

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"Catalysts for Conservation: Exploring Behavioral Science Insights for Natural Resource Investments"; Researchers from RFF’s Center for the Management of Ecological Wealth "look @how recent developments in behavioral psychology can inform +sometimes complicate conservation programs +investment decisions" - RFF - Sep13

- Lynn Scarlett, James Boyd, Anna Brittain, Leonard Shabman +Tim Brennan -


Executive Summary

Scientific complexities and uncertainties, interconnections, and the need to coordinate across jurisdictions and scales challenge our ability to address environmental issues. These challenges and their solutions are linked to the attitudes, choices, and actions of individuals, families, communities, businesses, lawmakers, and nations. Ultimately, their resolution depends on scientific knowledge, technology developments, economic incentives, legal and institutional innovations, and, most importantly, public awareness, interest, and capacity to act.

What are the ingredients for successful action? Scientists offer insights about “how the world works”—its physical, chemical, biological, and other components, functions, and systems. Economists offer tools for examining costs, benefits, trade-offs, incentives, and their relationship to public and private institutions. Political scientists assess governance, public attitudes, and decisionmaking by both the public and its representatives. Sociologists and psychologists probe the “people factor”—why do people think what they think, how do values and attitudes form, and how do they affect choices and actions? There is also the looming presence of communications —understanding how people respond to different messages and media, targeting messages to specific audiences, and tracking how messages spread.

This report summarizes insights from multiple social and behavioral science research disciplines to shed light on environmental attitudes and corresponding behaviors. We define environmental behavior as the decisions and choices that (a) affect the efficient and effective use of natural resources; (b) reduce waste(energy, water, material, and so on); (c) reduce pollution; and (d) facilitate the management of terrestrial and marine ecosystems to restore, enhance, or preserve these ecosystems, their functions, and interconnected biodiversity.

Because of the breadth of relevant research, the report presents selected highlights. This information can enhance efforts to engage individuals in saving energy, recycling water, or undertaking countless other personal actions that reduce environmental impacts. It can help agencies engage communities and can aid companies trying to protect species, sustain water supplies in small and large watersheds, or reduce the impacts of energy or mineral extraction. It may help governments communicate environmental challenges and work in concert to address them.

In this review, we address questions directly pertinent to environmental actions and conservation. We apply an “individual, commercial, community, and society” organizational structure to the discussion; however, many of the ideas apply to all four behavioral contexts.


- Table of Contents

- Executive Summary
- Introduction

Part One: Overview -Theories of Attitude Formation +Behavior

I. Challenges Associated with a Broad Overview
II. Social Science Insights on Behavior: A Broad Summary

A. Attitude Formation +Behavior

Part One —Summary of Key Findings


Part Two: Social +Behavioral Research +Applications

I. How Individuals Think +Act
A. Social Psychology
B. Social Norms +Conformity
C. Risk Perceptions —Experts +Public Attitudes
D. Economics +Individual Behavior

Part Two (I: A –D)—Social Psychology, Norms, Risk Perception, +Behavioral
Economics: Summary of Key Findings

II. Collective Settings for Conservation Actions —Businesses +Communities
A. Businesses +the Marketplace

Part Two—(II: A) Business Behaviors: Summary of Key Findings

B. Communities +Collective Action

Part Two—(II: B) Collective Settings: Summary of Key Findings

III. Broad Social, Cultural +Political Settings
A. The Policy Context—Insights from Economics
B. Communication +Social Marketing

Part Two: (III. A –B)—Broad Social, Cultural, +Political Settings: Summary of Key Findings


Part Three: Case Example —Payment for Environmental Services on Working Lands

I. Framing the Issue
II. The Setting
III. Converging Interests +the FRESP Process

A. Different Stakeholders —A Shared Interest
B. Building Trust +Finding Common Ground
C. New Participants +the Basic Vision
D. Building a Credible Analytical Case
E. Identifying Barriers +Challenges

IV. FRESP Is Created
A. The FRESP Vision
B. Addressing the Design Challenges
V. Lessons Learned


Part Four: Communicating Climate Change —Theories of Attitude Formation +Behavior

I. Climate Change: The Communications Challenge
A. Psychological Barriers to Action
B. Logic Schism +Moving toward the Middle
C. Framing +Narrative

II. Climate Brokers +the “Right Science”
III. Communicating Impacts with Local Experiences
IV. Networks +Innovative Marketing
V. Communicating Climate Change: Summary of Key Findings


Part Five: Conclusions +Summary of Findings ...-
www.rff.org/RFF/Documents/RFF-Rpt-BehavioralScienceEconomicI…

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WTO "concludes that Chinese rare earths restrictions break rules" - MW/CMR/AFP/WTO, TORONTO - Oct 30, 2013

- H. Lazenby -
www.miningweekly.com/article/wto-concludes-that-chinese-rare…

"he World Trade Organisation (WTO) had reportedly concluded that restrictions by China on the export of rare earths were not in line with WTO rules, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The newspaper cited sources within the US, the eurozone and Japan that had complained to the WTO in March, arguing that the Chinese rare earths industry was seeking to benefit improperly from a dominant market position.

The WTO had not yet published its findings, expected by the end of the year.

The WTO did not comment.

Agence France-Presse reported that Japan's ministry of economy, trade and industry confirmed the existence of an interim report but that it would not comment on its contents, including the ruling.

Produced mainly in China, rare earths are essential for making high-tech items such as smartphones, tablets and hybrid vehicles, and are also used in automotive catalysts.

Rare-earth elements consist of 17 elements on the periodic table, including 15 elements beginning with atomic number 57 (lanthanum), extending through to number 71 (lutetium), and including the elements yttrium and scandium, which have similar properties.

On July 2, China announced that it would apply a quota for exports of rare earths for the second half of 2013 on the same basis as a quota in the first half of the year.

Rare earths producers’ stocks rose last month on rumours that China would also start buying billions of yuan rare-earth minerals next month to bolster its strategic reserves. "

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IBC Advanced Alloys - Provides Update on Copper Alloys Operations +Announces Development of New Alloy, for "an internationally recognized global leader of manufacturing equipment +casting technologies for the automotive industry" - Sep 17, 2013
www.ibcadvancedalloys.com/news/2013/09/17/2013/ibc-advanced-…


IBC Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Global Nuclear Fuels America, a joint venture of General Electric, Hitachi Ltd. +Toshiba Corporation +"is a leading fabricator +supplier of Boiling Water Reactors("BWR") fuel +services", +Ceramic Tubular Products "to Advance Nuclear Fuel Initiatives"; IBC "to explore opportunities with GNF-A +CTP to advance "accident tolerant nuclear fuel technologies" " - Oct 31, 2013
www.ibcadvancedalloys.com/news/2013/10/31/2013/ibc-signs-mem…
www.ibcadvancedalloys.com/clientuploads/Financial%20Statemen…

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Infrastructure First; Michael Bogue, CEO of ASX-listed iron ore explorer Cabral Resources, explains the importance of an infrastructure-led development strategy for Brazilian operators. Cabral is exploring for high-grade hematite direct shipping ore(DSO) on its 100%-owned, 1.195–square kilometer Sincorá Area in Bahia. Its exploration team was also instrumental in exploring +developing the neighboring 1.000.000.000t Pedra de Ferro iron ore project - Mining Leaders - Oct13
http://cabralresources.com.au/static/files/assets/b8345008/M…

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Gold hedging on downward trend –report; During the 2nd quarter of `13, the global delta-adjusted hedge book fell by 529.000 oz, as the majority of producers either delivered into contracts as they matured or took advantage of plummeting gold prices to close out existing “in-the-money” contracts, Societe Generale +Thomson Reuters GFMS said on Tuesday. This brought the remaining global gold hedge book to 3.090.000 ounces @the end of June, which reflected a quarter-on-quarter decline of 15% +was the lowest amount since the start of the Global Hedge Book Analysis in 2002 - MW/SG/TR GFMS, JOHANNESBURG - Oct 29, 2013

- Leandi Kolver/Chanel de Bruyne -
www.miningweekly.com/article/gold-hedging-on-downward-trend-…

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'If I were a manager today, I would refuse to deduct garnishee orders' – Godsell - MW/CMR, JOHANNESBURG - Oct 30, 2013[/green]

- M. Creamer -
www.miningweekly.com/article/if-i-were-a-manager-today-i-wou…

"Former AngloGold Ashanti CEO Bobby Godsell said on Wednesday that if he were still a manager today, he would refuse to deduct garnishee orders, which he believed played a nefarious role in the build up to the Marikana tragedy.

The Business Leadership South Africa chairperson also advocated that further thinking be given to executive pay and fixed executive contracts.

Speaking on day-two of the Joburg 2013 Investing in Resources and Mining in Africa conference attended by the who’s who of South African mining, the former mining luminary recalled that the garnishee deduction issue had loomed large in the period of pay tension ahead of the gruesome killing of 34 mineworkers at Marikana in August last year.

Intense discussion had centred on whether rockdrill operators were taking home the R10 500 a month that they were paid or the R2 000 on the payslip.

The substantial deductions turned out, in the main, to be garnishee deductions, on which he believed that there should be a national debate.

Garnishee orders are court orders that require employers to withhold part of an employee's wages and to pay the amount instead to that employee’s creditor to settle debt.

“If I were the manager of a mine, I wouldn’t deduct garnishee orders,” Godsell said, adding that in such circumstances he would challenge the retailers and the banks to take him to court.

Retailers and bankers should be responsible for their own credit control, and he would refuse to do it for them.

In a sensible world where people took responsibility, mine supervisors should also be made aware of employees who were taking home a mere 20% of gross basic pay, instead of this being “a mystical secret of the payroll, which is outsourced to a fancy company in order to cut costs”.

He advocated that payroll companies be obliged to make supervisors aware of the deductions and that employees, in turn, be warned of the unsustainability of uncontrolled credit.

If mineworkers, who were today among the best paid, were experiencing poverty, the country needed to take serious note.


EXECUTIVE PAY

Further thinking was also necessary on executive pay that was made up of small basic pay and high variable pay.

While in theory the take-home pay of executives could vary massively, in practice it did not seem to, which posed questions on how closely company budgets coincided with the long- and short-term incentives of remuneration committee formulae.

Fixed-term contracts for executives were another source of concern.

“When I joined Anglo, I had 30 days notice,” he recalled.

The two factors that moved the share price of AngloGold Ashanti during his 12 years as CEO were the dollar price of gold and the rand-dollar exchange rate – both external factors beyond the control of mining executives.

“I am suggesting a conceptual rethink, so that we can very honestly stand in front of shareholders and boards can stand in front of shareholders and absolutely defend the pay levels of their executives,” Godsell said.

Remuneration committees wanting pay at the 75th quartile was worse than a labour union wanting inflation-indexed wages, he added.


MINING AS NATIONAL ASSET

Godsell recalled that during the struggle years, mining business leadership and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) had been able to develop a sense that the mining industry was a national asset and that it would only benefit the people of South Africa if we could extract the mineral wealth profitably.

The profitable mining of minerals and metals had become a shared goal, particularly in moments of crisis.

He recalled a productivity deal in which NUM was demanding a double-digit increase at a time when underground production workers were paid less than grocery packers at food retail outlets, and the gold price was at a lowly $300/oz.

A 10% increase was agreed in exchange for workers producing 10% more gold that year so that unit costs could remain static.

“And we did it. For two years that agreement worked,” he recalled, expressing amazement at the failure of employers to use the collective bargaining mechanism available to them.

He urged managers to mange to the best of their ability and cited an example of a manager at AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng mine who told the 400 supervisors of the mine every Tuesday morning from 6.45 am exactly how much rock had been broken, the volume of orebody moved, its grade, cost, safety and the gold price to enable them to attain their targeted output.

He queried whether such communication still took place today and encouraged a return of managers communicating directly with workers and not only through union officials.


COMPANIES AS CORPORATE CITIZENS

Companies, as corporate citizens, had duties to society and attendees of the Joburg 2013 Investing in Resources and Mining in Africa conference were urged to sign a citizen’s charter, which committed them to contributing one hour a week towards national upliftment.

“An active manager citizen will be saying it is my job to make sure that my workers understand the wealth-creation process,” he added. "

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Maya Gold &Silver - Intersects "up to" 18.6meters @1.494g/t Ag, @its Zgounder Silver Mine in Morocco, expects to complete +release resources estimates on Zgounder by the end November of the current year - Oct 31, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/maya-gold-silver-intersect…

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Top Chinese banks post biggest bad-loan surge since 2010 - CER/BB - Oct 31, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64750

"China’s top four banks have posted their biggest increase in bad loans since 2010, Bloomberg reported.

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (601398.SHA, 1398.HKG), China Construction Bank (601938.SHA, 0939.HKG), Agricultural Bank of China (601288.SHA, 1288.HKG) and Bank of China (601988.SHA, 3988.HKG) have seen non-performing loans rise by 3.5% from June to September, with a combined total of US$54 billion (RMB329.4 billion). Some companies have been on a five-year credit spree that has left them with excess manufacturing capacity and slower profit growth due to an economic slowdown. "

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US, China to cooperate, on overseas nuclear projects - CER/R - Oct 31, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64752

"The US and China will cooperate to develop new nuclear reactors in both countries and will also encourage joint bids for projects elsewhere, Reuters reported, citing a speech made by US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Wednesday.

"Nuclear collaboration played an important role in our visit and deservedly so," Moniz said. China is also keen to raise its nuclear capacity from 12.6 gigawatts (GW) to 58 GW by 2020, which has led foreign reactor builders, such as Westinghouse, to compete intensely for new projects. "

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Alcoa warns Quebec against power rate hike, would make its three smelters in the Canadian province uncompetitive - MW/R - Oct 30, 2013
www.miningweekly.com/article/alcoa-warns-quebec-against-powe…

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CCB in talks to buy Brazil bank - CER/R - Oct 31, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64751

"China Construction Bank (CCB; 939.HKG, 601939.SHA) is in advanced talks to acquire Brazil's troubled Banco Industrial e Comercial (BICB4.SA), Reuters reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Through the purchase, CCB would gain direct access to Chinese companies buying into South America's natural resources. BicBanco has a market value of US$778 million after its shares rose 62% since September 23 after takeover reports in local media. If successful, the purchase would be the first of a Brazilian bank by one of China's big four state lenders since going public after a government restructuring. It would also be the biggest Chinese bank deal in Latin America. "

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Lionel Messi ● Top 50 Goals ● 2004-2013 - YT - Mar 20, 2013

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Canadian fracking companies "release code of conduct, to allay public concern" - SHE - Oct 31, 2013
www.stockhouse.com/news/natural-resources/2013/10/31/frackin…

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Luna Innovations - Announces "agreement to commercialize new self-cleaning textile technology" - Nov 4, 2013http://ir.lunainc.com/phoenix.ztml?c=196907&p=irol-newsArtic…

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Hudbay Minerals - Announces Additional US$135.000.000 Constancia Precious Metals Stream With Silver Wheaton - Nov 4, 2013
www.hudbayminerals.com/English/Media-Centre/News-Releases/Ne…

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Alphamin Resources - Klaus Eckhof Appointed to Alphamin Board of Directors - Nov 5, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/klaus-eckhof-appointed-to-…

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Linc Energy - to Decommission UCG @Chinchilla, has been the longest operating UCG research +development location in the world, +Move Offshore - Nov 5, 2013
www.lincenergy.com/data/asxpdf/ASX-LNC-518.pdf

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Energizer Resources - Confirms Ultra-High Purity of >99.9% Carbon Using Advanced Commercial Analysis; To "the best of our knowledge, Energizer is one of only two companies in the graphite space that has employed this highest standard of assay testing on its finished concentrate, to verify an ultra-high purity result of >99.9% carbon" - Nov 6, 2013
www.energizerresources.com/news/347-energizer-resources-conf…

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Rio +Chinalco sign technology deal - MW/CMR, PERTH - Nov 4, 2013
www.miningweekly.com/article/rio-and-chinalco-sign-technolog…

"Mining giant Rio Tinto has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese State-owned group Chinalco to expedite the development of new mining technology, and to further develop Rio’s Mine of the Future programme.

The collaboration brought together Rio’s leadership in partnering to deliver mining innovation with the resources and expertise of Chinalco’s research and development centres.

The aim is to develop and deploy technology to create safer working operations, improve environmental performance and increase the productivity of mining operations.

The focus will be on enhancing the value of both companies’ partner networks by allowing new ideas to be developed and applied at a faster pace and, at a lower cost.

“We have been in the business of producing metals and minerals for over 140 years. We wouldn’t have been as successful as a business without finding better ways of working and adapting to a changing world,” Rio CEO Sam Walsh said.

“The future leaders in our industry will be those companies that stay ahead of the game and keep applying fresh thought and practices to the business of mining. Together with Chinalco, we have the potential to deliver even more value for shareholders, by fully realising our pipeline of technology and innovation projects and taking next-generation technologies through to full commercialisation and deployment.”

Chinalco chairperson Xiong Weiping noted that the technical cooperation was of great significance for improving efficiency, reducing resource and energy consumption, developing green and safe mines, achieving sustainable development of resources and introducing innovation into economic growth.

“I hope this commercial cooperation approach of sincerity and mutual benefit can be widely applied into new-type partnerships among major international companies,” he added.

Rio and Chinalco will work together to determine how best to capture the potential for cooperation in this area, and the arrangements contemplated by the MoU remain subject to the execution of a binding agreement. "

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Image Resources - Updated Study "Further enhances North Perth Basin Mineral Sands Project" - Nov 4, 2013

+ Low capex of $35.000.000 -45.000.000 plus $25.000.000 of pre-strip, owner’s costs +working capital

+ Project pay back of <16 months. Pretax IRR 82 -97%(see note 1)

+ 180.000 t/a of product in each of the 1st two years of operation, with ~75% of revenue from high value zircon +rutile

+ Off take and project finance discussions continuing ...
www.imageres.com.au/announcements/2013_11_4%20Image%20-%20UP…

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Zitat von Popeye82: GuestLogix - Signs 10-Year Agreement with IFE System Leader Thales, a "global technology leader for the Defence &Security +the Aerospace +Transportation markets", to Facilitate Transaction Processing through Seatback Screens; Industry's Most Prominent Transaction Processing Engine Now Used to Enable IFE Payment Acceptance Across Extensive Global Customer Base; GuestLogix +Thales "anticipate rollout to begin" Jul ´13. A joint deployment is currently underway onboard a 1st major airline custome - Mar 11, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_03-11-13.html


GuestLogix Secures "Multi-Year Agreement" with European Airline Germania, Company to Deploy Onboard Retail Technology Platform across Germania Airline's Entire Fleet - Mar 22, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_05-02-13.html


GuestLogix Secures 4-Year Agreement with Leading Asia Pacific Airline, Cathay Pacific +Subsidiary Dragonair in Major Duty-Free Agreement, with Inflight Sales Group Hong Kong; Cathay Pacific to Manage Entire Onboard Retail Operations with GuestLogix Onboard Retail Platform, new customer win represents >27.000.000 passenger trips for GuestLogix - May 2, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_03-22-13.html


GuestLogix Secures Multi-Year Agreement with China's 1st Low Cost Carrier, Spring Airlines, agreement represents 9.100.000 passenger trips for GuestLogix - Jun 4, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_06-04-13.html


GuestLogix Announces Major Customer Win, with Signing of Asia’s Largest Airline, for the 34th consecutive year/5th largest airline in the world, China Southern; Company to Enable Inflight Auction of Seat Upgrades Onboard China Southern Airlines - Jul 8, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_07-08-13.html


GuestLogix Strengthens Relationship with Momentum Services +Eurostar, with "New Merchant of Record Agreement"; Company 2Deploys Global Payment Services, to Support Growing Onboard Retailing Program Onboard Major Rail Customer" - Aug 15, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_08-15-13.html

Zitat von Popeye82: Guestlogix - &Air Canada, "named “Best Airline in North America” for the 4th consecutive year in a worldwide survey of >18.000.000 airline passengers", Sign "Multi-Year Agreement", to Support Growing Inflight Entertainment Offerings Across Expanding Fleet; Onboard Retail Technology Leader to Provide IFE Payment Processing Service, to Facilitate Congruent Entertainment Experience for Canada’s Largest Airline - Aug 22, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_08-22-13.html

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Zitat von Popeye82: GuestLogix - Global Rail Division Secures North America's Largest Privately Owned Passenger Rail Service, Rocky Mountaineer; Company Expands Global Footprint with 1st North American Rail Customer Agreement - Sep 18, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_09-18-13.html

GuestLogix +NCR, the "global leader in consumer transaction technologies", to "Integrate Leading Technologies, to "Transform Self-Service Retail, throughout Global Travel Industry" " - Oct 21, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_10-21-13.html

GuestLogix +flydubai, "one of the Middle East's fastest growing airlines", Sign Multi-Year Renewal Agreement for Continued Use of the Onboard Retail Platform; Company's "Leading Solution Will Continue to Increase Efficiency for Onboard Sales @flydubai" - Nov 6, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/guestlogix-flydubai-sign-m…

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PLA finds personnel kept “illicit” homes, vehicles - CER/R/XNA - Nov 6, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64786

"The People's Liberation Army has uncovered that its personnel "illicitly” kept more than 8,000 apartments and 25,000 vehicles, Reuters reported, citing the official Xinhua News Agency.

China stepped up a crackdown on military corruption in the late 1990s, banning the PLA from engaging in business. But graft has intensified in recent years due to a lack of transparency and checks and balances. "Various PLA units have promised to return illegal housing and eliminate secretaries that were not allowed; they have also vowed to strictly regulate the use of military vehicles," Xinhua said. No punishment was mentioned in the report. "

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Beijing to slash new car quota, by 40% - CER/R - Nov 6, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64782

"China's capital Beijing will cut its new car sales quota by almost 40% next year as part of an anti-pollution campaign, Reuters reported, citing a statement on the city government website.

Over the next four years, Beijing will issue 150,000 new license plates annually, down from 240,000 each year now. The number of plates for clean energy vehicles will triple from 20,000 in 2014, to 60,000 in 2017. The change in policy could strengthen foreign carmakers' determination to accelerate growth in China's less crowded lower-tier cities. "

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Argex Titanium - Argex Eligible for 10-Year Quebec Income Tax Holiday - Nov 5, 2013
http://argex.ca/documents/Argex%20PR%20-%20Tax%20Holiday.pdf

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Cyclone Power Technologies - "Completes Build of Next Generation Waste Heat Engine", with The Ohio State University's Center for Automotive Research; model engine, called the WHE-DR, is currently in testing +is "expected to be ready to transition into limited production by the end of this year" - Nov 5, 2013
www.cyclonepower.com/2013/Press_Release_Cyclone_OSU-CAR_Engi…

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US calls yuan undervalued again - CER/SCMP - Nov 1, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64758

"The US government has again said that the yuan is “significantly undervalued” but refused to accuse the Chinese government of manipulating it, South China Morning Post reported, citing a report by the US government published on Wednesday.

The report said: “The [yuan] is appreciating but not as fast or by as much as needed”. The weakness of the yuan makes goods from China cheaper for the American market but US goods are more expensive in China. The Treasury report also criticized Germany for not rebalancing growth in Europe and the global economy. "

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China official services PMI hits year high - CER/BB - Nov 4, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64767

"China's official non-manufacturing Purchasing Manager’s Index grew to 56.3 in October from 55.4 in September, its highest level this year, Bloomberg reported, citing a report published on Sunday by the National Bureau of Statistics.

A reading above 50 indicates expansion. HSBC and Markit Economics will release a services PMI for October tomorrow. Their index fell to 52.4 in September from 52.8 in August. "

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TerraX Minerals - Fall Sampling Identifies New Mineralized Structures @Northbelt; Results Include Values "Up to" 145g/t Au, 170g/t Ag, 11.25% Pb, 6.41% Zn +0.85% Mo in 'Grab Samples' - Nov 6, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/terrax-fall-sampling-ident…

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CCB eyes Europe in expansion push - CER/FT - Nov 4, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64766

"China Construction Bank (CCB; 601939.SHA, 939.HKG) will seek further acquisitions to expand its business in Europe following its biggest overseas deal, Financial Times reported.

China’s second-biggest bank by assets last week agreed to buy 72% of mid-sized Brazilian lender BicBanco for US$725 million. It was CCB’s first overseas acquisition, having previously limited its international push to branch openings and minority investments. CCB Chairman Wang Hongzhang said his bank was keen to expand in Europe and that he had met with regulators in Germany and in the UK last week for informal talks about whether CCB would be welcome in the two countries. "

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Blackstone buys stake in Chinese mall developer - CER/WSJ - Nov 5, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64775

"Blackstone (BX.NYSE), a US private-equity firm, has bought a 40% stake in SCP Company, a Chinese mall developer and operator, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Blackstone did not disclose the size of the investment but said SCP will have a total asset value of more than US$2 billion once the deal has gone through, making it the firm’s biggest mall investment in Asia to date. In August, Blackstone made an offer to acquire Chinese property developer Tysan Holdings (0687.HKG) for US$322 million and in January, invested in a site in Nantong, Jiangsu province where it plans to build a shopping mall, office and residential buildings. "

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China may lift IPO freeze after plenum: Brokerage - CER/BB - Nov 5, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64776

"China is likely to reopen the domestic initial public offering market after a key Communist Party meeting ends on November 12, Bloomberg reported, citing estimates from Citic Securities president Cheng Boming.

Regulators suspended IPOs in October last year and pledged not to lift the ban until new rules were introduced to curb misconduct and boost protection for investors. The China Securities Regulatory Commission is drafting rules to curb misconduct that would establish stiff penalties for investment banks before ending the freeze on listings. "

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Brown Brothers Harriman, ICBC in China funds push - CER/BB - Nov 5, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64772

"US bank Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) and Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC; 601398.SHA, 1398.HKG) have signed an agreement allowing BBH to assist some of the world’s largest asset managers to gain more access to China, Bloomberg reported.

The deal depends on whether new rules are enacted to further open China’s mutual-fund market to foreign investors. Regulators in Hong Kong and Beijing are considering a program that would allow mutual funds domiciled in Hong Kong to be sold in mainland China and vice versa. In the deal with China’s largest bank by assets, BBH will offer back-office and other services for Hong Kong-domiciled funds. "

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China pledges to act, against bad loan risk - CER/R - Nov 5, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64774

"China's banking authorities vowed to ramp up efforts to curb potential increases in non-performing loans, especially from industries beset by overcapacity, Reuters reported.

In comments published on Monday, head of the banking regulator Shang Fulin gave the latest official warning on financial risks as the government pushes ahead with structural reforms. Shang said in a meeting with bank executives that banks must seek various channels to safely dispose of bad loans in industries facing acute overcapacity problems. To pursue a more sustainable growth model and eventually rebalance the economic structure, Beijing this year has intensified a campaign to reduce overcapacity pressure in several industries. "

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Naturally Splendid Signs NDA with "Major Specialty Ingredient Supplier", to Test Exclusive HempOmegaTM & H2OmegaTM Products - Sep 11, 2013
www.marketwire.com/press-release/naturally-splendid-signs-nd…

Naturally Splendid "Announces Launch of Natera™ Product Line", @the Canadian Health Food Association Trade Show - Sep 12, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/naturally-splendid-announc…

Naturally Splendid Signs "NDA With the "leading ingredient suppliers in North America" for HempOmega™ &H2Omega™" Proprietary Products - Nov 5, 2013
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Naturally Splendid Signs NDA with "Major Specialty Ingredient Supplier", to Test Exclusive HempOmegaTM & H2OmegaTM Products - Sep 11, 2013
www.marketwire.com/press-release/naturally-splendid-signs-nd…

Sep 12, 2013" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Naturally Splendid Announces Launch of Natera™ Product Line, @the Canadian Health Food Association Trade Show - Sep 12, 2013
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ENPAR Technologies - Signs Licensing Agreement With Fontus Water Pvt Ltd, A "Leader Within The Indian Institutional, Industrial +Rural Water Markets" - Nov 6, 2013
http://app.quotemedia.com/quotetools/newsStoryPopup.go?story…

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mPhase Technologies - mPower "JUMP IT Retail Price $89.95", 1st Shipments Dec 9, 2013 - Nov 5, 2013
http://app.quotemedia.com/quotetools/newsStoryPopup.go?story…

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Guyana Goldfields - Signs Mandate Letter for US$165.000.000 - Nov 5, 2013
www.guygold.com/s/NewsDetails.asp?id=122576

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"Exciting new AngloGold Ashanti technology produces 1st gold"; The exciting new South African gold-mining technology that "has the potential to change the face of South Africa’s struggling precious metals mining business", has produced its 1st gold. AngloGold Ashanti, South Africa’s biggest gold mining company, which produced this pioneering gold @its Tau Tona gold mine, intends going operational on a 2nd site in April +a 3rd site in July.(Also see attached video) - MW/CMR, JOHANNESBURG - Nov 6, 2013

- M. Creamer -
www.miningweekly.com/article/exciting-new-anglogold-ashanti-…

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Intra Energy - secures "major coal supply agreement" - Nov 6, 2013
www.intraenergycorp.com.au/IRM/Company/ShowPage.aspx/PDFs/16…

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Chesser Resources - Commencement of Kestanelik drill program - Nov 7, 2013
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CHZ&E=ASX&N=766296

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Global Microspheres(Hollow & Solid) Market Report 2013-2018 - W:o/PRNW/R &M, DUBLIN - Nov 4, 2013
www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/6401671-global-microspher…

"Research and Markets
( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dlxd9r/microspher…)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dlxd9r/microspher…) has announced the addition of the "Global Microspheres (Hollow & Solid) Market Report 2013-2018" report to their offering.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 )

The global microspheres market is witnessing very high growth on account of rising demand from existing and new applications that would become significant in the future, especially in the North America region. North America holds major market share followed by Europe & Eurasia and the Asia-Pacific. In terms of individual countries, the market is dominated by the U.S. due to the constant innovations of micro particles that help in optimizing and enhancing the present components and processes.

Microspheres are also known as micro particles, micro beads, beads, and micro balloons. Globally there has been a surge in the development of infrastructure, especially in under developed and the growing economies. Even developed countries have been constantly modifying and revamping their existing infrastructure facilities to ensure efficient and effective utilization of scarce resources. Today every structure built, right from a simple automobile to a space station, is made up from advanced materials which are efficient and environmentally friendly to ensure minimal damage to the surroundings. In short, efficiency along with recyclability and reusability is imperative.

The U.S. commands the maximum share of the microsphere patents registered worldwide. It is followed by Europe for the overall patents filed from 2010 to 2013. The least number of patents was registered in Japan; with relatively less share of the total number of patents.

In terms of the global market, the industry comprises of many small market participants with only a few major companies globally. The industry is highly fragmented in terms of the segments in which the products are offered. Due to presence of a large number of small players, companies are constantly fighting to capture more and more market share.

In 2012, 3M (U.S.) dominated the global microspheres market with around a quarter of the market share, followed by Sigmund Linder GmbH (Germany) and Potters Industries LLC (U.S.), each capturing around 5% to 7% of the market. Rest of the companies captured only marginal market shares.

Scope of the report:

On the basis of applications:
- Construction Composites
- Medical Technology
- Life Sciences & Biotechnology
- Paints & Coatings
- Cosmetics & Personal Care
- Oil & Gas
- Automotive
- Aerospace
- Other applications

On the basis of types:
- Hollow
- Solid

On the basis of raw materials:
- Glass
- Ceramic
- Fly Ash
- Polymer
- Metallic
- Others

Key Topics Covered:

1 Introduction

2 Executive Summary

3 Premium Insights

4 Market Overview

5 Manufacturing Process

6 Microspheres Market, By Types

7 Microspheres Market, By Applications

8 Microspheres Market, By Raw Materials

9 Microspheres Market, By Geography

10 Competitive Landscape

11 Company Profiles
11.1 3M
11.2 Akzo Nobel Expancel
11.3 Cospheric LLC
11.4 Dennert Poraver GMBH
11.5 Eko Export Sa
11.6 Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
11.7 Induchem Holding Ag
11.8 Luminex Corporation
11.9 Matsumoto Yushi-Seiyaku Co., Ltd.
11.10 Merit Medical Systems
11.11 MO Sci Corporation
11.12 Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
11.13 Osthoff Omega Group
11.14 Phosphorex Inc
11.15 Polysciences Incorporation
11.16 Potters Industries Llc
11.17 Sigmund Lindner Gmbh
11.18 Sinosteel Maanshan Institute Of Minning Research Company Ltd
11.19 Spherotech Inc
11.20 Sunjin Chemical Co.
11.21 Trelleborg Offshore & Construction

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dlxd9r/microspher…

Research and Markets
Laura Wood, Senior Manager.
[e-mail]
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Sector: Advanced Materials "

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Zitat von Popeye82: Maritime Resources - Releases 1st NI 43-101 Resource Estimate for Green Bay Gold Property, Newfoundland: 1.090.230 Ounces @~7.85g/t Au M/I/I; E. Norton: "We are "extremely" pleased to have completed this maiden Mineral Resource Estimate. The resource model is robust +incorporates all historic as well as new drilling results. The "uniquely appealing aspects" of this project are the high grades of the veins, the accessibility of the deposit from surface, including access to the existing underground ramp system, +excellent local infrastructure including roads, power +fresh water to the site. It is "particularly satisfying" to see that the overall grade of the Hammerdown deposit is relatively insensitive to the selection of the cut-off grade. Our exploration activity completed in ´12 demonstrated that the deposit remains open along strike, +the Company is "confident" that there is "potential" for this estimate to increase with further work. The 3D modelling that has now been completed will help guide future drill programs, by highlighting strategic drill targets that can "hopefully" add new ounces, or upgrade resource categories" - May 28, 2013
www.maritimeresourcescorp.com/i/pdf/news/2013-05-28_NR.pdf
www.maritimeresourcescorp.com/i/pdf/ppt/MAE_June_18_2013_cor…

Maritime Achieves 96% Gold Recovery, in Metallurgical Tests on Orion Deposit - Nov 7, 2013
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/maritime-achieves-96-gold-reco…

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Zitat von Popeye82: Maritime Resources - Releases 1st NI 43-101 Resource Estimate for Green Bay Gold Property, Newfoundland: 1.090.230 Ounces @~7.85g/t Au M/I/I; E. Norton: "We are "extremely" pleased to have completed this maiden Mineral Resource Estimate. The resource model is robust +incorporates all historic as well as new drilling results. The "uniquely appealing aspects" of this project are the high grades of the veins, the accessibility of the deposit from surface, including access to the existing underground ramp system, +excellent local infrastructure including roads, power +fresh water to the site. It is "particularly satisfying" to see that the overall grade of the Hammerdown deposit is relatively insensitive to the selection of the cut-off grade. Our exploration activity completed in ´12 demonstrated that the deposit remains open along strike, +the Company is "confident" that there is "potential" for this estimate to increase with further work. The 3D modelling that has now been completed will help guide future drill programs, by highlighting strategic drill targets that can "hopefully" add new ounces, or upgrade resource categories" - May 28, 2013
www.maritimeresourcescorp.com/i/pdf/news/2013-05-28_NR.pdf
www.maritimeresourcescorp.com/i/pdf/ppt/MAE_June_18_2013_cor…

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China military hackers persist with attacks - CER/R/M - Nov 7, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64790

"A secretive Chinese military unit believed to be behind a number of hacking attacks is continuing with its cyber intrusions, Reuters reported, citing a report by cybersecurity company, Mandiant.

The US-based company identified the People's Liberation Army's Shanghai-based Unit 61398 in February as the most likely culprit in hacking attacks on a wide range of industries. The US-China Economic and Security Commission, a panel which advises the US Congress on China policy, said on Wednesday that Mandiant's revelations brought only a brief pause in cyber intrusions by that PLA unit. China’s Defence Ministry has denied all claims. "

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Nanotechnology and the Build Environment: Investing in Green Infrastructure; Green building is 2a growing priority amid global efforts to reduce energy consumption +use resources more efficiently." Innovative nanotechnology companies, such as those highlighted in this report, are "likely to prove essential for growth in the built environment as their technologies enable more sustainable development in each of the following sectors: 3D Printing, Cementitious Materials, Insulation, Lighting/LEDs, Photovoltaics, Smart Grid Technologies, Steel, Water Treatment +Windows" - CRA/LS LLC - Dec 13, 2012

- Table of Contents

+ Introduction
+ How Nanotechnology Enables Green Building

- Large‐scale Green Building Profile: NYC’s World Trade Center Complex
- Building with “Smarter” Technologies Can Drive Energy Savings
- Market Opportunities for Green Building


+ 2012 Venture Capital Funding Targeted to Nanotechnology Companies
+ Companies +Sectors to Watch

- 3D Printing(Additive Manufacturing)
- Cementitious Materials
- Insulation
- Lighting/LEDs
- Photovoltaics
- Smart Grid Technologies
- Steel
- Water Treatment
- Windows
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+ Glossary
+ Company Index
+ Risks +Disclosures


Introduction

Construction projects today are 'increasingly required' to meet stringent building codes +energy regulations, which is helping to fuel an industry transition to the use of next‐generation nanomaterials† that "offer enhanced performance, often with fewer negative environmental impacts." Further, consumers +governments alike are demanding more energy‐efficient +ecofriendly infrastructure, which is also driving adoption of sustainable building materials. This report "examines the future for U.S. infrastructure, specifically as it relates to the widespread green building movement, which has been characterized by the use of energy‐efficient, recyclable, +sustainable building materials—initiatives greatly enabled through advancements in nanoscience".

As of 2012, the global market for nanotechnology was estimated at over $20 billion, composed of nanomaterials, tools, and devices used in a number of industries worldwide(Source: BCC Research’s Nanotechnology: A Realistic Market Assessment, September 2012). Driven by a rapid expansion of nanotechnologies in the energy storage/generation and construction sectors through 2016, the market for nanotechnology‐derived products and processes could exceed $48.9 billion as early as 2017(Sources: Nanotechnology: A Realistic Market Assessment; and Freedonia Group Inc.’s World Nanomaterials, May 2012).

Investments in nanotechnology across industries such as construction, electronics, chemicals, healthcare, and more have enabled its transition from a laboratory application into a proven science, which have created more efficient, better‐performing commercial products. Within the built environment, industry is increasingly turning to innovative nanomaterials to upgrade, expand, and rebuild crumbling infrastructure. Such innovations are particularly important, for example, as the northeastern U.S. rebuilds following the devastating effects of Super Storm Sandy in late October 2012, which caused up to an estimated $50 billion in property damage, lost business, and other costs in the region(Source:Forbes, November 5, 2012).

While the resources needed for rebuilding affected areas are considerable and reconstruction may take years, there is an underlying opportunity to replace ruined infrastructure with higher‐quality, nano‐enabled structures that offer improved durability in the face of massive storms. To this end, in a November 2012 interview with CNN regarding Super Storm Sandy, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo stated that he was hopeful that not only would the city and metropolitan area be rebuilt, but that the U.S. would “use this as an opportunity to build it back smarter”(Source: CNN’s “Hurricane Sandy Strikes U.S. East Coast; Is Global Warming Bringing Stronger Storms?,” November 2, 2012).

A number of organizations, such as Architecture for Humanity and Global Green USA, have presented plans for rebuilding that emphasize “smarter” designs, including replacing outdated building systems with smart grid technologies and employing green building principles that can often double as disaster preparedness measures. The ability to generate clean energy with solar panels, process waste and water, and maintain thermal insulation without relying on power for heating and cooling could have benefited people during Sandy and reduced disruption in the aftermath. As well, smart grid technology may have allowed power companies to detect and isolate problems faster, potentially reducing fires and other hazards, decreasing outages, and increasing response times.


This report, Nanotechnology and the Built Environment: Investing in Green Infrastructure, is the second edition of Crystal Research Associates’ and Livingston Securities’ Nanotechnology and the Built Environment series. The first report, Nanotechnology and the Built Environment: The Transition to Green Infrastructure, was published on November 17, 2011, and is available at www.crystalra.com
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Li: China needs economic growth, @7.2% - CER/R - Nov 7, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64792

"Premier Li Keqiang said China must achieve annual economic growth of 7.2% to create jobs and should not expand already loose monetary policies, Reuters reported, citing state media.

In one of the few occasions when a top official has specified the minimum level of growth needed for employment, Li said calculations show China's economy must grow at that rate annually to create 10 million jobs a year. His remarks were made at a union meeting two weeks ago but were only published in full this week, just days before a pivotal Communist Party plenum to set policy opens. "

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London Metals Exchange Announces New Storage Rules - E.com - Nov 7, 2013

- Michael Teague -
www.equities.com/editors-desk/futures-commodities/london-met…

"Seeking to tackle allegations of mid-stream price-manipulation and speed up physical deliveries, on Thursday the London Metal Exchange officially notified its members of significant changes to the rules at storage depots.
The changes were originally expected to pertain to depots where waiting times were in excess of 100 days but today’s notice, sent via email, indicated that the LME would be clamping down much harder, and would be looking at depots where the wait for delivery exceeded 50 days. The notice also indicated that the world’s largest industrial metals bazaar would conduct a bi-yearly survey of its warehouse network.

The latter part of the changes will take the form of a “Physical Market Committee” that will be charged with reviewing warehousing logistics for the LME’s over 700 depots worldwide. To deal with the immediate problem of waiting times, depots whose waiting times exceed 50 days will be forced to ship out 1,500 more tons of metal than what they have taken in on a daily basis.

Today’s announced measures come as a result of metals consumers such as CocaCola (K) who complained earlier in the year of lengthy waits for delivery of aluminum that were greatly inflating costs. A New York Times report from late July bolstered these complaints with revelations that Goldman Sachs (GS) was using its ownership of aluminum storage facilities in Chicago, Illinois, to slow down the delivery process in order to deliberately increase costs. The bank was subpoenaed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over the allegations in August.

Goldman has denied the claims made against it, and has responded to the LME’s new measures by saying that they would lead to both more price volatility on the market, as well as more metal being stored outside of the exchange’s network. "

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Policies, Institutions +Markets: The 1st eighteen months, CGIAR Program on Policies, Institutions +Markets(PIM) Report; "Policy Research for a Food Secure Future" - CGIAR/IFPRI - Nov13
www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/pim_ar201213.…

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Golden Star Resources - Announces a 45% Increase in Gold Ounces of Wassa Mineral Resource -to 2.620.000 Ounces @~1.74g/t Au I/I - Nov 7, 2013
www.gsr.com/News_Releases/hpnews-20131107.asp

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Australia’s prosperity depends on mining - MA - Nov 6, 2013 - Nov 6, 2013

- Vicky Validakis -
www.miningaustralia.com.au/features/australia-s-prosperity-d…

" A leading professor of economics says if Australia didn’t have such a rich reserve of resources the nation would be the poor white trash of Asia.

Speaking at a mining conference in Sydney, Professor of Infrastructure Economics at the University of Wollongong, Henry Ergas said it is bizarre how some politicians and the wider community treated the “foundation on which our prosperity is built”.

“This is the only industry in this country that seems to have to justify its existence,” Ergas said.

“If Australia didn’t have these resources we would be the poor white trash of Asia.

“And yet that reality is accepted at best very begrudgingly.”

Pointing to high cash costs and regulatory burdens, Ergas argued that doing business in Australia has become less attractive, and warned the industry risks losing market share to cheaper countries if major changes are not implemented.

With the boom slowing as Australia moves into a phase where the rest of the world is no longer prepared to pay whatever is asked for resource exports, Ergas warned the burdens which were placed on mining companies are no longer sustainable in this production period of the boom.

“When you’re in an absolute seller’s market, you can be relatively inefficient, you can have all kind of burdens placed on your back – but because demand is so strong, even though you’re no longer the peak performer – you still get the prize,” he explained.

“But in the production phase – when margins are no longer as big as they were – then it really is all about relative costs.

“Our problem in Australia over the years has been the difficulty we have in culling relative costs as we enter that phase.”

With cost competiveness more crucial now than ever before, Ergas says the Australian resource industry is also suffering from an ineffective tax system.

“We are the advanced economy that has the greatest dependence on taxing companies as a source of tax revenue,” Ergas said

He argued that the share of tax revenue that comes from company taxation is higher than any other OECD country, with the exception of Norway.

“But with serious issues of structural budget shortfalls, the difficulty in cutting company rates are obvious,” he said.

Instead, Ergas highlighted the benefits of removing unnecessary regulatory burdens, which he says are a form of a tax because they require companies to perform in a costly manner.

Ergas says removing the burdens associated with unnecessary regulations and red and green tape would be the equivalent of cutting the company tax rate by a third.

And with high tax rates discouraging investment, many mining firms are breathing a sigh of relief as the one-stop approvals shop promised by the new Federal government starts to take shape.

The new framework aims to slash green tape and fast-track approvals for mining developments.

“The one-stop-shop will slash red tape and increase jobs and investment, whilst maintaining environmental standards,” Environment Minister Greg Hunt wrote in a statement.

To achieve a single environmental approvals process, the Federal Government will sign a memorandum of understanding with each willing state.

With Queensland already signed up, New South Wales is the next state to give the reform a chance this week, signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commonwealth that seeks to implement the changes.

The Minerals Council of Australia welcomed the move, saying that a national system was long overdue.

“This important breakthrough… is another significant step in the long struggle to untangle green tape without compromising protection of the environment,” chief of the MCA, Mitch Hooke said.

And while moves by the Federal government to abolish the MRRT and Carbon tax will also help to restore confidence, Ergas says more need to be done.

“Whatever one may say about Work Choices, it’s clear that the Fair Work Act was a big move backwards and has created problems, perhaps some of them unintentionally, that really need to be addressed,” he said.

Ergas also pointed to the migration regime, which he says need finessing to ensure foreign labour is a way to secure gains for the next phase of the boom.

On top of this, a wider understanding of how mining contributes to the wider economy will also help, and according to Ergas, is long overdue.

He says Australia has squandered eight major mining booms and says the right policy settings are crucial to ensuring this boom isn’t lost as well.

However, with the new Federal government starting to deliver its pre-election promises aimed at bolstering the mining sector, many in the industry are optimistic a much needed confidence boost is not far off. "

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Aquila Resources - &REBgold Corporation Announce Business Combination +Acquisition of 100% Interest in the Back Forty Project - Nov 7, 2013
www.aquilaresources.com/images/Aquila_-_REBgold_Announce_071…

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Randgold profit up 80%, despite 3% drop in gold price - MW, JOHANNESBURG - Nov 7, 2013

- Leandi Kolver -
www.miningweekly.com/article/randgold-profit-up-80-despite-3…

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Paringa Resources - declares maiden coal resource, @Buck Creek: 154.400.000tonnes M/I/I - Nov 4, 2013
www.paringaresources.com.au/uploads/pdfs/asx_announcements/1…

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"Geology +feasibility: 50/50 or 50% better?" - ME/TEG - Nov 6, 2013
www.miningaustralia.com.au/features/geology-and-feasibility-…

" When talking about feasibility studies and more particularly their failures, it is important to define what exactly a failure is . It is important for a number of reason but a particular one that comes to mind is that not knowing about, or not admitting, a problem or failure almost certainly leads to cost escalation later down the road. So how do you know when your feasibility study has failed? I am aware of the fact that in some circumstances it might be difficult to distinguish between feasibility study failure and project implementation failure but often the implementation and execution has its roots in feasibility problems.

Let’s start with what a feasibility study failure is not. A feasibility study is not a failure when a study finds a project infeasible. This may seem easy enough but a toxic mixture of corporate pressure, intrinsic consultant conflict of interest and the resultant confirmation bias often results in over-optimism when instead there should be realism (maybe even pessimism). A execution failure as opposed to a study failure can be distinguished on the basis that there is no change in the geo-technical aspects encountered during development and that market conditions have remained within the parameters of the cost sensitivity study.

Issues related to feasibility failure can often go undetected for a long time, in some cases due to very high development and production rates (albeit unsustainable) at the onset of a project, in other cases due to ineffective, all inclusive technical monitoring and/or lack of resource. These are some of the indications that the feasibility study has failed:

- Mined ore grade is lower than expected
- Processing plant is under performing
- Development cannot keep up with planned schedule
- These indicators usually lead to capital costs overruns
- Higher than planned operating costs
- Lower sales revenues


These characteristics are not always an indication of failure but should be flickering orange lights to the project team. As geologists we need to be acutely aware of the fact that these components of failure are often either directly or indirectly related to the resource model and estimation. A 2003 study (Managing technical risk for mine feasibility studies; McCarthy) allocated the following frequency with which different technical factors resulted in feasibility study failure:

- Geology, resource and reserve estimation: 17%
- Geo-technical analysis: 9%
- Metallurgical test work, sampling, [mineralogy?]: 15%
- Geo-hydrology: 4%
- Mine design and scheduling: 32%
- Mining equipment selection: 4%
- Process plant design: 12%
- Cost estimation: 7%


Direct geology link? Almost half. So, good geology work gives a truly feasible project a 50% better chance of success, bad geology turns a perfectly sound project into 50/50 chance. "

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US funds get 1st access, to China stocks - CER/WSJ - Nov 8, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64804

"China has granted approval to the first US exchange-traded funds to track mainland stocks, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources.

The go-ahead was given to two domestic fund managers to sell China ETFs listed in New York, two people with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. These will be the first outside Hong Kong, where global money managers can buy similar products. Until now, the only way for offshore investors to get into China was either by buying Chinese companies listed overseas or to apply for a quota that allowed direct access to the mainland's markets. "

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Gold miner Amara "taps Amway family wealth to boost prospects"; African gold miner Amara Mining has sold roughly a 5th of its shares to a wealth management firm investing on behalf of one of America's richest families, in a deal that will bring in cash, a drilling firm, +exploration licenses - MW/R, LONDON - Nov 7, 2013
www.miningweekly.com/article/gold-miner-amara-taps-amway-fam…

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Das www.4investors.de-Vorstandsinterview -Schoeller Clean Power: Eine Revolution beim EEG ist nötig - Nov 8, 2013
www.4investors.de/php_fe/index.php?sektion=stock&ID=75320

"Derzeit verhandeln in Berlin Politiker von CDU, CSU und SPD über die Energiepolitik einer zukünftigen Bundesregierung in der neuen Legislaturperiode. Die EU-Kommission sitzt quasi mit am Verhandlungstisch. Frank Trauboth, einem der Partner von Schoeller Clean Power, wäre eine grundlegende Veränderung der Förderprogramme als Verhandlungsergebnis lieb. Die Liberalisierung der Strommärkte ist seiner Meinung nach gescheitert. Die Politik tut sich mit Veränderungen schwer. Dennoch sieht Trauboth in neuen Geschäftsmodellen und auf diversen europäischen Märkten Chancen. Ein Interview mit einem Solarenergie-Manager mitten im Umbruch der Branche.


www.4investors.de: Sie haben jüngst von grundlegenden Veränderungen auf den Energiemärkten gesprochen. Was verändert sich dort aus ihrer Sicht?

Trauboth: Der Energiemarkt ist heute im wahren Sinn unter Spannung. Die Preise an den Strombörsen sind im Keller, stromintensive Kunden lassen sich von Umlagen befreien und die Endverbraucher zahlen Höchstpreise. Die europäische Liberalisierung der Strommärkte, die mehr Wettbewerb und niedrige Kosten wollte, ist vollkommen gescheitert.


www.4investors.de: Die erneuerbaren Energien haben es derzeit politisch nicht einfach. Brüssel drängt auf Reformen der Förderprogramme für Erneuerbare Energien, EU-Kommissar Joaquín Almunia will ein Beihilfeverfahren gegen Deutschland wegen des Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes eröffnen. Bringt der wachsende politische Druck nicht unüberschaubare zusätzliche Risiken und Unsicherheiten für Investitionen in Erneuerbare Energien mit sich?

Trauboth: Zum einen sind Erneuerbare Energien stabile und attraktive Alternativen für Haushalte und Firmen. Das wird so bleiben. Zum anderen sehen wir momentan einen erheblichen Investitionsstau: Bis 2030 werden laut EU-Kommission eine Billion Euro in neue Kraftwerke investiert werden müssen, 25 Prozent davon in Erneuerbare Energien.

In Europa sind über 150.000 Megawatt Erneuerbare Energien installiert. Diese Kraftwerke sind die günstigsten Strompreisanbieter an der Börse wegen fehlender Primärenergiekosten für Gas und Kohle, schaffen Versorgungssicherheit und liefern stabile Strompreise über jeweils 20 bis 25 Jahre. Das sind wirtschaftlich wichtige Argumente unter denen aber die Stromversorger leiden. Hier liegt auch die Wurzel des Drucks aus Brüssel. Die Stromkonzerne haben eine mächtige Lobby und schüren Unsicherheit, um Zeit zu gewinnen. Der Bestandsschutz gilt aber rechtlich für alle diese Projekte, eine nachträgliche Änderung wie in Spanien mit seinem staatlich regulierten Strommarkt ist ein klarer Rechtsbruch.

Investoren wie auch Banken werden nur dann dort weiter investieren, wenn alte Projekte nicht bestraft werden und neue sich rentieren. Dies gilt für ganz Europa. Sonst ist die Versorgungssicherheit gefährdet und dies wird auch in Brüssel keiner verantworten wollen. Wir stehen aber vor einem gewaltigen Infrastrukturprogramm, für das der Kapitalmarkt als einzige Finanzierungsquelle in Frage kommt. Das sollte genügend Sicherheit geben.


www.4investors.de: Meldungen über einen geschönten Subventionsbericht aus der EU-Kommission bzw. der Generaldirektion des EU-Kommissars Günther Oettinger haben jüngst aufhorchen lassen. Wie fair kann eine Debatte um eine Neuregelung der Förderung von Solar-, Windenergie und Co. in dem derzeit aufgeheizten Umfeld überhaupt ablaufen?

Trauboth: Die aktuelle Debatte leidet vor allem darunter, dass sie interessengeleitet ist. Dass die fossilen Energieträger – inklusive der Kernenergie – laut Kommission im vergangenen Jahr mit über 100 Milliarden Euro gefördert wurden und die erneuerbaren Energien mit 30 Milliarden Euro, zeigt die Dimensionen. Ich bin überzeugt, auf Dauer können wir uns Subventionen im Energiemarkt egal für welche Energieart nicht leisten. Auf Vollkostenbasis sind die Erneuerbaren Energien heute schon den fossilen Energieträgern überlegen, weil sie günstiger sind.


www.4investors.de: Welche politischen Schritte in der Energiepolitik im Inland erwarten Sie von der wohl kommenden großen Koalition in Berlin bis 2017? Welche Themen muss die Bundesregierung auf europäischer Ebene voran bringen?

Trauboth: Die Politik wird sich mit Veränderungen schwer tun. Dabei bräuchten wir dringend eine Revolution des EEG. Ich sage bewusst Revolution, weil wir einen komplett neuen Ansatz brauchen. Beispielsweise einen Renewables Portfolio Standard („RPS“), genau wie eine Abgasnorm beim Auto, die laufend verschärft wird. Dieser Standard müsste Mindestmengen für Erneuerbare Energien, zum Beispiel 50 Prozent im Endkundengeschäft, vorschreiben. Der Verbraucher würde von stabilen Strompreisen, sauberer Luft und Klimaschutz profitieren.


www.4investors.de: Sie gehen davon aus, dass Kraftwerke in einigen Jahren statt über feste Fördersätze durch Direktvermarktung und bilaterale Stromlieferverträge ihre Einnahmen erzielen werden. Kann es überhaupt auf Augenhöhe zugehen, wenn kleine Betreiber zum Beispiel von Solarparks mit den großen Stromkonzernen verhandeln?

Trauboth: Jedes neu installierte Megawatt im Bereich Erneuerbare Energien schwächt Stromkonzerne, wenn sie in der Value Chain nicht partizipieren. Hier entsteht Raum. Kleine und neue Anbieter haben wirtschaftlich große Vorteile, da sie keine Altlasten haben und neue Geschäftsmodelle etablieren, für die alte Anbieter keine Ressourcen besitzen. Wir investieren daher bei Schoeller in neue Geschäftsmodelle und denken hier 50 Jahre weiter.


www.4investors.de: Welche Vorteile können Investoren realisieren, wenn sie sich dem Schoeller-Netzwerk in Form des „Investment- und Asset-Management-Gates“ anschließen, statt auf eigene Faust zu agieren?

Trauboth: Investoren können von unseren Erfahrungen profitieren. Wir haben mit Direktinvestments angefangen und natürlich auch Lehrgeld bezahlt. Heute haben wir eine eigene Leitstelle für die Kraftwerke und betreiben diese wie einen industriellen Betrieb. Das heißt, wir sind tatsächlich operativ tätig und haben alle Zahlen tagesaktuell im Blick. Im Ergebnis profitieren die Anleger und wir von höherer Verfügbarkeit, mehr Leistung und niedrigeren Kosten. Damit können wir die Strompreise künftig mit mehr Marge vermarkten. Zudem ist ein Kraftwerk immer auch ein Real Asset, vor allem wenn es professionell betrieben wird.


www.4investors.de: Ihr Fonds Clean Power Income Fund hat sein „first closing“ hinter sich gebracht. Mit wie viel Kapital startet der Fonds und wurden bereits erste Investments getätigt?

Trauboth: Der Fonds wird von der Familie Schoeller mit fünf Millionen Euro Startkapital initiiert und ist im Private Placement. Wir dürfen daher keine Details zu Projekten preisgeben. Allgemein gesprochen ist dieser institutionelle, regulierte Teilfonds ein sehr gutes Beispiel für unser eigenes Investmentverständnis von nachhaltigen, stabilen Ausschüttungen vom ersten Tag an, Vermögenserhalt durch Reinvestition der freien Cash Flows, geringem Gearing sowie einem strukturellen Exit.


www.4investors.de: Sind derzeit Investitionen in den Fonds möglich?

Trauboth: Ja, jederzeit. Wir führen derzeit viele Gespräche und stoßen auf großes Interesse bei den institutionellen Investoren.


www.4investors.de: Trotz niedriger Finanzierungskosten verzichtet Schoeller bei Investitionen des Clean Power Income Fund in Kraftwerke gerne auf Fremdkapital in Form von Bankkrediten. Sind die möglichen positiven Auswirkungen des Leverage-Effekts auf die Eigenkapitalrendite nicht mehr attraktiv genug für das zusätzliche Risiko und den Verlust an unternehmerischer Freiheit?

Trauboth: Hier gilt es zu unterscheiden. Wir kaufen Kraftwerke ausschließlich mit Eigenkapital und verzichten auf Projektebene vollständig auf Fremdkapital. Nur so behalten wir die volle Kosten- und Betreiberführerschaft. Zudem bekommen wir die Kraftwerke zumeist direkt von der Quelle, was zu deutlichen Vorteilen im Einkaufspreis führt. Im weiteren Verlauf des Kraftwerksbetriebes optimieren wir die Erträge für den Eigenkapitalgeber in der Weise, dass wir zum Beispiel über einen Schuldschein ca. 35 Prozent des Gesamtinvestments fremdfinanzieren. Bei unseren Aktivitäten rund um die Optimierung der Finanzierungsstruktur steht jedoch stets der Erhalt von stabilen Ausschüttungen im Vordergrund. In einigen europäischen Ländern verschafft dieser Ansatz eine vortreffliche Einkaufsposition für Projekte.


www.4investors.de: In welchen Märkten sehen Sie zukünftig besonders gute Chancen für ihr Engagement?

Trauboth: Europa bietet im Moment sehr gute Chancen. Wir gehen gerne in Märkte, bevor sie „mainstream“ sind und verlassen sie, wenn sie heiß laufen. In Deutschland ist nun zum Beispiel ein guter Zeitpunkt Projekte zu verkaufen. England, Italien, Polen hingegen – um nur einige zu nennen - sind interessant.


www.4investors.de: Und wer ist Ihr „typischer Anleger“? Wie hoch ist die durchschnittliche Anlagesumme, welchen Anteil des Portfolios investiert er in Erneuerbare Energien?

Trauboth: Pensionskassen, Versorgungswerke, Kirchen, Stiftungen, Versicherungen, Family Offices und High Net Worth Individuals suchen Anlagemöglichkeiten im Infrastrukturbereich, die in dem Anlagedreieck Ertrag, Risiko und Liquidität ausgewogen sind. Wir liefern hier für diese Investoren einen unternehmerischen Ansatz, der die beste Antwort auf alle künftigen Themen im Energiemarkt liefert. "

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Ceres - &Syngenta Extend Market Development in Brazil - Oct 23, 2013
www.ceres.net/News/NewsReleases/2013/10-23-13-News-Rel.html
http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/AMDA-DYCL4/2779078216…

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Zitat von Popeye82:

Zitat von Popeye82: Cradle Resources - to Acquire the Panda Hill Niobium Project, Tanzania, with Resources of 56.000.000 tonnes @0.50% Nb2O5 I - Apr 3, 2013

+ Cradle is to acquire a 50% interest in the Panda Hill Niobium Project, Tanzania with a right to acquire the balance of the Project

+ The Project has an established Niobium JORC Resource, with " "potential" to be highly economic", a scoping study will commence immediately, following acquisition

+ Part of the Vendor consideration is conditional upon a definitive feasibility study demonstrating a NPV10 of @least US $400.000.000

+ The Resource is a JORC inferred 56.000.000t deposit @ 0.50% Nb2O5, with an "indicative strip ratio" of 1:1

+ The mineralization is open both @depth +along strike, extensional +in-fill drilling is planned, immediately following acquisition

+ The preliminary metallurgical recoveries are "confirmed by historical test work"

+ The Project is located on granted Mining Licenses

+ An experienced project management team is already assembled, to drive the Project ...
www.cradleresources.com.au/_content/documents/130403-1%20Pan…

Initial Assay Results "confirm "significant" Mineralisation", @Panda Hill - Sep 4, 2013

+ "Significant" intercepts encountered, including 116m @0.76% Nb2O5 +67m @0.54% Nb2O5

+ Assay results "dramatically increase" extent, of known mineralisation

+ Additional near surface, higher grade material also identified ...
www.cradleresources.com.au/_content/documents/1252958.pdf

Substantial Upgrade to Panda Hill Resource -to 81.800.000t @0.52% Nb2O5 I/I, drilling "only covered a portion of the previous resource area" - Nov 8, 2013

+ Panda Hill Resource increases -to 81.800.000t @0.52% Nb2O5

+ An increase of 50% in contained metal

+ Includes a new high-grade weathered zone –11.000.000t @0.80% Nb2O5

+ Primary carbonatite zone –71.000.000t @0.47% Nb2O5

+ "Exploration potential" open @depth +to the south of current resource ...
www.cradleresources.com.au/_content/documents/CXX%20-%20SUBS…
www.cradleresources.com.au/_content/documents/Patersons%20Re…

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Allied Healthcare Group - awarded "Industry's Emerging Company of the Year" - Oct 31, 2013
www.alliedhealthcaregroup.com.au/files/files/731_2013-10-31_…


1st CardioCel sales in EU - Nov 8, 2013
www.alliedhealthcaregroup.com.au/files/files/735_2013-11-08_…

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New leadership brings a change to Australia’s resources sector - MW/CMR - Nov 8, 2013

- E. Swanepoel -
www.miningweekly.com/article/new-leadership-brings-a-change-…

" In September this year, Liberal leader Tony Abbott was elected Australia’s new Prime Minister, heralding significant changes for the country’s resources sector.

On his election trail, Abbott and his political punters appealed to the political power- house that is the Australian resources sector, promising that, if elected, his government would dispose of the much-contested minerals resource rent tax (MRRT) and the carbon tax.

It was, after all, the might of the resources industry that was, in part, responsible for Julia Gillard deposing then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in 2010, after he had introduced the ill-fated resources super profits tax (RSPT).

The RSPT was eventually replaced by the MRRT, and despite promises to the contrary, the Gillard government also introduced the carbon tax on July 1, 2012, prompting another fall-out with the country’s mining sector.

In a political kerfuffle earlier this year, Gillard herself was deposed by Rudd, after the Labor party had lost faith in her. However, Rudd was unable to withstand the political headwinds and lost the federal election in September.

The resources sector vigorously welcomed Abbott into his new role, with industry bodies proclaiming that the new government would restore Australia’s international competitive- ness.

“The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (Amec) looks forward to working closely with the Coalition government in implementing the various policy announcements made in the lead-up to the election, which should restore confidence in investment and business decision-making processes,” said Amec CEO Simon Bennison at the time of Abbott’s election.

He added that the abolition of the numerous taxes on the resources sector would result in an indisputable message being sent to investors and decision-makers that “Australia is open for business”.

Making good on Abbott’s promises, the Coalition government’s first item of Parlia-mentary business was to introduce legis- lation to repeal the carbon tax, with Abbott expressing his optimism that the legislation would be passed through Parliament before the end of the year.

“This legislation will be the first Bill con-sidered by the new Parliament. It is a Bill designed to not only keep government’s commitments, but to do the right thing by the people of Australia,” Abbott said.

“Abolishing the carbon tax will improve Australia’s international competitiveness, which was being undermined by the unfair hit on business,” the Prime Minister said, adding that the legislation would give the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission further powers to take action against businesses that engage in price exploitation following the repeal of the carbon tax.

The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) had earlier predicted that the cost of the carbon tax to Australia’s mining industry had exceeded more than A$1.2-billion a year, when the price of emissions permits, the impact on diesel fuel and higher energy charges were included.

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC), representing the heart of Australia’s coal mining sector, said that the removal of the carbon tax would assist in restoring the confidence of the Queensland coal industry, which was confronting the toughest operating environment in more than a decade.

Saying that the carbon tax was the biggest impost for the coal industry in Australia, the QRC welcomed Abbott’s move.

In October, Abbott further ingratiated himself to the resources sector, releasing draft legislation to repeal the MRRT.

In his announcement of the legislation, Treasurer Joe Hockey labelled the MRRT a “complex and unnecessary tax”, saying it had struggled to raise the revenue predicted by the previous government.

In fact, the MRRT, which was also introduced in 2012, was predicted to raise only A$7.2-billion in revenue by 2016/17, nearly A$5-billion less than expected by the Gillard government. The tax raised only A$126-million during the first half of the 2012/13 financial year.

MCA CEO Mitch Hooke had argued that, while the MRRT was not as punitive as the RSPT, it nevertheless compromised Australia’s attractiveness as an investment destination and put Australia at the height of international tax rates.

He added that the repeal of the MRRT would restore industry confidence and remove a further impost that destroyed value in long-term, risky coal and iron-ore projects.

“The repeal of the MRRT will contribute towards repairing some of the fiscal damage inflicted by the previous government on our nation’s finances,” Hockey promised.

But the Coalition government’s opus to the resources sector did not end there.

It has also announced plans to introduce an exploration development incentive that would allow investors to deduct a proportion of mining exploration expenditure against their taxable income.

The incentive would be implemented from July 2014.

Further, the newly elected government has moved to simplify the environmental approvals process for major projects, introducing a ‘one-stop-shop’ concept to slash red tape and increase investment, while maintaining environmental standards.

Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt said government would approach the streamlining process in three stages, the first of which was to sign a memorandum of understanding with each of the willing states on the key principles and which confirmed cooperation on achieving a single process.

The second stage would see the federal and state governments agree on bilateral assessments and updating those that are already in, while stage three would see agreements on bilateral approvals within 12 months with willing states.

The MCA’s Hooke said the streamlining project was long overdue.

“The minerals industry has long advocated the need to streamline federal and state processes such that the Commonwealth sets the standards for environmental responsibilities under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, and devolves assessment and approvals functions to the states,” said Hooke.

A similar process was being considered for the offshore petroleum industry, with government recently saying it would undertake a strategic assessment of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority’s (Nopsema’s) current environmental management process.

Government has prioritised the strategic assessment in order for Nopsema’s environmental regulation to be recognised as meeting requirements of the EPBC Act, without additional referral or approval required from a separate Commonwealth regulator.

Government was also considering the implications of the petroleum resources rent tax, Hockey said.

However, despite the positive changes initiated by the Abbott-led government, Australia was still faced with a number of investment hurdles.

Azure Capital MD for corporate advisory Geoff Rasmussen pointed out that the strong Australian dollar, as well as the high cost of labour and the perception of unnecessary bureaucratic delays in environmental approvals, were all still a disadvantage to Australia.

“Ultimately, you are competing against every country in the world in trying to get global investment dollars into your asset. Getting rid of the MRRT and the carbon tax is not going to mean that we will be fundament-ally more competitive overnight.”

Rasmussen noted that, while there was little to be done about the strength of the Australian dollar, government did have influence on the cost structure of certain projects.

“The reality is that there are plenty of examples of resource projects that are being held back by infrastructure rather than costs, so the federal government can play a much more proactive and aggressive role in assisting the state governments in putting the necessary infrastructure in place.”

He also suggested further tax reforms and possible incentives to provide a permanent workforce in the northern regions of the country, where resource projects are currently reliant on the fly-in, fly-out method of transporting workers to site. "

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Barrick Gold signals its founder, Peter Munk, to step down - M/R/CMR, LONDON - Nov 8, 2013
www.miningweekly.com/article/barrick-gold-signals-its-founde…

"Barrick Gold signaled on Friday that founder and chairperson Peter Munk is likely to step down from the board at next year's annual meeting, a move sources pinned to concerns surrounding the gold miner's recent $3-billion equity offering.

Sources familiar with the situation say banks underwriting the huge offering have struggled to sell as much as one third of the shares on offer, amid investor concern around corporate governance issues within Barrick, specifically the number of independent board members and the role of Munk.

Munk, 86, has always driven Barrick's agenda: he started the company in 1983 and forged it into the world's largest gold producer. Recent missteps such as the shelving of the costly Pascua-Lama project in the Andes have prompted investors to question the leadership of a man once viewed as a visionary in the mining industry.

In an amended regulatory filing relating to the equity offering, one of the largest in Canadian history, Toronto-based Barrick said it is working to address shareholder concerns.

It indicated that Munk is likely to bow out by the time of the AGM, which is likely to take place in the April.

"The board is addressing the issues that have been raised with our directors, which include modification of the company's executive compensation arrangements, the rejuvenation of the board through a combination of departures from the board, the addition of independent directors and succession in the chairman role at the company, consistent with Mr Munk's desire to retire as chairman of the board," the filing said.

"The company's intention is to update the market before year end on these initiatives, with governance changes expected to take effect in conjunction with Barrick's next annual meeting."

Barrick said the filing was meant to clear up confusion in the market around the timeline for Munk's departure.

Barrick has hinted in the past that Munk was likely to leave soon, but the company had been less explicit about the timing.


SHAREHOLDER REVOLT

Barrick faced a minor shareholder revolt at this year's annual meeting, with around 85% of its shareholders opposing its nonbinding resolution on executive compensation.

The revolt began after a group of Canada's top pension funds publicly opposed a $11.9-million signing bonus for co-chairperson John Thornton, the man tipped as the miner's next chairperson.

Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis, earlier this year, advised its clients to withhold votes from three directors, as the board does not have a two-thirds level of independence.

The generous bonus for Thornton was a particular focus of investor discontent, given problems that have plagued Barrick for months, including ballooning capital costs at its key growth project, Pascua-Lama, a mine it was building on the border of Chile and Argentina.

Last month, Barrick said it would stop development of Pascua-Lama indefinitely, a surprise reversal on a project that has already cost it more than $5-billion.

Investors have also taken umbrage with Barrick's disappointing push into copper through its C$7.3-billion takeover of Africa-focused copper miner Equinox in 2011. Several sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters that Munk himself played a pivotal role in pushing for the deal.

Barrick shares, down 45 percent year to date as of Thursday's close, were down less than a percent at C$18.88 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Friday afternoon. "

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Star Scientific - In Peer Reviewed Human Trials Anatabine "Demonstrates The Ability To Normalize The Immune Response Of An Auto-Immune Illness. "It's A First" " - Oct 31, 2013
www.starscientific.com/2013-10-31-Star-Scientific-and-Rock-C…

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TrueGold Mining - increases mineralized strike length, by 140% - Nov 4, 2013
www.truegoldmining.com/sites/default/files/13-11-04_-_Kao_No…

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Traders Magazine - Nov13
http://tradersonline-mag.com/01_ezine/01_traders/en/2013/11/…

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Carbon-negative biobutanol for $2/gallon? ITRI "says its ButyFix technology has the right stuff" - BD - Nov 3, 2013

- J. Lane -
www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2013/11/03/carbon-negative-bi…

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Hydrogenics - E.ON +Swissgas Begin Commercial Operations @Power-to-Gas Facility in Germany Using Hydrogenics Technology, project "makes E.ON one of the 1st companies to demonstrate that surplus energy can be stored in the gas pipeline system in, order to help balance supply against demand" - Aug 29, 2013
www.hydrogenics.com/about-the-company/news-updates/2013/08/2…

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No future without improved productivity –Cutifani - MW/CMR, JOHANNESBURG - Aug 27, 2013

- M. Creamer -
www.miningweekly.com/article/no-future-without-improved-prod…

"The South African mining industry, which is producing at a level 10% lower than seven years ago, has no future without improved productivity, Chamber of Mines of South Africa president Mark Cutifani said on Tuesday.

“We have to work and talk together to create a future,” said Cutifani, who is also CEO of Anglo American, South Africa’s biggest mining company.

In a video interview with Mining Weekly Online on the sidelines of South Africa’s second annual Mining Lekgotla, Cutifani said the industry could not continue to pay higher wages without these being supported by greater output.

The lekgotla is a platform for all key stakeholders to map the future of the mining sector, with growth, transformation and global competitiveness this year’s theme.

On futurist Peter Schwartz’s warning to the lekgotla that the South African mining industry had no future if it failed to innovate, Cutifani said all relevant industry stakeholders should be involved in moves to innovate and automate.

“The key thing is to work with employees and understand where we can make significant technology improvements to improve productivity,” said Cutifani, who emphasised the importance of each individual employee – including himself – achieving greater output.

“It’s about productivity. We can’t continue to pay higher wages unless it’s backed by higher productivity.

“There is no future without productivity. That’s the word we’re missing. That’s the word that we have to go forward with as a country.

“We’ve got to talk, understand each other and lockstep going forward,” London-based Cutifani urged, adding that, to outsiders, South Africa sometimes looked like a war zone.

“I know that’s not true but that’s what it looks like from outside. We’ve got to present ourselves differently because, at the end of the day, much of the investment we need has to come from offshore and if people don’t believe we trust each other, they won’t invest. We’ve got to change that, and we’ve got to change it quick,” he added.


SAFETY TREND

South Africa’s rate of improvement in mining safety was better than any other country.

South Africa had reduced fatalities by 66% from 2003 to 2012 compared with 47% in the US and 25% in Canada.

“If you draw those numbers out over the next ten years, we will be the leader in safety. That’s where we’ve got to be. That’s where we’ve got to go.

“People should acknowledge the good work but at the very same time acknowledge that we have to do much more because where we are is still not acceptable,” he said.

South Africa’s technical challenges were still far greater than its peer countries.

“The solutions that we need to design have to be different to anyone else. In the end, we’ve got to create our own solutions. That’s the real message,” he added. "

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No improved productivity with ongoing killings –NUM - MW/CMR/NUM, JOHANNESBURG - Aug 27, 2013

- M. Creamer -
www.miningweekly.com/article/no-mine-productivity-with-ongoi…

"Vital productivity improvements would elude South Africa’s mining industry for as long as mineworkers were killed because of their union affiliation and lawlessness was allowed to prevail, National Union of Mineworkers president Senzeni Zokwana said on Tuesday.

In an address to the second yearly Mining Lekgotla, Zokwana said that the killing of its members was going unpunished and the union would not be able to respond positively to repeated management requests for greater productivity while their members faced threats in their places of residence.

“Productivity will not improve if workers go underground not sure whether they will still be alive the next day,” Zokwana said.

The Marikana Commission of Inquiry and the declaration of people as possible witnesses had left the justice system in abeyance and given them confidence to perpetrate other forms of recklessness in the troubled platinum belt.

As a result of the ongoing instability, foreign investors were avoiding South Africa as an investment destination and he would do the same if he were in their shoes.

“If I was sitting in Canada and deciding where to invest the money, I don’t think I would choose this country,” he added.

However, if all unions were compelled to work within the legal framework, the country would have a future as an investment destination and mineworkers would be better able to improve productivity.

NUM had a tradition of sticking to its agreements no matter how painful they might turn out to be.

There should not be one rule for one union and another rule for others, he said.

With steps being taken to introduce greater mechanisation, new technologies and automation, further education and training colleges should be used to ensure that mineworkers had skills that would make them employable in other sectors.

NUM believed in the local beneficiation of local minerals and metals because it increased local consumption and lessened reliance on other markets, which would help to shield the country in times of low commodity prices and currency constraints.

NUM was committed to refraining from recklessness during its wage negotiations, it did not demonstrate with assegais and spears and made a point of not wrecking mine plant and equipment.

“We are committed to help to build the future of the mining industry,” Zokwana said. "

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Atrum Coal MD discusses Groundhog, +recent financing - BRR - Nov 11, 2013
www.brrmedia.com/event/118337

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Spielekonsolen-Markt in Deutschland bricht vor neuen Geräten ein - W:0/DPA/AFX, BERLIN - Nov 10, 2013
www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/6411446-spielekonsolen-ma…

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Apple entwickelt Smartphones mit großen gewölbten Displays - W:0/DPA/AFX, NEW YORK - Nov 10, 2013
www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/6411454-medien-apple-entw…

"Die Hinweise auf iPhone-Modelle mit deutlich größeren und gewölbten Bildschirmen verdichten sich. Apple entwickle Geräte mit gebogenen Displays und Diagonalen von 4,7 und 5,5 Zoll (knapp 12 bis 14 cm), berichtete die Finanznachrichtenagentur Bloomberg am Sonntag. Sie sollen voraussichtlich im dritten Quartal 2014 auf den Markt kommen, hieß es unter Berufung auf eine informierte Person. Das 'Wall Street Journal' hatte bereits vor einigen Wochen berichtet, Apple probiere große Smartphone-Bildschirme aus. Bloomberg und die Zeitung haben traditionell gute Quellen, wenn es um Apple geht.

Während vor allem der Hauptrivale Samsung mit großen Smartphones bei den Kunden erfolgreich ist, weigerte sich Apple bislang, auf den Trend aufzuspringen. Firmenchef Tim Cook erklärte allerdings jüngst, dass ein Hindernis aus Sicht des Konzerns - Kompromisse bei der Bildqualität - inzwischen weitgehend ausgeräumt sei./so/DP/edh "

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Volkswagen "forschungsintensivster [börsennotierter]Konzern der Welt" - W:0/DFA/AFX/B&C, WOLFSBURG/MÜNCHEN - Oct 22, 2013
www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/6380995-studie-volkswagen…

"Europas größter Autobauer Volkswagen steckt einer Studie zufolge so viel Geld in Forschung und Entwicklung wie kein anderer börsennotierter Konzern der Welt. Mit einem Volumen von 11,4 Milliarden US-Dollar (8,33 Mrd Euro) liegt VW in der Analyse klar vor dem südkoreanischen Samsung -Konzern (10,4 Mrd US-Dollar). Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt das Beratungsunternehmen Booz & Company, das die Ausgaben für Forschung und Entwicklung (F&E) von Mitte 2012 bis Mitte 2013 verglich. Die Studie liegt der Nachrichtenagentur dpa vor.

Die schärfsten VW-Konkurrenten Toyota und General Motors belegen die Plätze sechs und elf. Auf Rang drei in der Bestenliste folgt der Schweizer Pharmariese Roche (10,2 Mrd US-Dollar). Dahinter liegen die US-Computerriesen Intel und Microsoft auf den Plätzen vier und fünf./loh/DP/enl "

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Battelle engineers +scientists have developed a mobile device that transforms residues such as wood chips or agricultural waste into bio-oil using catalytic pyrolysis. As currently configured, the Battelle-funded unit converts one ton of pine chips, shavings +sawdust into as much as 130 gallons of wet bio-oil/day - BD - Nov 11, 2013

- J. Lane-
www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2013/11/11/is-it-the-future-o…

"If you can’t afford to bring the biomass to the refinery, why not bring the refinery to the biomass?
A new, farm-scale mobile pyrolysis may travel by 18-wheeler — munching feedstock, making fuels.

In Ohio, Battelle engineers and scientists have developed a mobile device that transforms residues such as wood chips or agricultural waste into bio-oil using catalytic pyrolysis. As currently configured, the Battelle-funded unit converts one ton of pine chips, shavings and sawdust into as much as 130 gallons of wet bio-oil per day.


The what

This intermediate bio-oil then can be upgraded by hydrotreatment into a gas/diesel blend or jet fuel. Battelle’s testing of the bio-based gasoline alternative suggests that it can be blended with existing gasoline and can help fuel producers meet their renewable fuel requirements.

The Battelle bio-oil created by the mobile pyrolysis unit is similar to naturally occurring fossil oils harvested from underground.

Additionally, all of the waste materials produced by the unit’s process-liquid, solid and gas-have been taken into account. The liquid waste stream is water that can be safely recycled or disposed of, the solid char contains inorganics that can be used in fertilizers and the venting gas is monitored for safety.


The mobility

Because of its small size, the pyrolysis unit is installed on the trailer of a flat-bed 18-wheel truck, making it mobile and thus transportable to the waste products. This feature makes it ideal to access the woody biomass that is often left stranded in agricultural regions, far away from industrial facilities. It’s potentially a significant cost advantage over competing processes represented by large facilities that require shipment of the biomass from its home site.


Alternative feedstocks

Currently, Battelle experts are using mainly pine waste in the transportable pyrolysis unit, although the high-tech machine can be modified to use other types of unwanted agricultural field residue known as stranded biomass, including corn stover, switch grass and Miscanthus.


Alternative markets

An alternative use of Battelle’s bio-oil is its conversion to a bio-polyol that can be substituted in chemical manufacturing for polyols derived from petroleum. Battelle’s bio-polyols have been validated by a third-party polyurethane producer as a viable alternative.


The where

Battelle is evaluating this one-ton-per-day system at its West Jefferson, Ohio facility. The pilot-scale system is the culmination of Battelle’s second-stage development of the mobile pyrolysis technology.


The background

In the first stage, which took place over the past four years, Battelle created a bench-scale machine that converted 50-pounds of woody waste per day, demonstrating the novel concept. The next step will be to work with a strategic partner/investor to produce a tenth-scale demonstration unit.


Reaction from Battelle

“We have something quite compelling,” said Kathya Mahadevan, Business Line Manager in Battelle’s Energy and Environment at business. “We’ve got it producing oil and have proven viable applications for it. As we increase scale, we will be able to further refine efficiencies such as thermal consumption and yield.”


The bottom line

Could be huge. As in, huge. On two fronts. One, the 130 gallons per ton — way, way ahead of what we see from anything else coming close to scale in the world of cellulosics. Only ZeaChem has posted these kinds of numbers — and in their case, making ethanol instead of energy-dense bio-oil.

Perhaps most importantly, the mobility. There are the domestic fuel implications to consider — its perhaps a first transformative step towards the cellulosic combine harvester that grabs biomass and pyrolyzes on the spot. And just mows down the acres of switchgrass — or ag residues or wood — a true Fields of Fuel, as it were.


Lest We Forget

It’s November 11th, friend. Veteran’s Day. End date of the war to end all wars. Let’s think about this development from Battelle, in the context of defense applications.

But consider the in-theater opportunities for militry application. No more fuel convoys in remote areas with rickety one-land roads that are a natural target for the enemy. A version of such a harvester that included a weapons platform would be something quite out of the ordinary — the perpetual warfighting machine. Makes its own fuel, makes its own water. Leaves soil amendment behind.

Keep in mind the opportunities with biofuels made from bio-oils in terms of surface-to-air performance. We covered those here. Best way to summarize is this: Up to 7 percent gain in range or payload, pick your fave. "

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Northern Graphite Announces Li-ion Battery Research &Development Project; Almost all SPG is produced from small flake concentrates +the yield is only 30% which is the largest cost in its manufacture. Northern has achieved yields up to 70% from its large flake graphite which will substantially reduce production costs. Only natural flake graphite that can be economically rounded +purified to 99.95%+C can be used to make SPG +it must be free of specific impurities. Northern has produced SPG from its concentrates, purified it using its own proprietary process, +successfully tested it in batteries - Nov 11, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/northern-graphite-announce…

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Zitat von Popeye82: Hybrid PayTech World - Signs Agreement With PIICOM Inc, "one of the largest Canadian resellers of enterprise hardware +software for fleet, delivery +transport" - Oct 1, 2012
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_136183_hybrid_an…


Hybrid &Precitec, a "leader offering the latest technology in product design +fabrication of plastic injection molds", Develop Tablet &Device Cradle for Retailers - Oct 9, 2012
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_136463_freeport_…


Hybrid Partners with Bancnet of the Philippines, the "largest electronic banking consortium in the Philippines" - Nov 9, 2012
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_137167_freeport_…


InvoiceA SAP +Hybrid Paytech Team Up for Mobile Payments, Invoicing +POS - Dec 10, 2012
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_137957_invoiceas…


Hybrid Enters Into Partnership LOI with GGC of Philippines - Dec 21, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_138208_press_rel…


hybrid PayTech +Go FUN Hong Kong sign deal - Feb 2, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/FAS_139178_gofun_and…


Hybrid Enters Into Partner Agreement With Froogalit; HybridPaytech "provides the world’s 1st completely secure, end-to-end mobile payment service that can process both credit +debit card transactions." It is "currently the only company to implement adequate security measures to meet the strict criteria of the debit card firms" - Apr 18, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/FAS_140895_hybrid_fr…


Hybrid & Cardtek Sign partnership - Jun 21, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/FAS_142626_hybrid_pa…


Mobi724 S.R.L. signs a commercial agreement with Grupo Sancor Seguros Argentina S.A, the "most important insurance brand in Argentina"; " "Revolutionary", strengthened +more secure, mobile redemption platform solution is "ready to be rolled out" " - Oct 21, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/HPT_Mobi724_SRL_sign…


Hybrid PayTech World Announces Appointment of Mario Cohen As Operations Manager for Hybrid Paytech’s European Operations, Ex Director of Sales of Wirecard - Oct 23, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/HPT_Announces_Appoin…

Hybrid PayTech Debuts Its Global Partnership Program & Multi-OS "Hybrid Connect" Platform - Nov 11, 2013
http://app.quotemedia.com/quotetools/newsStoryPopup.go?story…

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Zitat von Popeye82: Hybrid PayTech World - Signs Agreement With PIICOM Inc, "one of the largest Canadian resellers of enterprise hardware +software for fleet, delivery +transport" - Oct 1, 2012
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_136183_hybrid_an…


Hybrid &Precitec, a "leader offering the latest technology in product design +fabrication of plastic injection molds", Develop Tablet &Device Cradle for Retailers - Oct 9, 2012
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_136463_freeport_…


Hybrid Partners with Bancnet of the Philippines, the "largest electronic banking consortium in the Philippines" - Nov 9, 2012
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_137167_freeport_…


InvoiceA SAP +Hybrid Paytech Team Up for Mobile Payments, Invoicing +POS - Dec 10, 2012
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_137957_invoiceas…


Hybrid Enters Into Partnership LOI with GGC of Philippines - Dec 21, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_138208_press_rel…


hybrid PayTech +Go FUN Hong Kong sign deal - Feb 2, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/FAS_139178_gofun_and…


Hybrid Enters Into Partner Agreement With Froogalit; HybridPaytech "provides the world’s 1st completely secure, end-to-end mobile payment service that can process both credit +debit card transactions." It is "currently the only company to implement adequate security measures to meet the strict criteria of the debit card firms" - Apr 18, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/FAS_140895_hybrid_fr…


Hybrid & Cardtek Sign partnership - Jun 21, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/FAS_142626_hybrid_pa…


Mobi724 S.R.L. signs a commercial agreement with Grupo Sancor Seguros Argentina S.A, the "most important insurance brand in Argentina"; " "Revolutionary", strengthened +more secure, mobile redemption platform solution is "ready to be rolled out" " - Oct 21, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/HPT_Mobi724_SRL_sign…


Hybrid PayTech World Announces Appointment of Mario Cohen As Operations Manager for Hybrid Paytech’s European Operations, Ex Director of Sales of Wirecard - Oct 23, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/HPT_Announces_Appoin…

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Zenyatta Ventures - receives "Support from the Government of Canada for Unique Albany Graphite Deposit" - Oct 11, 2013
www.zenyatta.ca/article/press-release-1315.asp

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Conscious effort needed to turn mining industry around –Motlanthe - MW, JOHANNESBURG - Aug 27, 2013

- Leandi Kolver/Chanel de Bruyne -
www.miningweekly.com/article/conscious-effort-needed-to-turn…

"Conscious effort is needed to turn the mining industry around through making structural changes to the economy and becoming more innovative in the quest for improved production levels, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Tuesday, adding that mining remained central to South Africa’s economy.

Motlanthe delivered the keynote welcome address at the second yearly Mining Lekgotla, held in Sandton, stating that there were many critical mining industry issues that merited conscientious engagement at the event, with the most important aspect of the Lekgotla being its focus on collaborative partnerships.

“The South African mining sector faces problems arising from a convergence of the cumulative effects of past policies and practices and a global economic environment characterised by declining demand for commodities such as platinum and gold,” he said.

He added that the mining industry had, over the years, supported by discriminatory legislation, developed methods of making super-profits by relying on the exploitation of unskilled workers and that, despite the advent of democracy and the repealing of these laws, the industry had continued to rely on archaic practices that had not kept up with modern methods.

“As a result, the collective bargaining methods and institutions that we have developed over 18 years of democracy have been somewhat compromised by these archaic practices,” Motlanthe said.

He stated that one such practice that required immediate attention was the migrant labour system, which continued “to be a scar on the face of democratic South Africa”.

He said there had been no overhaul and investment in the migrant labour system, and there had been no attempt to find new ways to effect a more humane system of migrancy akin to the best migrant labour systems of the world.

“There has been no effort to create a system that rebuilds the migrant miners’ family through short work cycles; that would ensure a reinstatement of maximum remittances home to increase cash flow to the rural poor; that would significantly reduce the propensity for HIV infections; that would enhance attendance and reduce absenteeism and drive up both productivity and ensure that mining becomes a more attractive industry to work in and invest in,” Motlanthe said.

“Sadly, the mining industry has remained a prisoner of its apartheid past in this core element of cheap labour sourced through a migrant’s punishing annual work cycle and all the social evils associated with that cycle, and no amount of employment equity plans and empowerment transactions have ventured to tamper with this.”

The democratic conditions in which the industry was operating required that the labour force be reskilled and rewarded for their contribution, he said.

In light of these changing realities, the industry had to transform itself by focusing on ideas to improve productivity through innovation, human resource development and training.

“To move forward, the industry must break with its undesirable past by making workers feel valued for their contribution as wholesome human beings, who have decent jobs and sustainable livelihoods, including proper housing, recreation and time with families,” Motlanthe said.

Meanwhile, the Deputy President warned delegates not to let issues of improving and sustaining productivity fall through the cracks, as production still remained the core business of mining.

“Therefore, I am looking forward to deliberations and suggestions on how to improve and sustain productivity in a democratic South Africa where workers enjoy labour rights,” he said.

However, government equally expected workers to understand that a contribution was required from their side and that with labour rights came responsibilities.

“The industry and its workers have a collective responsibility to work together in tackling existing challenges.”

Motlanthe acknowledged that it was government’s primary responsibility to create an enabling environment, adding that government had no intention to micromanage mining companies.

“Save for the ever-present room for improvement, our legislative framework is sufficient for regulating the environment within which the industry operates.”

However, all role-players in the mining sector had to engage meaningfully to build the relationships based on trust that were necessary to bring stability to the sector and advance the South African economy.

“Each partner brings unique insights, understandings and inputs to the table, which augurs well for finding practical and sustainable solutions to the challenges the sector experiences. Therefore, all must dedicate the necessary capacity and time to ensure that we succeed in stabilising this important sector of our economy,” Motlanthe said. "

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China to let private investors hold up to 15% in State firms -report - MW/R/CD/XNA, SHANGHAI - Nov 11, 2013
www.miningweekly.com/article/china-to-let-private-investors-…

"China will allow private investors to buy up to 15% stakes in State-own enterprises (SoEs), the official China Daily reported, as Beijing moves to leverage private funds to avoid having to bail out heavily indebted state owned firms.

Chinese leaders are gathered in Beijing this week to establish the economic blueprint for the next 10 years and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), which administers more than a hundred of China's biggest State-owned companies, has said reform of SoEs as a major area of focus.

The report quoted Bai Yingzi, director of SASAC's enterprise reform division, saying that private investors could create private equity consortia to purchase direct stakes in SoEs between 10% and 15% of assets, without giving further details.

Private investors are already allowed to purchase shares in major state-owned enterprises listed on domestic stock exchanges, but state-owned entities usually retain a controlling interest.

Private and state-owned firms can currently create joint ventures in which the private share is higher than 15 percent. The report cited a joint venture between privately held industrial conglomerate Fosun Group and State-owned China National Medicine Corp in 2003, in which Fosun owned 49%, but described it as a "rare exception."

In June the official Xinhua news service reported that public utilities would be opened up to private investment.

Late last month, an influential think-tank, the State Council's Development Research Centre, recommended ending state-owned monopolies in the rail, oil and gas, and electricity industries, as a key reform.

Other high-level officials, including former Premier Wen Jiabao, have called for state-owned banks, key financial enablers of inefficient SoEs, to be subjected to more competition.

Many economists and analysts remain sceptical that China will take more substantial steps to end SoEs' privileged market monopolies during this week's Communist Party plenum, due to a lack of consensus between conservatives and reformers.

The last time SoEs faced a major reform and restructuring programme was in the 1990s, when most of them were loss-making bureaucratic dinosaurs. These days, SoEs are more profitable.

A report by the official Xinhua news service published Monday Ministry of Finance data showing rising revenues at SoEs in 2013, with profits up 10.5 percent in the first three quarters of the year.

The better performance, however, in large part is thanks to SoEs' ability to borrow cheaply and roll over debt indefinitely. "

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Aureus Mining - Ndablama +Weaju Maiden Resources Exceed 600.000 Oz Gold, increase the Company’s resource inventory to ~2.400.000 ounces - Nov 11, 2013

Ndablama Highlights

+ An Inferred Mineral Resource of 451.000 ounces at 2.1 g/t Au has been estimated using a 0.5 g/t cut-off.

+ The resource has been defined that strikes north for 650 metres +down to a maximum depth of 120 metres below surface.

+ The mineralised body is open in all directions +the following is highlighted:

- Gold mineralisation locates within sheared +altered metavolcanics which dip shallowly to the west.

- Gold mineralisation is still open @depth. The last phase of drilling intersected the ore zone at depths of 80 to 110 metres below surface +highlighting grades of 4.1 g/t over 43 metres +4.3 g/t over 27 metres.

- Outside of the defined resource area, trenching +additional drilling has defined a northerly extension of one kilometre +includes intercepts of 82 metres @2.1 g/t +19 metres @1.1 g/t.


+ The next phase of diamond drilling will commence in Nov ´13, the focus will be on expanding the current resource. Definition drilling programmes will be undertaken over @least a kilometre in the north-south direction +down dip to vertical depths of 250 metres below surface.

+ Ndablama forms part of a 13 kilometre gold corridor which locates close to a granite contact. Six gold projects have been identified to date through drilling +trenching programmes.

+ A shallow, westerly dipping shear structure is identified over five kilometres of the thirteen kilometre zone covering an area from Leopard Rock South to Ndablama Far North.

+ Further reconnaissance drilling, trenching +geological mapping will be undertaken in ´14 to test the whole pressure shadow zone.


Weaju Highlights

+ An Inferred Mineral Resource of 178.000 ounces @2.1 g/t Au has been estimated using a 1.0 g/t cut-off.

+ Gold mineralisation is associated with discrete, shallow dipping +westerly plunging bodies within three zones referred to as the Main, Northern +Ridge zones.

+ The plunging mineralised shoots are open @depth. The Main zone is also open along strike to the south-west and pitting +soil results highlight a potential extension of @least 500 metres.

+ Further drilling will be undertaken in ´14 to test the shallow depth extensions of the known plunging mineralised shoots +to locate new ones in the potential south-west extension. ...
http://aureus-mining.com/ndablama-and-weaju-maiden-resources…

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Geovic Miing - Geovic Cameroon Plc Agrees to a Definitive Agreement with China’s JXTC, "Anticipating a Strategic Investment in the Nkamouna Project" - Jul 23, 2013
www.geovic.net/userfiles/file/2013-07-23-Geovic%20Cameroon-P…

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Ballmers beste Sprüche in Berlin - GS - Nov 7, 2013
www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/ballmers-beste-spruche-in-ber…

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Petrel Energy - Large Spanish Prospective Gas Resource Certified - Nov 12, 2013
www.petrelenergy.com/IRM/Company/ShowPage.aspx/PDFs/1273-100…

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Silver Wheaton narrows Q3 profit, despite record quarterly output - MW/CMR, TORONTO - Nov 11, 2013

- H. Lazenby -
www.miningweekly.com/article/silver-wheaton-narrows-q3-profi…

"The world’s largest precious metals streaming firm Silver Wheaton on Monday reported a 36% year-on-year slide in profit for the three months ended September 30, as record output was offset by lower precious metals prices.

Net earnings totalled $77.1-million, or $0.22 a share, compared with $119.7-million, or $0.34 a share for the same period in 2012.

Revenue was $166.4-million in the period, on silver equivalent sales of 7.8-million ounces, comprising 5.7-million ounces of silver and 35 300 oz of gold. This represented a 3% increase from the $161.3-million of revenue generated in the same quarter a year earlier, mainly owing to a 52% increase in the number of silver equivalent ounces sold, which was partially offset by a 32% decrease in the average realised silver equivalent price of $21.26/oz versus $31.36/oz.

Analysts had expected earnings of $0.22 a share on revenues of $186.59-million.

The NYSE- and TSX-listed company reported record attributable silver equivalent output for the period of 8.9-million ounces, comprising 6.8-million ounces of silver and 34 800 oz of gold, which was 17% higher year-on-year when compared with 7.6-million silver equivalent ounces.

The average cash costs also rose in the third quarter to $4.73 per silver equivalent ounce, compared with $4.16/oz during the comparable period of 2012. Cash costs rose year-on-year mainly owing to a 412% increase in gold sales at 35 300 oz, compared with 6 900 oz, as the gold streams from diversified miner Hudbay Minerals ’s 777 mine, in Manitoba, Vale’s Sudbury mine, in Ontario, and the Salobo mine, in Brazil.

The average cash cost per gold ounce was $386, or $6.30 per silver equivalent ounce. This resulted in a cash-operating margin of $16.53 per silver equivalent ounce, a 39% lower when compared with the third quarter of 2012. The decrease in the cash-operating margin was largely due to the decrease in the realised silver equivalent price in the third quarter and increased cash costs.

Silver Wheaton declared a quarterly dividend of $0.09 per common share, in line with its policy to pay dividends equal to 20% of the average of the previous four quarters’ operating cash flow.

Subsequent to quarter end, the company announced an amendment to the precious metal purchase agreement with Hudbay Minerals to include 50% of the gold production from the Constancia project, in Peru, for the life of mine.

Silver Wheaton also said Barrick Gold’s announcement that it would temporarily suspend construction activities at its Pascua-Lama project, straddling the Argentine/Chile border, except those required for environmental protection and regulatory compliance was disappointing, but “fiscally prudent”. As a result, Silver Wheaton agreed to amend its silver purchase agreement to extend the company’s entitlement to all of the production from three of Barrick’s currently producing mines by one year until the end of 2016, and to extend the completion test deadline an additional year to the end of 2017.

Silver Wheaton recently revised its 2017 guidance to 42.5-million silver equivalent ounces, including 210 000 ounces of gold. Silver Wheaton’s 2013 silver equivalent output was still expected to top 33.5-million ounces, including 145 000 oz of gold.

The company also on Monday announced that it had appointed Chantal Gosselin to its board.

The firm’s NYSE-listed stock traded 2.4% lower on Monday morning at $21.08 apiece. "

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CDN-listed Chinese companies: blocking cash & factory access - SH/TT - Nov 9, 2013

- D. Deadlock -
www.stockhouse.com/opinion/ticker-trax/insights/2013/11/08/c…

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Romania rejects Europe's largest gold mine - MA - Nov 12, 2013

- Cole Latimer -
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/romania-rejects-europe-s-lar…

" Continued protests have seen Romania's Government give way to the people and reject the massive proposed Rosia Montana gold mine.

Last month saw thousands of people flood the streets of Romania's capital, Bucharest, in protest against Canadian mining firm Gabriel Resources' proposed mine.

It came on the back of claims that the mine would need around 12 000 tonnes of cyanide for processing (which according to mining.com is more than 12 times than what is currently used in all of the European Union) and that the project would necessitate the removal off our mountain tops.

Added to this is the historical issue of cyanide incidents in Romania with the Baia Mare cyanide spill in 2000 still fresh in protestors' minds, when gold miner Aurul (a joint venture operation between Australian company Esmeralda Exploration and the Romanian Government) spilled around 100 000 cubic metres of water, containing approximately 100 tonnes of cyanide, into the nearby Somes river after a tailings dam wall failure.

The final vote on the potential mine went to parliament, where the commission tasked with revising the viability of the project rejected it, according to Romania Insider.

However it is unlikely that the mine's future is sealed, as the Romanian Parliament drafts a new law which could potentially see the state take a larger stake in the operations of the Rosia Montana mine.

Currently Gabriel Resources owns 80.7% of shares in the mine, with the government holdings eventually increasing from just under 20% to 25% if all permits are approved.

The deposit is believed to be one of the most prospective in Europe, with more than 300 tonnes of gold resources. "

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Credit slowdown signals tighter PBOC control - CER/WSJ - Nov 12, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64815

"Credit growth slowed last month in China, possibly signaling that the People’s Bank of China, China’s central bank, is tightening rules as it attempts to keep lending and inflation under control, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Chinese banks made a net US$83 billion (RMB 506.1 billion) of new local currency loans in October, down from US$129 billion (RMB 787 billion) in September and the lowest monthly figure so far this year. Total social financing, a broader measure of credit creation that includes bond issuance and other forms of lending, fell from US$229 billion (RMB 1.4 trillion) in September to US$142 billion (RMB 865.4 billion) in October. "

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China expected to unveil reform measures today - CER/R/XNA - Nov 12, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64818

"A package of reform plans are expected to be announced today after the closing ceremony of the Chinese Communist Party's Third Plenum policy meeting, Reuters reported.

The blueprint, which past experience suggests will be first published by the official news agency Xinhua, will show just how committed the new leadership is to reform after formally taking power in March. Economic reforms were expected to dominate four days of closed-door talks that began on Saturday and involved the 205-member Central Committee of China's ruling Communist Party. "

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Sandspring Resources - Completes US$148.500.000 Precious Metals Streaming Agreement With Silver Wheaton - Nov 11, 2013
www.sandspringresources.com/files/Toro%20PFS%20-%20Public%20…

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TomaGold - &IAMGOLD sign a $17.575.000 agreement on the Monster Lake, Winchester +Lac à l'eau jaune gold projects - Nov 12, 2013
www.tomagoldcorp.com/en/investors/news-releases/tomagold-and…

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Alix Announces - Initial Bitcoin Mining Exploration Transaction / Implementation of Bitcoin Exchange - Nov 12, 2013
www.alixresources.com/index.php?page=news&id=1131

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Hunter Bay Minerals - Completes Infill Soil Sampling @Puma Prospect, Sela Creek, results "display significant gold "exploration potential" over a strike length of >greater than 3 kilometer" - Nov 13, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/hunter-bay-minerals-comple…

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China policy meet signals land and price reforms - CER/FT - Nov 13, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64826

"China's top leaders late Tuesday signaled a possible end to state-mandated prices, Financial Times reported, citing a communiqué issued at the end of the Third Plenum, Beijing's most highly anticipated political meet of the year.

In a further potentially radical step, the party pledged to address the “two-tier” system of land ownership that prevents farmers from selling their land. This has long hampered them as they try to embark with their families on lives in the burgeoning cities. “Farmers should participate equally and enjoy the fruits of modernization,” the communiqué said. "

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Cinda readies HK IPO as mainland banks struggle with listing - CER/SCMP - Nov 13, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64822

"China Cinda Asset Management, China’s largest bad-loan manager, is evaluating investor interest for its upcoming IPO of up to US$2 billion, South China Morning Post reported.

Other mainland financial firms, including China Everbright Bank, Bank of Beijing and China Guangfa Bank, seek to raise a total of about US$11 billion through Hong Kong offerings over the next eight to 10 months. The news follows two mainland banks, Huishang Bank (03698.HKG) and Bank of Chongqing (1963.HKG), listed in Hong Kong last week, with the former securing a lackluster US$1.2 billion from its IPO. "

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China offers only US$200.000 in aid, to Philippines - CER/R - Nov 13, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64824

"The Chinese government has pledged to give only US$200,000 to the Philippines in the wake of the devastating typhoon Haiyan, Reuters reported.

US$100,000 will come directly from Beijing and the Chinese Red Cross will give another US$100,000. Japan has offered US$10 million in aid and is sending in an emergency relief team while Australia has donated US$9.6 million. Super Typhoon Haiyan tore through the central Philippines on Friday and flattened the northeastern city of Tacloban, where officials fear 10,000 people died. "

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Thirty per cent rate hike for nuclear power would add $5.36 to monthly bills - US.net/TS, TORONTO - Nov 12, 2013
www.uranium-stocks.net/home/thirty-per-cent-rate-hike-for-nu…
www.thespec.com/news-story/4206139-thirty-per-cent-rate-hike…

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Peinliches Interview für die Deutsche Bank - t4l - Nov13
www.trading4living.de/3824/peinliches-interview-deutsche-ban…

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Great Western Minerals Group - "nearly triples compliant resources" - Nov 12, 2013
www.gwmg.ca/html/news/media-releases/index.cfm?ReportID=2035…

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China to boost national security system - CER/R - Nov 13, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64823

"China is planning to establish a new "state security committee" with the aim of integrating security apparatuses and handling unrest issues at home and abroad, Reuters reported, citing an announcement at the conclusion of the Third Plenum on Tuesday.

Details of how the committee will work and when exactly it will begin operations were left unclear in the announcement, carried by official Xinhua news agency at the end of a key meeting of the ruling Communist Party to map out political and economic reforms. Xinhua said the committee would "improve the system of national security and the country's national security strategy". "

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China could alter one-child policy soon - CER/C - Nov 13, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64825

"China's ruling Communist Party plans to adjust its one-child policy soon after the Third Plenum meeting that closed yesterday in Beijing, Caixin reported, citing a source close to the conclave.

Couples in China are currently allowed to have a second baby if both parents were single-children. The upcoming change would allow parents to have two children as long as just one of the parents was a single-child. The one-child policy and other population-control measures were one of the key issues discussed at the third plenary meeting of the party's 205-member 18th Central Committee, said the unnamed source. "

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Naturally Splendid "Announces Launch of Natera™ Product Line", @the Canadian Health Food Association Trade Show - Sep 12, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/naturally-splendid-announc…

Naturally Splendid Signs "NDA With the "leading ingredient suppliers in North America" for HempOmega™ &H2Omega™" Proprietary Products - Nov 5, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/naturally-splendid-signs-n…

Naturally Splendid "Secures Exclusive Sales Agreement" With Boreal Technologies, for Canada +the United States for Plant Based Omega Products - Nov 13, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/naturally-splendid-secures…

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CAMAC Energy - Confirms Hydrocarbons in Miocene Offshore Nigeria, "currently anticipated that Oyo-7 will begin production mid-`14 @an initial production rate of 7.000 barrels of oil/day" - Nov 13, 2013
http://app.quotemedia.com/quotetools/newsStoryPopup.go?story…

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Zitat von Popeye82: Northern Minerals - names Sumitomo, "one of the largest worldwide trading companies", as "off-take "MOU" Partner" for Browns Range - Sep 30, 2013
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=NTU&E=ASX&N=650813

Browns Range HRE JORC compliant Mineral Resource estimate upgrade -to 4.130.000 tonnes @0.68% Total Rare Earth Oxides I/I, HREO comprises 82% - Oct 15, 2013
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=NTU&E=ASX&N=652533
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=NTU&E=ASX&N=652537

High grade HRE results upgrade Wolverine exploration target; have prompted the Company to increase its global exploration target for the Browns Range Project to an additional 10.000 –20.000t contained TREO, in addition to the current global JORC Compliant Resource of 28.084t contained TREO, as detailed in the ASX announcement of 15 Oct ´13 - Nov 13, 2013
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=NTU&E=ASX&N=657430

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"US-German Clean Energy Leadership Series", Vol No1 - ECOFYS - Nov13

In this issue:

- Welcoming the policy brief series: German Ministry for the Environment +U.S. Department of Energy

- Looking ahead: The "need for a modern +flexible power system"

- Integrating renewables: Grid modernization +expansion

- "Delivering electricity when it is needed": Flexible power stations

- Meeting peak electricity use: Demand response

- Capturing electricity: Storage technologies

- The future: "Challenges lie ahead, but they can be met" ...
www.c2es.org/docUploads/tcb-print-vol1-11-13.pdf

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Zitat von Popeye82: GuestLogix - Signs 10-Year Agreement with IFE System Leader Thales, a "global technology leader for the Defence &Security +the Aerospace +Transportation markets", to Facilitate Transaction Processing through Seatback Screens; Industry's Most Prominent Transaction Processing Engine Now Used to Enable IFE Payment Acceptance Across Extensive Global Customer Base; GuestLogix +Thales "anticipate rollout to begin" Jul ´13. A joint deployment is currently underway onboard a 1st major airline custome - Mar 11, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_03-11-13.html


GuestLogix Secures "Multi-Year Agreement" with European Airline Germania, Company to Deploy Onboard Retail Technology Platform across Germania Airline's Entire Fleet - Mar 22, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_05-02-13.html


GuestLogix Secures 4-Year Agreement with Leading Asia Pacific Airline, Cathay Pacific +Subsidiary Dragonair in Major Duty-Free Agreement, with Inflight Sales Group Hong Kong; Cathay Pacific to Manage Entire Onboard Retail Operations with GuestLogix Onboard Retail Platform, new customer win represents >27.000.000 passenger trips for GuestLogix - May 2, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_03-22-13.html


GuestLogix Secures Multi-Year Agreement with China's 1st Low Cost Carrier, Spring Airlines, agreement represents 9.100.000 passenger trips for GuestLogix - Jun 4, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_06-04-13.html


GuestLogix Announces Major Customer Win, with Signing of Asia’s Largest Airline, for the 34th consecutive year/5th largest airline in the world, China Southern; Company to Enable Inflight Auction of Seat Upgrades Onboard China Southern Airlines - Jul 8, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_07-08-13.html


GuestLogix Strengthens Relationship with Momentum Services +Eurostar, with "New Merchant of Record Agreement"; Company 2Deploys Global Payment Services, to Support Growing Onboard Retailing Program Onboard Major Rail Customer" - Aug 15, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_08-15-13.html

Zitat von Popeye82: Guestlogix - &Air Canada, "named “Best Airline in North America” for the 4th consecutive year in a worldwide survey of >18.000.000 airline passengers", Sign "Multi-Year Agreement", to Support Growing Inflight Entertainment Offerings Across Expanding Fleet; Onboard Retail Technology Leader to Provide IFE Payment Processing Service, to Facilitate Congruent Entertainment Experience for Canada’s Largest Airline - Aug 22, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_08-22-13.html

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GuestLogix +NCR, the "global leader in consumer transaction technologies", to "Integrate Leading Technologies, to "Transform Self-Service Retail, throughout Global Travel Industry" " - Oct 21, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_10-21-13.html

GuestLogix +flydubai, "one of the Middle East's fastest growing airlines", Sign Multi-Year Renewal Agreement for Continued Use of the Onboard Retail Platform; Company's "Leading Solution Will Continue to Increase Efficiency for Onboard Sales @flydubai" - Nov 6, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/guestlogix-flydubai-sign-m…

Deloitte Awards GuestLogix in the "2013 Technology Fast 50™ +Fast 500™"; Company "Ranked as One of Canada +North America's Fastest Growing Technology Companies", for 5th Consecutive Year - Nov 13, 2013
http://guestlogix.com/pr/pr_11-13-13.html

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Vaults are Booming! (in Asia) - SAM/M.com - Nov 13, 2013

- D. Franklin -
www.mining.com/web/vaults-are-booming-in-asia/

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Mission Mining Company - NI 43-101 Report "Confirms 17.200.000 Ounces of gold +148.300.000 Ounces of silver in Measured Gold +Silver Resources, located in the top 30 feed of surface of surface material across the 6 Gold Star claims" - FY/BW, LAS VEGAS - Nov 13, 2013
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ni-43-101-report-confirms-1430…

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 45.827.374 von Popeye82 am 13.11.13 20:08:16

Hi Popeye,

glaube das ist wieder mal ein kleines Betrugsprojekt.
Vielleicht werden sie bald einen kleinen Zahlendreher o.ä. zu Protokoll geben...

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The "Most Famous Pump +Dump Stocks in Wall Street History" - E.com - Nov 13, 2013

- Jacob Harper -
www.equities.com/editors-desk/investing-strategies/shorting/…

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How Poly Shield Technologies, Inc. "Can Save the Maritime Industry" - E.com - Jul 25, 2013
www.equities.com/editors-desk/stocks/industrials/how-poly-sh…

"In July 2011, the European Union adopted stricter sulfur limits in fuel used by ships set by the International Maritime Organization. The new restrictions, set to take effect as early as 2015, would force all ships in the Baltic Sea, North Sea and English Channel to adhere to as low as 0.1 percent sulfur in the fuel used.

In North America, the IMO and EPA will be enforcing similar regulations off its coasts which are deemed as emissions-controlled areas (ECA). Estimates for these sweeping new regulations for the enormous shipping industry (65,000 vessels) could mean an extra €11 billion annually, according to the EU Environment Commission. Granted, cost-savings from significantly reduced pollution could benefit the public by as much as €30 billion.

In the past, there haven’t been many appealing options for ships in desperate need to meet the sulfur limits by 2015. Solutions consisted of paying the significantly higher cost for premium fuel or taking ships out of commission for as long as a year to make upgrades. None of these options offer a cost-effective method for maritime companies.

Interestingly enough, a third option is quickly emerging as a lifesaver of sorts. Poly Shield Technologies, Inc. (SHPR) has found a way to reduce sulfur in fuel to meet the IMO’s limits in a remarkably more feasible and effective manner, according to Rasmus Norling, the Company’s CEO.

To get a better idea of just what Poly Shield Technologies is working with here, Equities.com spoke with Norling to learn more about the Company’s DSOX-15 Fuel Purification System solution and why its market strategy is ideal for the unique situation affecting the future of the shipping industry.


EQ: Can you start with an overview of Poly Shield Technologies and your operations?

Norling: Poly Shield Technologies wants to be on the leading edge of emission control systems for the marine and power-plant industries. There are currently 65,000 ships in the world, all of which will be affected by the new emission control legislation in Europe and the U.S. by 2015. The new regulations will drastically reduce the amount of sulfur that is allowed in the fuel and ultimately in the atmosphere. Our goal is to use our sophisticated technology to reduce the sulfur percentages to acceptable levels. With this solution, Poly Shield Technologies Inc. could expect market sales to reach as high as 20 to 25 percent of the maritime emissions compliance market within five years.

The world cap for allowable marine fuel sulfur levels was steady at 4.5 percent, until 2012, when it was reduced to 3.5 percent. This is the 3.5 sulfur percentage fuel, the sludge or left over from the bottom of the barrel from the refineries.

Selling this high sulfur fuel was fine in the past because the refineries were happy enough to find clients who could use their bottom-of-the-barrel byproducts referred to as “inexpensive high sulfur bunker fuel”, but this is absolutely the worst kind of fuel from an environmental standpoint. It is essentially the leftovers of the refining process and the high sulfur component in this fuel is directly responsible for acid rain.

In order to make the maritime industry more environmentally friendly, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which controls the International Maritime Organization, wanted to gradually lower the maximum sulfur content in the fuel from 3.5 percent down to 1.5 percent, and then to 1 percent. By 2015, the IMO mandated that allowable sulfur levels would be reduced to 0.1 percent.

In emission-controlled areas such as the Mediterranean, the Baltic Sea, Canada and the United States, they have already implemented the low sulfur requirement within 200 nautical miles from each of their coastlines, which are now emission-controlled areas. That means that a ship sailing from China or anywhere intent on entering any of these emission control areas has to switch to low sulfur fuel prior to reaching 200 nautical miles from the Mediterranean, Baltic Sea, Canada or U.S. coastlines. That means that they have to have that low sulfur fuel on board at all times.


EQ: To give us an idea of the scope of the market, what kind of cost savings does your DSOX-15 Fuel Purification System provide versus the industry alternatives?

Norling: If you look at our competitors from an economic comparison, one exhaust-gas scrubber may cost around $5 million, sufficient for one engine, but the average cruise ship these days has six engines. So that’s $30 million plus installation costs just to make one ship compliant with the new regulations.

We can offer the same solution for just under $6 million per ship. Also, our equipment is much easier to install. It takes only about 30 days from survey to completed installation, and we intend to have it so that the ship’s crew can install it themselves. Other exhaust-gas scrubbers typically take as much as one year to install. That’s major savings both in time and money for these companies.

There are five major companies in the world capable of exhaust scrubber technology, and they can install and deliver maybe 50 scrubbers per year each. There’s no way that the industry demand can be met by 2015, so I fully calculate that there will be a total emissions solution panic in the maritime industry very soon.

Take as an example any major marine company with a shipping fleet. The new regulations would translate to in excess of hundreds of millions in increased operational costs per year just on fuel (and that is if fuel prices remain static in spite of the significant increases in demand). That’s almost a catastrophic event for any company.

Certain industries will manage that differently. A cargo ship, for example, can add a few dollars to the price of each flat screen TV from China that they transport from point A to point B, which will raise the price on certain shippers cargo, but if they decide to install a DSOX-15 Fuel Purification System they will be the lower cost provider and mostly likely receive more business. Regardless the DSOX-15 Fuel Purification System allows for reduced operational cost by supplying an emissions solution for cheaper fuel. So there’s a huge market for our technology, and that’s why there are so many big companies currently looking into the sector, such as DuPont (DD) , Rolls Royce (RR.LSE), and others. They want to have a piece of this market, and there’s enough to share with everybody so it’s not necessary to compete directly with other companies, but the truth is today we have a smarter, simpler and significantly less expensive solution than any other company in this industry.


EQ: Prior to Poly Shield, you were the research and development manager for Royal Caribbean (RCL) , which is where you were when you began working on the maritime industry’s exhaust emission compliance solution for RCL. Can you talk about your experience there and if you were able to validate the technology?

Norling: As a result of the success of my first fuel invention, Royal Caribbean promoted me to the position of R&D manager for the whole company. But prior to that, I worked my way up from second engineer to chief engineer, and eventually was promoted to ship manager. I was financially and legally responsible for three cruise ships, and everything having to do with them.

The problem was we had gas turbines on the ships I managed, and they were very sensitive to sodium in the fuel, which would cause high-temperature corrosion. It happens within a couple-hundred hours and will more or less ruin the whole turbine.

We had a load of fuel come into the ship that had 23 ppm sodium, and the max level for the gas turbine—which was a GE LN 2500—was 0.2 ppm. So we had a significant contamination of seawater in the fuel. We had large volume amounts of fuel being shipped to the U.S. from Singapore for RCL, and all the fuel in the port was also contaminated. There was no way to get rid of the fuel or use it. That was the motivation behind my invention of a little fuel scrubber that could remove the sodium from the fuel. It ended up saving Royal Caribbean millions in one year because they had signed contracts that were supposed to deliver marine grade fuel but they had used the wrong specifications in the contracts and the sodium limits were extremely high.

So we installed my desalination scrubbers on eight ships for Royal Caribbean, and they now use them as a safety precaution if something goes wrong. If they get a load of fuel that has high sodium levels, then RCL has the ability to reduce the sodium to acceptable levels.


EQ: How did you first get involved in developing sulfur reduction for ships?

Norling: My job at Royal Caribbean was to find any possible savings, in particular to solve the sulfur contaminant problem. For three years, I worked on exhaust gas scrubbers every single day. We installed two different types of exhaust gas scrubber on two different ships; one worked not so well, and one worked very well. But they were extremely expensive.

Although I had solved the exhaust emission problem I hadn’t solved it in an economical way and this was a significantly different problem but I thought if given the time and testing necessary maybe I can solve this problem a little more efficiently. So instead of installing this humongous exhaust gas scrubber in the stack, which takes 25 months of planning and a year to actually do, I started to think about how sulfur could be removed economically from the fuel. I left RCL and began to focus purely on testing components and technology that I thought could make that happen. I started by re-engineering the current exhaust scrubber technologies and found I could make a lighter and somewhat cheaper version but the installation time was still unacceptable. We needed to take a completely different approach and six months later we proved in a simple test that we could remove 50 percent of the sulfur and those results have been improving ever since.

That’s where it started. We’ve refined the process and we are testing it in our laboratory. We will see how much further we can reduce the sulfur levels. Our goal is to have it down to 0.1 in the first quarter of 2014, which will make our fuel purification system, the DSOX-15, fully compliant with any upcoming regulations. And we are confident that with further development we can reach the anticipated 2020 standards.


EQ: Is the technology patented?

Norling: The DSOX-15 Fuel Purification System, based on our development schedule, we expect to patent a number of the significant concepts involved in the DSOX-15 Fuel Purification System. However, the Company may choose not to patent the recipe, which for lack of a better term, is the magic dust and that aspect of the process the Company is keeping as a closely-guarded trade secret. We aren’t standing still either. We have already begun developing upgrades for the system.


EQ: The Company recently announced that it completed a two-ship survey for the DSOX-15 Fuel Purification System. Can you tell us more about how that is going?

Norling: Our surveys are conducted very differently from how other exhaust gas scrubber surveys are done. All of our competitors have been on the same ship and they spend seven days onboard with lasers scanning the whole exhaust-gas casing, and the whole engine room in order to make sure they can keep everything in the footprint. One ship owner told us that they had booked an exhaust scrubber survey, which required seven days and the price quote for the 20 tons of exhaust scrubber for two engines was €8 million. So the competition is very expensive, they are using different technologies that need to have a much larger footprint, and weigh 19-plus tons more than our system. To put it in perspective, that’s 19 tons less cargo or passengers they can get paid for on each and every voyage from the day an exhaust scrubber is installed.

Back to our survey. For us—and it’s kind of funny—when we come onboard, they expect two guys to be onboard for seven days. We do it much more efficiently. We go on board, take pictures, talk to their engineers, and ask them if they have any problems or need any upgrades to the system. We provide the assessment of what the ship needs and where to put it and we are done that day. We deliver the DSOX-15 Fuel Purification System, and they take care of the installation themselves.

Our scrubbers are a fully-integrated system, essentially they come in a box, we just have to find the proper location to install it, and they just cut the pipes, weld flanges and bolt on the DSOX-15 Fuel Purification System in place and turn it on. It’s a very simple installation, and its blows their mind how quickly we’re done. We just collect the information, fuel data, equipment location and take some pictures. It’s a much simpler installation, involves no dry dock time, no out of service time and it can be done anywhere in the world.


EQ: We’ve discussed the immense demand and strict deadline for when the regulations take effect. How does the company plan to approach the market to capitalize on this? Have you considered engaging larger partners to help you?

Norling: We would welcome a strategic partner who can help us with this massive market opportunity. However, the Company currently can easily ramp up production and make over 3,000 DSOX-15 units per year. Any partner would have to have the ability to contribute a significant value beyond our current abilities and fit into our marketing strategy. If there is an issue today for us, the issue would be how to fly to 3,000 places around the world for surveys while training ship engineers to install the system. That’s why the easy installation is critical and building the proper service teams is job one for this company.

So we are open to partnering up with companies capable of doing installations in different parts of the world, and who have contacts in maritime industry markets. I want to focus on selling our DSOX-15 Fuel Purification System, and there are others who can make money on installing it. I think that’s the smart strategy for us.

For example, we discussed the Exhaust Scrubber project with a big cruise line. They wanted 40 scrubbers, and we would need to hire 900 people to do the installation over the course of one year. I would rather give them my box and have them install the equipment themselves, because time and meeting the market demand for our DSOX-15 system is more valuable today than the income from actually doing the installation. The reality is that once the installation protocols are given to the ship’s engineer, it should only take a few days at most to complete any installation.

The shipping market is very unique in one way that is very beneficial for Poly Shield Technologies Inc., most of the ship owners want their engineers to be involved in the installations themselves for a couple of reasons; one to save money, and secondly so they know how it was installed and can do any routine maintenance. They already have their own mechanics and they don’t want to pay extra money for someone else to do that work. We come and do the commissioning and make sure everything works, but spending time and technical resources installing systems is not part of our market strategy.

Perhaps the most significant effect of the new regulations will be the effect of fuel supply and costs. The refineries have said that only 1 percent of the marine grade low-sulfur fuel capacity needed will be ready when the rules come into full effect in 2020. So the price for marine gas oil is going to go up tremendously. The example I used for any major marine company with a shipping fleet paying extra hundreds of millions of dollars a year on fuel after 2020 is just based on today’s fuel price. So that’s not even factoring in the price increase that will result from this extraordinary demand because of the new laws. So I think any projections at this point that use today’s fuel prices are probably significantly undervaluing the costs savings that the DSOX-15 Fuel Purification System can provide.


EQ: You became CEO of Poly Shield in February. Can you talk about how the trajectory of the Company has changed since that time?

Norling: We are now gearing up to unveil our DSOX-15 Fuel Purification System technology to the market, and it’s a very interesting market for me. Gas turbine and power generation is what I’ve done most of my life. We haven’t publicly discussed the potential of our solution to this industry, but we have already managed to generate considerable interest in our system. So I can only imagine what will happen when we start talking more about the size of the market and the contracts that we are currently negotiating. It will certainly impact the value of the Company and I am sure it will be of interest to our shareholders as well as financial media.

Of course, I’m using my reputation as a problem solver in the industry. I have friends all over the world working in new companies now, and when I tell them about my new project, they know that it works because I’ve done it before. Poly Shield Technologies Inc., and it shareholders will have the benefit of my knowledge and expertise, which I believe will give this company a significant head start in the emission control solutions market for maritime industry.


EQ: This story is going to pick up steam very quickly, with 2015 a blink of an eye away. For investors following the Company, what are some goals and initiatives for Poly Shield that they can look out for over the next year or so?

Norling: We are now starting our first pilot project for certification of the DSOX-15, which should leave no doubt about which solution is the best solution. The first quarter of 2014 is when we will see all the pieces really falling into place, certification on multiple ships, fleet contracts and increased production. We have already seen a tremendous amount of interest from an industry that is historically reluctant to try new things. However, we’re fortunate here in that they changed the rules by mandating regulations to this industry, and there’s no better choice than the solution provided by our company. It’s a no-brainer. It’s going to cost shipping companies more money to do nothing because they’ll end up having to pay extremely high operational costs running on marine gas oil, which is something that the industry has already analyzed themselves.

As far as our market penetration, we are much farther ahead than we anticipated. This month of July 2013 we entered into an Installation agreement with LMS Shipmanagement Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of International Shipholdings Corp. (ISH) . The Agreement will focus, initially, on a two vessel installation and certification of our DSOX-15 Fuel Purification System. The agreement will also allow for DSOX-15 system installations on up to an additional 40 ships. This Agreement with LMS is a significant step forward in achieving our Company's business goals and allowing Poly Shield Technologies Inc. to demonstrate it's DSOX-15 Fuel Purification System's capabilities in a real world environment. "

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Russia's Rosatom to mothball uranium mine expansion projects; The mining arm of Russian state-owned reactor builder and supplier Rosatom, among the world's top3 uranium producers, said it would freeze expansion projects in Russia +elsewhere due to low prices. The price of uranium, used mainly as fuel for nuclear plants, plummeted after the Mar ´11 meltdown @Japan's Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant +has shown no signs of recover - MW/R, MOSCOW - Nov 13, 2013
www.miningweekly.com/article/russias-rosatom-to-mothball-ura…

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What govts mustn’t do is change rules once we start investing –GlencoreXstrata - MW/CMR, JOHANNESBURG - Nov 13, 2013

- M. Creamer -
www.miningweekly.com/article/what-govts-mustnt-do-is-change-…

"Mining and bulk commodity trading giant GlencoreXstrata, which listed highly successfully on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on Wednesday, finds it acceptable that the South African government has stated unequivocally that it wants a 20% free-carried interest in oil and gas ventures.

“I don’t mind if a government wants a 10%, 20% or 30% free carry and royalties and taxes. As long as you know upfront what the rules are, it’s acceptable,” South African-born GlencoreXstrata CEO Ivan Glasenberg said.

Glasenberg was responding to Mining Weekly Online on the chances of the company engaging in oil and gas investments in South Africa.

“Would we look at hydrocarbons in South Africa? We don’t know enough about South Africa yet. We’ve been focused on West Africa, where we understand the hydrocarbons world.

“We have a very good geological team who understand Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and Chad. We see a lot of opportunities there, with hubs we can feed into should we have other discoveries.

“So we’re not going big on looking outside of that area, but if something crops up in South Africa, sure, we will look at it,” Glasenberg told Mining Weekly Online at a media conference to mark the company’s debut on the JSE, which augments its main London and Hong Kong listings.

On the first day of listing, more than 34-million GlencoreXstrata shares changed hands in nearly 8 000 transactions as the R700-billion-valued global diversified natural resources major took up position as the JSE's third-largest share, which traded in the ranges of R53 a share to the R55 a share.

Decisions had to be made based on the rules thta governments laid down and calculations would have to be made to determine whether an investment with a 20% free-carried interest was still justified.

“If it is, we’re happy. I am happy with what the government is saying upfront. But what governments mustn't do is change the rules once we start investing,” he added.

GlencoreXstrata top brass were impressive in the balanced manner in which they fielded a wide range of media questions.


TRADING AS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE

Being a commodity trader and a miner was a comparative advantage for GlencoreXstrata over its mining peers, Glasenberg said in response to Mining Weekly Online.

The company deals with 7 000 third-party suppliers around the world and most of the assets it has bought over the years has been due to its relationships with its mining suppliers.

“Where we buy product from a supplier, we know when that supplier is thinking of selling,” he said.

GlencoreXstrata has pre-finance agreements with many of mining companies, which at times decide to convert their debt to equity or present other opportunities.

“We see things before any other mining companies see them because we have third-party trading and they don’t.

“We also see and understand the performance of markets sooner than anyone else,” Glasenberg explained.

In coal alone, the company deals in Russia, Indonesia, Colombia and America, buying tonnage and gaining an insight into supply and price trends.

It knows then whether or not to expand or buy operations because of the breadth of its dealings.

“We only like to own assets in the commodities in which we trade and we can only trade bulk commodities because there are price arbitrages arising with bulk commodities. That’s where we make part of our money.

“That’s why we don’t trade diamonds, platinum and gold, although gold is a bit of a by-product of what we produce, but we don’t trade it.

“We’ve always said that at some stage we will dispose of our stake in Lonmin Platinum. We’ve just got to decide when is the right time,” Glasenberg said.


COAL IN SOUTH AFRICA

GlencoreXstrata said in September that the merging of the coal interests of the two companies would create the world’s leading seaborne thermal coal business, combining a multi-region, multi-quality production base of more than 120-million tons marketed through the group’s global support infrastructure.
The merger brought about a cost reduction of 15% across the business and a cost of $50/t free on board on average across the thermal business globally was being targeted.
Backing the business is a strong resource base with close on 35-billion tons of resources on a measured, indicated and inferred basis and 3.9-bilion tons of reserves on a proven and probable basis.
The company will bring on additional production capacity if the returns are right, but, as with other divisions, brownfield projects are strongly favoured over greenfield projects.
In South Africa, 25-million tons of thermal coal is sold into the domestic market while 20-million tons is exported.
Glasenberg confirmed his bullishness on coal and said major consumers of coal like India and China were continuing to consume large volumes of coal. "

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Peyton Pace: As a soap opera bubbles over KiOR’s "speed-to-profits, revenues +production triple" - BD - Nov 12, 2013

- J. Lane -
www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2013/11/12/peyton-pace-as-a-s…

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Mining majors facing rising impairment costs, waning market caps – PwC - MW/PwC, JOHANNSBURG - Nov 12, 2013

- Natalie Greve/Tracy Hancock -
www.miningweekly.com/article/mining-majors-facing-rising-imp…

"Increasing costs and continued industrial action in the 2013 fiscal period have, in combination with lower production and international demand weakness, driven shrinking margins and R25-billion in impairments for majors in the South African mining sector.

This was revealed on Wednesday when professional services firm PwC released its fifth edition of ‘SA Mine’ report, which was compiled using publicly available information on JSE-listed companies boasting a minimum market capitalisation of R200-million.

The report held that a significant decrease in the profitability of the industry had also resulted in a substantial contraction in the market capitalisation of South African mining stocks.

According to the firm, 2013 saw the top 37 mining companies in South Africa shed 28% in market capitalisation, from R833-billion on June 30, 2012, to R597- billion on June 30 this year.

The bulk of the top ten companies, with the exception of Lonmin and Assore, saw their market capitalisation decline.

Gold mining companies were the hardest hit, losing R109.6-billion, or 48%, of their market capitalisation following the decline in the gold price.

After gold, platinum mining companies lost R75.8-billion, or 29%, of their market capitalisation.

The report excluded input from global mining companies Anglo American and BHP Billiton, as PwC believed these organisations did not “reflect trends in the South African mining environment”.

“For some reason, mining companies are getting punished in terms of market capitalisation compared with firms operating in other sectors. There’s a significant gap between how they’re performing and how they’re valued on the JSE,” PwC African Mining Industry leader Hein Boegman told a media briefing on Wednesday.

The decrease of local stocks was, however, aligned with the movement of their international mining counterparts, which were also contending with higher costs and lower prices.

This was despite a weakening rand over the period, which had shielded the local mining industry to a certain degree from the international decline, with rand prices remaining relatively flat.


COMMODITY PERFORMANCE

Diversified players remained dominant in the market over the 2013 fiscal period, with platinum lifting its share of the market to 47%, followed by platinum at 31%, and gold at 20%.

Despite a decrease in price, coal remained the highest earning commodity in South Africa, lifting its share of total mining revenue from 26% in the 2012 financial period to 28% in 2013.

The increase in the rand basket price of platinum, meanwhile, was offset by lower sales volumes, creating 22% of the sector’s total revenue.

The decrease in gold production more than offset the increase in average gold price achieved for the year, with this commodity contracting marginally to 20% of total revenue for the year.

Iron-ore recorded its first decrease in revenue in the last ten years, which was mainly the result of an average 5% lower iron-ore price and lower sales, despite good production. It contributed 17% of the industry’s total revenue for the 12-month period.


FLAT FINANCIALS

Boegman pointed out that, despite the challenging year, balance sheets remained strong, with stable liquidity.

However, increased gearing was required as companies had to fund sustaining capital expenditure and in some cases operating losses.

“The R25-billion impairment provisions raised highlights the difficulty [of making] long-term decisions in volatile markets,” he commented.

The analyst added that the financial performance of the market over the fiscal year had, predictably, been “disappointing”.

At R332-billion, revenue was largely flat on last year as the rand price-driven increase in gold revenue was offset by lower sales volumes among almost all commodities.

Production had also been “severely” affected by labour strikes that started in the platinum sector but later infiltrated other mining clusters.

Operating expenses rose by 16%, which was in line with the 13% increase of the prior year, materialising despite the sector’s widespread no-work-no-pay strike over the period, as well as the subsequent decrease in production at most operations.

Predictably, labour remained the biggest cost component in the mining industry, with labour-cost percentages varying from above 50% for the deep-level conventional mines to below 30% for those companies that mined predominantly opencast.

“Given the above-inflation increases seen in recent years, and lower productivity, this cost component is likely to remain the biggest for some time,” noted Boegman.

A 64% decrease in the industry’s net profit to R25-billion was a result of the R25-billion impairment, a decrease in the earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation margin from 37% to 28.5%, and the effective tax rate of 43%, which was well above the previous year’s rate of 31%.


RISK INTEGRATION

While, overall, mining companies had been “good” at disclosing the risks that were inherent to their industry, Boegman cautioned that the challenge remained the adequate linking of performance and risk management, and putting the necessary measures into practice.

Volatile commodity prices, labour unrest and rising costs were among the most common risks disclosed by the companies included in the analysis, while large impairments owing to underperforming assets and capital projects also featured prominently.

“These have led companies to implement cost management and cash preservation strategies, which have resulted in retrenchments and difficult wage negotiations, but there is resultant uncertainty as to the sustainability of some mines.

“Gone are the days when risks for companies were focused only on health and safety issues. Nowadays, it is imperative that mining companies rethink risk and the risk landscape in which they operate,” Boegman said.

He urged miners to integrate risk management and performance management, citing the need for majors to be more “predictive” and anticipate potentially negative events.

“The changed environment requires mining leaders to steer their companies through the near-term low-margin challenges, while recognising the impact on all stakeholders involved,” Boegman stated."

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Neuseeland: Das "Tor zu den asiatischen Boomstaaten" - 4i.de - Nov 13, 2013
www.4investors.de/php_fe/index.php?sektion=stock&ID=75478

"Neuseeland ist hierzulande hauptsächlich als Traumziel für Urlaubsreisen, Wolllieferant und Kulisse für Filme wie "Der Herr der Ringe" bekannt. Aber der Pazifikstaat hat deutlich mehr zu bieten: Das Land hat sich für deutsche Unternehmen zu einem Sprungbrett in die asiatischen Wachstumsmärkte entwickelt und lockt mit investorenfreundlichen steuerlichen und behördlichen Rahmenbedingungen verstärkt deutsche Kapitalgeber. Die Nachfrage nach Kooperations- und Investitionsmöglichkeiten ist so groß, dass die neuseeländische Außenhandelsagentur New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) in diesem Monat erstmalig eine Roadshow für deutsche Investoren veranstaltet.

4investors hat den neuseeländischen Generalkonsul für Deutschland und 19 weitere Staaten, Marcus Scoliège, und Dr. Armin Tietjen, Leiter des Unternehmensbereichs Milking + Cooling bei GEA Farm Technologies, nach dem Investmentklima und den Chancen, die Neuseeland bietet, gefragt.


www.4investors.de: Neuseeland steht auf der Forbes-Liste auf Platz 1 für das unternehmer- und geschäftsfreundlichste Land der Welt. Wie kommt das?

Scoliège: Von Deutschland aus betrachtet liegen wir geographisch gesehen zwar sehr weit weg, sind uns im Hinblick auf die kulturellen Gemeinsamkeiten aber auch wieder sehr nah, was Geschäftsbeziehungen sehr vereinfacht. Neuseeland hat es dank eines transparenten und stabilen Geschäftsklimas, das Unternehmertum fördert, in der Gesamtwertung auf den ersten Platz geschafft. Wir führen in vier von elf Kategorien das Ranking an. Dazu zählen Anlegerschutz, persönliche Freiheit, geringer bürokratischer Aufwand und fehlende Korruption. Grund für unsere gute Platzierung sind die konsequente Deregulierung und Ausrichtung auf den weltweiten Handel, durch die sich Neuseeland zu einer sehr belastbaren und flexiblen Volkswirtschaft entwickelt hat. Darüber hinaus engagiert sich die Regierung stark, um optimale Bedingungen für internationale Investoren zu schaffen. Wir freuen uns über diese internationale Anerkennung.


www.4investors.de: Deutsche Direktinvestitionen in Neuseeland sind von 2010 bis 2012 um 18 Prozent auf 662 Millionen Euro gesunken. Was sind die Gründe dafür, wie kann man dem entgegenwirken?

Scoliège: Die Jahre 2010 bis 2011 waren weltwirtschaftlich insgesamt schwierige Jahre. Die Krise im Euroraum hat die Zurückhaltung noch verstärkt. Das hat sich in den Direktinvestitionen niedergeschlagen, die aus neuseeländischer Perspektive in diesem Zeitraum insgesamt dennoch gestiegen sind. Den sinkenden Zahlen aus Deutschland standen steigende Zahlen aus China und den USA gegenüber. Da Deutschland einer unserer wichtigsten Handelspartner ist, gehen wir nur von einem vorübergehenden Absinken aus. Nach Angaben unserer Außenhandelsagentur New Zealand Trade and Enterprise steigt die Nachfrage deutscher Unternehmen nach Kooperations- und Investitionsmöglichkeiten bereits wieder deutlich, was wir durch transparente und individuell zugeschnittene Informationen über Neuseeland und seine Perspektiven für deutsche Unternehmen und Investoren fördern.


www.4investors.de: Welche Investoren wollen sie mit ihrer aktuellen Initiative für das Land gewinnen?

Scoliège: Durch die langjährige wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit zwischen Deutschland und Neuseeland gibt es bereits eine Vielzahl von Beziehungen zu mittelständischen Unternehmen, die Niederlassungen in Neuseeland haben und von dort den Sprung in die asiatischen Wachstumsmärkte wagen. Mit unserer aktuellen Roadshow für Investoren sprechen wir neben Unternehmen aus den Bereichen hochwertige Fertigung, Medizintechnik, Konstruktion und Agrarwirtschaft auch gezielt Privatanleger und Kapitalgesellschaften an. Allein die geplanten Infrastrukturprogramme der neuseeländischen Regierung sehen Investitionen von rund 23 Milliarden Euro vor und bieten viele Möglichkeiten, von niedrigen Inflationsraten, einem anhaltenden Wirtschaftswachstum und einer attraktiven Steuerlage zu profitieren.


www.4investors.de: Gibt es steuerliche Anreize oder Subventionen für ausländische Investoren in Neuseeland?

Scoliège: Neuseeland bietet viele steuerliche Vorteile, die für Investoren interessant sind, und hat ein extrem einfaches Steuersystem. Es gibt keine Einschränkungen beim Zu- und Abfluss von Kapital, keine Kapitalertragsteuer und umfassende staatliche und halbstaatliche Förderprogramme für F+E-Investitionen. Die Körperschaftssteuer in Neuseeland liegt bei 28 Prozent. Rohstoffe können zollfrei importiert werden und niedrige Lohnnebenkosten schaffen internationale Wettbewerbsvorteile bei qualifizierten Arbeitskräften. Ein weiterer Vorteil ist, dass aufgrund der niedrigen bürokratischen Hürden eine Unternehmensgründung in Neuseeland in nur einem Tag erfolgen kann.


www.4investors.de: Herr Dr. Tietjen, die GEA Group hat zuletzt zwei Akquisitionen in Neuseeland getätigt. Was hat sie bewogen, sich dort zu engagieren?

Tietjen: Im Vergleich zu europäischen Ländern, die eher stall-orientierte Milchwirtschaft betreiben, ist die Tendenz in Neuseeland eher weide-orientiert, was zur Folge hat, dass die Milchwirtschaft ein geringeres Kostenniveau aufweist. Die Akquisition von Milfos ermöglicht GEA Farm Technologies den Zugang zu der entsprechenden Technik und darüber hinaus zu weiteren Märkten, die vorwiegend weide-orientiert sind, zum Beispiel Südamerika, Südafrika und Teile Osteuropas. Die Akquisition der neuseeländischen Unternehmen hat für GEA deshalb nicht nur den Vorteil, in einem an sich schon attraktiven Markt vertreten zu sein, sondern bietet zudem die Möglichkeit, das Produktportfolio sinnhaft zu erweitern.


www.4investors.de: Welche Tipps geben Sie Interessierten, die ein Investment in Neuseeland ins Auge nehmen?

Tietjen: Die regulativen Rahmenbedingen sind optimal. Die politische Lage ist eine äußerst stabile. Korruption ist quasi nicht vorhanden. Das Wirtschaftswachstum ist dauerhaft positiv und garantiert somit ein geringes Investitionsrisiko. In Verhandlungen mit neuseeländischen Geschäftspartnern empfiehlt es sich, eine offene und direkte Kommunikation zu wagen. Hierin unterscheiden sie sich maßgeblich von asiatischen Volkswirtschaften. Man merkt allerdings auch die britische Herkunft, bei der Konfliktvermeidung eine hohe Priorität einnimmt. Aus deutscher Sicht sind Neuseeländer sehr beweglich und entscheidungsfreudig. Die nachhaltige Darstellung einer Win-Win-Situation stellt den Schlüssel zum Erfolg einer Verhandlung sicher.


www.4investors.de: Sind die Distanz zu Deutschland, man fliegt immerhin rund 30 Stunden, und die Zeitunterschiede ein Problem für Ihre Arbeit?

Tietjen: Sowohl die zeitliche als auch räumliche Distanz wird von uns durch eine optimale Vernetzung unseres internen Kommunikationssystems und Netzwerkes überbrückt, sodass Zeitunterschiede mit etwas Flexibilität in online-Konferenzen gut nivelliert werden können. Auslandsreisen werden langfristig geplant, um die Belastung der Beteiligten auf ein Minimum zu begrenzen, jedoch die Anwesenheit im Land selbst optimal und effektiv zu nutzen.


www.4investors.de: In Deutschland stöhnen viele Unternehmen unter Gewerbesteuern. Wie sieht das in ihrem Land aus?

Scoliège: Eine klassische Gewerbesteuer mit kommunalen Unterschieden gibt es in Neuseeland nicht, aber dem am nächsten kommt die sogenannte Company Tax Rate, die auf den Ertrag erhoben wird und in Neuseeland einheitlich bei 28 Prozent liegt. Auch im sonstigen Vergleich liegen die Steuersätze in der Regel unter den in Deutschland gültigen Werten. Der maximale Lohnsteuersatz für Privatpersonen beträgt 33 Prozent und der Mehrwertsteuersatz einheitlich 15 Prozent (Goods and Services Tax). Kapitalertragssteuern werden in Neuseeland gar nicht erhoben.


www.4investors.de: Ein Standortvorteil von Neuseeland sind niedrige Lohnnebenkosten. Können Sie einen Vergleich zu Deutschland machen?

Scoliège: In Deutschland lagen die Lohnnebenkosten laut statistischem Bundesamt 2012 bei etwa 27 Prozent des Bruttolohns. Die Lohnnebenkosten in Neuseeland bestehen aus dem Regelbeitrag für die Arbeitslosen- und Unfallversicherung (ACC), der sich je nach Risikofaktor einer Branche zwischen einem und 1,5 Prozent des Gehalts bewegt. Hinzu kommt der Pflichtbeitrag des Arbeitgebers für die Altersvorsorge, der bei 3 Prozent des Gehalts liegt. Privatwirtschaftliche Unternehmen kommen bei der reinen Pflichtbetrachtung also kaum auf mehr als fünf Prozent Lohnnebenkosten. Auch wenn sich viele Unternehmen auf freiwilliger Basis dazu entscheiden, einen höheren Beitrag zur Altersvorsorge ihrer Mitarbeiter zu leisten, bleiben die Lohnnebenkosten deutlich unter den in Europa üblichen Sätzen.


www.4investors.de: Und was ist mit den Energiekosten?

Scoliège: Neuseeland deckt schon heute rund 75 Prozent seines Strombedarfs aus erneuerbaren Energien. Wasserkraft, Geothermie und zunehmend die Windkraft garantieren eine sichere Versorgungslage auch bei steigendem Bedarf. Neuseeland liegt im weltweiten Vergleich hinsichtlich Stromgewinnung und –verbrauch aus erneuerbaren Quellen unter den fünf führenden Nationen.


www.4investors.de: Bisher gibt es zwischen Neuseeland und der EU kein Freihandelsabkommen. Wie ist die Verhandlungssituation? Welche Vorteile hätte ein solches Abkommen?

Scoliège: Neuseeland und die EU-Länder verbinden gemeinsame Werte, die uns zu langjährigen und selbstverständlichen Handelspartnern machen. Trotzdem gibt es bisher keinen formalen Vertrag, der die politischen und wirtschaftlichen Beziehungen regelt. Um diesen Zustand zu ändern, finden derzeit Verhandlungen über ein Partnerschaftsabkommen statt, das die nicht wirtschaftlichen Aspekte unserer Beziehung betrifft. Dies ist zwar ein wichtiger Schritt in die richtige Richtung, dennoch wäre es wünschenswert, zukünftig auch ein Freihandelsabkommen zu vereinbaren, um das wirtschaftliche Potenzial der Handelsbeziehungen zwischen Neuseeland und der EU vollständig ausschöpfen zu können.


www.4investors.de: Sie haben ein Residenz-Programm für Investoren. Welche Bedingungen müssen dafür erfüllt werden?

Scoliège: Neuseeland bietet vielfältige Visa-Möglichkeiten für Arbeitnehmer und Arbeitgeber, darunter auch eine spezielle Kategorie für Investoren. Diese soll ihnen Anreize bieten, am wirtschaftlichen Wachstum Neuseelands teilzunehmen. Der Auswahl liegt ein Punktesystem zugrunde, das zum einen jüngere Bewerber, die eine aktive Rolle im Wirtschaftsleben übernehmen wollen, und zum anderen Bewerber mit Geschäftserfahrung und Kapital fördert. Je nach Höhe der Investition werden die Investoren in die Investor Category oder die Investor Plus Category eingeordnet. Letztere setzt eine Investition von mindestens zehn Millionen Neuseeländischen Dollar – das entspricht rund 6 Millionen Euro – voraus, verlangt dafür aber keine weiteren Qualifikationen außer der Einhaltung gesundheitlicher und charakterlicher Voraussetzungen.




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Zitat von Popeye82:

Zitat von Popeye82: Barfresh Food Group - to Test Smoothies +Blended Ingredient Packs With National Casino Chain, which operates >40 casinos in the U.S. +>40.000 hotel rooms - Oct 2, 2012
www.irdirect.net/pr/release/id/35616


Barfresh Announces Agreement With International Restaurant Chain, which consists of 330 locations in thirty eight states +six countries - Oct 23, 2012
www.irdirect.net/pr/release/id/23602


Barfresh Signs Development Agreement With Premiere Quick-Service Restaurant Chain, "one of the nation's premier quick?service restaurant("QSR" ) chains", agreement consists of a development arrangement, whereby Barfresh will provide "up to" 3.000 of the restaurant chain's franchise locations - Nov 13, 2013
www.irdirect.net/pr/release/id/30816


Barfresh Announces Largest Agreement to Date, With "Leading National QSR Chain", that Has ~6.000 Restaurants in the U.S. "alone" - Dec 11, 2012
www.irdirect.net/pr/release/id/58287


Barfresh Names 'Industry Veteran' Director of Manufacturing +Product Development, which "has worked for major companies, such as Kraft/General Foods, Unilever +ICI" - Jan 16, 2013
www.irdirect.net/pr/release/id/85847


Barfresh Signs Supplier Marketing Agreement With RestaurantLink, to Expand Sales of Smoothies in US - Mar 7, 2013
www.irdirect.net/pr/release/id/134388


Barfresh Announces It Has Added the 25 Unit San Marcos Group Chain, to Customer Base - Jun 4, 2013
www.irdirect.net/pr/release/id/219869


Barfresh Opens Distribution With Sysco, the "global leader in selling, marketing +distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare +educational facilities, lodging establishments +other customers, who prepare meals away from home", operates >150 distribution warehouses +deliver to in excess of 400.000 food outlets throughout the United States +Canada - Jun 28, 2013
www.irdirect.net/pr/release/id/242114

Barfresh Raises $1.900.000, to "Increase Capacity, for its Growing Blended Beverage Business, in North America" - Aug 13, 2013
www.irdirect.net/pr/release/id/281178


Barfresh Food Group, Inc. Announces Addition of US Foods,"one of America’s leading foodservice distributors to restaurants, healthcare +hospitality facilities, government operations +educational institutions" , to Its "Growing Distribution Network" - Sep 12, 2013
www.irdirect.net/pr/release/id/305556


Barfresh to Add 24 Shakey’s[R] Restaurants, "with >50 restaurants in Southern California + >200 stores globally", in Southern California, to its Customer Base - Sep 19, 2013
www.irdirect.net/pr/release/id/311972

Barfresh Food Group "Acquires Worldwide Rights to Its Ready-to-Blend Beverage Packs"; With this acquisition, Barfresh "gains exclusive rights to service key international markets including but not limited to China, Europe, Japan, Brazil as well as Australia +New Zealand" - Oct 22, 2013
www.irdirect.net/pr/release/id/346812

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Copper drops to 3-month low, after 3rd Plenum - CER/WSJ - Nov 14, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64834

"Copper futures hit a 3-month low after the Chinese government released a communiqué regarding the decisions made during the Third Plenum, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The slide showed that investors have little faith in the government to boost the metal market. On Wednesday, copper fell 2.3% to US$3.1595 a pound on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest price since July 31. Economic reforms are widely seen as necessary for China to revive economic growth. Copper prices are tied to China's fortunes, as the country accounts for 40% of global demand for the metal. "

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China's reform agenda misses market expectation - CER/R - Nov 14, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64835

"The reform agenda China released after the Third Plenum fell short of market expectations, Reuters reported.

The communiqué following the secret leadership meeting listed several target areas for reform, but its language was more vague than some had expected and it explicitly underscored the importance of the state sector in the economy. But rather than lift state firms that dominate major benchmark indexes in China and Hong Kong, it spurred worries that it would leave them exposed once the authorities made good on their pledge to give markets a "decisive" role in the economy. "

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EMED Mining - Ownership of the Rio Tinto Copper Project is Clear - Nov 14, 2013
www.emed-mining.com/news/announcements/ownership-rio-tinto-c…

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da das ja "Dein" Thread ist, kriegst ein Geschenk v. mir zu Deinem neu entdeckten Wert:

The next pick is Poly Shield Technologies Inc. (SHPR:OTCBB). This is an incredible story and it seems no one knows about it yet. I haven't written a report on it yet but I will. For now, here's a good intro interviewwith the company's chairman and founder, Rasmus Norling.

The float is very tight on Poly Shield and I believe the company plans on cancelling a big chunk of its shares outstanding by the end of the year, essentially cutting the market cap in half overnight. The upside potential here is just massive. In fact, I think it may be one of the fastest companies ever to go from zero to more than $1 billion in revenues in history. Poly Shield has the only solution in a new market being created in the huge shipping/maritime industry due to government regulations to reduce sulfur output. The company's solution is one-tenth the cost of competitors and has massive size and operational benefits as well. The maritime industry has a gun to its head to do something and Poly Shield will get a huge chunk of this business.

Poly Shield has contracted more than 40 ships already but it is really just the beginning. I believe we'll see an accelerated pace of big contracts going forward and an even greater pace once we break into 2014 and shippers are forced to act or are left out in the cold. If Poly Shield signs on 500 ships between now and next fall, it's a $10 stock, and with 1,000 ships, it could be a $20 stock. Again, the upside is massive here; I've never seen anything like it where I got involved this early and all the stars were lining up.

Most of the companies I've mentioned have big upside but I always remind people that with that potential typically involves correlated risk. So, I'd remind everyone to do their own homework and be prepared for volatility if buying any of the names mentioned in this interview.

http://www.mining.com/web/eric-muschinski-investor-psycholog…

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Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies - City of Saskatoon +Ostara Launch "Canada's 1st Commercial Nutrient Recovery Facility"; Mayor D. Atchison: "The example of responsible stewardship of our resources begins @home . With the installation of Ostara’s technology @the Wastewater Treatment Plant, we "are proactively +cost-effectively, tackling the growing issue of nutrient overload in our regional waterways. And that’s good for taxpayers +good for the environment" " - Aug 14, 2013
www.ostara.com/news/news-releases/2013/city-saskatoon-and-os…


Black &Veatch +Ostara to Design-Build New Nutrient Recovery System, for World’s Largest Water Reclamation Plant; Dr. James L. Barnard, Known to the water industry as “The Father of Biological Nutrient Removal ”: "... Phosphorus is a non-­renewable resource that is critical to farming +food production. Nothing grows without it but too much of it can negatively impact water quality. Biological nutrient removal "enables us to address water quality challenges +recover this precious nutrient for beneficial reuse purposes ..." " - Sep 12, 2013
www.ostara.com/news/news-releases/2013/black-veatch-and-osta…


Ostara Named to "2013 Global Cleantech 100 List", for the 5th consecutive year: Recognized as "Market Leader in Technology with World-Changing Impact"; List "Recognizes the Top Private Companies in Clean Technology": Ostara "Recognized as Market Leader in Technology with World-Changing Impact "; Phillip Abrary: "We are honored to be named a Global Cleantech 100 company once again in `13. Nutrient management is "one of the most critical resource issues we face today." In excess, the proliferation of phosphorus +nitrogen "can have devastating effects on marine ecosystems +local economies." Ostara's nutrient recovery process is "a part of the solution to these challenges, by removing nutrients from where they shouldn’t be – in our waterways – +using them to create a new standard of plant-activated, enhanced efficiency fertilizer." More +more wastewater treatment facilities throughout North America +Europe are adopting our technology "as a means of addressing these issues in a way that is both economically sound +environmentally responsible" ", Ostara’s technology recovers phosphorus +nitrogen from municipal +industrial wastewater streams +transforms them into an environmentally responsible, enhanced efficiency fertilizer called Crystal Green®, which is used by growers in the agriculture, turf +ornamental sectors throughout North America +in Europe - Oct 9, 2013
www.ostara.com/news/news-releases/2013/ostara-named-2013-glo…
http://events.cleantech.com/global100/
www.ostara.com/sites/default/files/LustList_CleanTech100.pdf
www.cleantech.com/global100/global-cleantech-100/2013-paneli…


Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies wins Technology Green 15TM Award, @the `13 Deloitte Technology Fast 50TM Awards, for the 3rd consecutive year; Recognized for technology solutions +intellectual property that promotes efficient use of the earth's resources; Award "recognizes winners that create technology solutions that reduce environmental impacts, while improving operational performance +productivity" - Nov 13, 2013
www.ostara.com/news/news-releases/2013/ostara-named-winner-o…
www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-Canada/Local%20Assets/Documents…
www.deloitte.com/assets/dcom-canada/local%20assets/images/in…
www.deloitte.com/view/en_CA/ca/industries/tmt/technology-fas…

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"Major Technical Achievement Expands Sales Opportunities", Halogen-Free Flame Retardant(FR) Treatment Developed for Nycolon - Nov 14, 2013

+ Halogen-free FR treatment developed for nylon-cotton fabrics

+ Key performance threshold for flame retardancy +wash durability established for life of garment

+ Recent advancements "also open up further opportunities in the polyester market, the most used synthetic fiber worldwide, with a market share of ~72%" ...
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=AJX&E=ASX&N=657553

"Perth, WA and Greer, South Carolina, Alexium International Group Limited(Alexium) (ASX:AJX, AX:AJX, OTC QX:AXXIY) announced today that it has successfully achieved a substantial technical and industry milestone for introducing a halogen-free flame retardant treatment for nylon- cotton blends to the market.

Alexium will be introducing this halogen-free alternative under the Nycolon product series. This achievement is born from Alexium’s proprietary Nycolon technology and further extends the application range for many markets. Alexium is currently working with potential customers on specific products based on this technology.


Over the past decade, halogenated flame retardants (HFRs) have received increasing scrutiny due to environmental and health concerns of HFRs such as Decabrom. Alexium’s Nycolon technology is based on a non-leachable HFR that does not pose the same environmental/health problems. While Nycolon’s chemistry satisfies any regulatory concerns for HFRs, Alexium’s non-halogenated FR treatment for nylon- cotton blends was developed to satisfy market segments interested in halogen-free products. The halogen-free process is effective with fabric blends with up to 50% nylon content. This treatment provides a fabric that does not melt/drip, has excellent vertical flame test performance, and is durable for 50 wash/dry laundering cycles.

“Alexium’s FR technology for synthetic/cotton blends has seen great advancements over the past year, and the haloge-free version is really a natural outgrowth of this. We are now focused on working with customers on product applications, as well as demonstrating the halogen-free technology for industrial laundering, including polyester-cotton blends,” stated Dr. Bob Brookins, Alexium’s Head of Research and Development.

In a further breakthrough, Alexium over the last month has successfully demonstrated FR treatments on polyester-cotton blends, further extending the textile application range. Polyester fiber is the most used synthetic fiber worldwide, with a market share of about 72%.

Its production cost are reasonably low, and it is also successfully used in many industrial and textile applications, as well as in the automotive industry. For over a decade, the world's polyester market has enjoyed a sustained annual growth rate of 7 –9%. The total world polyester market is approximately 65 billion pounds, with nearly 46% going into the home furnishings, technical, and household textile markets.


For more information visit:

www.alexiuminternational.com ..."

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Mesoblast - Improved Survival in Children, with GvHD After Cell Therapy; In 75 children with acute severe GvHD, 61% responded to Prochymal® +76% of these were alive @day 100, Severe, acute Grade C -D GvHD is often refractory to 1st line therapy, +has a survival of <30% @day 100 - Nov 14, 2013
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=MSB&E=ASX&N=398012
www.bbmt.org/article/PIIS1083879113005065/fulltext

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Cardinal Resources - Ndongo Airborne Geophysical Survey Completed, Structures interpreted previously from regional magnetic data "show multiple major NE-SW trending shear structures, totalling >100 kms, striking through the Cardinal tenements in Northern Ghana" - Nov 14, 2013
http://cardinalresources.com.au/assets/ee_uploads/2013/14_No…
http://cardinalresources.com.au/assets/ee_uploads/20120801_P…

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Xenetic Biosciences: Prince Charles visit to Serum Institute was "unqualified success " - PAI UK - Nov 13, 2013

- Giles Gwinnett -
www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/63202/xenetic-bi…

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Oil Column: New North Sea regulator could help maximise oil recovery - PAI UK - Nov 11, 2013

- Jamie Ashcroft -
www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/market_reports/63100/…

"The UK government has unveiled plans it believes will enhance the UK North Sea oil and gas industry and allow companies to maximise the recovery of oil from the maturing oil region.

An ongoing special review, commissioned by Ed Davey, secretary of state for energy and climate change, has today revealed its interim findings, which include a recommendation to create a new arms-length regulator to oversee oil and gas business in the UK North Sea.

This new regulator will aim to have greater co-ordination and collaboration with the oil and gas industry, and will implement new strategies in relation to infrastructure sharing, production efficiency and decommissioning.

The new regulator will be funded by the industry.

According to Sir Ian Wood, the author of the review, the recommendations will boost UK North Sea recoveries by between 3-4bln barrels and will deliver an additional £200bn of value to the UK economy.

"The UKCS has changed radically over the last 20 years,” Wood said.

“While some regions are mature, there are still frontier areas and significant emerging potential where technology is opening up important new plays. It is therefore an opportune time for government and the Industry to take stock and reshape the stewardship regime that will be required for the decades to come".

"I have interviewed 40 active companies in the oil and gas industry representing more than 95 per cent of UKCS production, key government figures, and regulators from neighbouring regimes such as Norway and the Netherlands.

“The evidence is clear. We need to strengthen the capacity and capability of our stewardship regime to enhance collaboration significantly across the North Sea if we are to meet the challenging demands of maturity and diversity and maximise the economic benefits for both the country and the industry.”

Malcolm Webb, chief executive of industry group Oil & Gas UK, meanwhile, said the creation of the new regulator would be a catalyst for improving collaboration and will would provide “single minded focus” to deliver maximum economic benefit for both the industry and the country.

“But there is no time for delay,” Webb warned.

“To maintain high investment in this basin and prevent premature decommissioning of infrastructure, the government needs to move swiftly ahead with these proposals.

“Oil & Gas UK looks forward to the publication of the final report early next year and the opportunity to work with Industry and the government to put these recommendations in place.”

Elsewhere, in the commodity market, crude prices rose after a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme was not agreed – thus rebalancing the level of ‘risk’ priced into futures markets. An agreement is still “not far” away according to France.

Stronger Chinese demand also boosted prices.

In London trading, Brent Crude futures were up US$1.12 per barrel to US$106.30 whilst West Texas Intermediary futures were 75 cents higher to US$95.30. "

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Zitat von Popeye82: Seeing Machines CEO: Latest deal "only scratches the surface" - PAI UK - Sep 3, 2013

- Ian Lyall -
www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/47527/seeing-ma…

"Ken Kroger, chief executive of Seeing Machines(LON:SEE), reckons the group is "only scratching the surface" of the driver fatigue market, following the US$1.500.000 deal with BHP Billiton Iron Ore(LON:BHP).


“The mining haul truck market encompasses 40.000 units around the world +they add ~2.000 trucks/year. Currently, there is a " "very small percentage" of those trucks with any sort of fatigue management technology." So, there is "a large market for us to go for",” Kroger told Proactive Investors.

Seeing Machines said the Pilbara trucks will be supported by Caterpillar dealer WestTrac, cementing a deal it has with the maker of these giant vehicles.

The monitoring systems are to be rolled out via the American manufacturer's worldwide dealer network.

Like cars, these mining vehicles are sold by dealers. Unlike the family saloon, @up to US$5.000.000 a pop, these 40 tonne giants are expensive to replace.

This "may explain the growing popularity of the DSS" +why Caterpillar +the miners are "keen to adopt the technology."

“Caterpillar’s endorsement "really validates our technology" +"sends a strong signal to the market", that despite Seeing Machines being a small, Australian-centric organisation, with Caterpillar’s support we "can support a global audience more readily",” Kroger said.

However, broker finnCap " "believes" that eye-tracking that is central to the device’s operation has "far wider" applications, than its current deployment as an in-cab monitor" –the DSS was simply a means of early commercialisation.

So what does that mean? Well, buses, trucks +airliners "all have need for this sort of technology". There are 400.000 lorries here in the UK without fatigue monitors +500.000 coaches throughout the EU –"so, two massive markets."

Currently, Seeing Machines has a trial ongoing in the Netherlands, with a leading bus company.

The next generation of cars are all incorporating a degree of automation(although we are years away from the truly driverless automobile), but central to the development of the next generation of vehicles will be eye-tracking.

“We have trials with tier-one safety suppliers to the automotive market, +"it really is not a case of if, but when the 1st driver monitoring engine will appear in the private car space",” said Kroger.

In home computing +TV, 3D is here +"relies on being able to trick the eye into believing what it is seeing is a multi-dimensional image." +, "you’ve got it -Seeing Machines-style eye-tracking "will be @the heart of the next iterations"."

In fact, the company’s algorithm has already been incorporated in a 3D laptop , developed by Toshiba.

Google Glass is revealing just where the technology is going next. +the applications "are seemingly limittless": for instance, aiding advertisers who want to see whether mobile phone users are actually looking @their pop-ups, or simply zoning out.

“While it is not without challenge it is becoming in the realms of possibility,” Kroger said of the deployment of eye-tracking in mobile telephony.

“We are working with a number of household brand name companies now +"while there is a way to go, I "think we are capable of doing it" ".”

So, this is not just a one trick pony. In fact, "analysts "believe" if this was a Silicon Valley based business, rather than one run from the Australian capital Canberra, its valuation "would be far higher than it is today listed on London’s alternative market"."

@1pm, the stock was up 12.5% @4.5 pence. It has >doubled in value, in the last six months.


Profile

Seeing Machines(LON: SEE) is an "award winning technology company", with a focus on vision based human machine interfaces. Seeing Machines technology platform is "based on world-leading computer vision processing technologies", that allow machines to see +track human faces +certain facial features. These technologies "enable the development of new "cutting edge products" +applications, ranging from devices that improve road safety +save lives, to those that help manage eye disease +prevent loss of eyesight."


The company’s focus is on deploying its computer vision technologies, worldwide, in:

- Driver/operator safety products, for transport markets, through the DSS product range;

- The TrueField Analyzer®(TFA) product for vision testing devices for healthcare markets;

- New products in a range of markets including sports, entertainment, robotics +security through our faceAPI product; +

- Human performance measurement, through our faceLAB® product. "

Zitat von Popeye82: Seeing Machines - "Eyes Up Largest Ever Order", will see the DSS units deployed @a site in the Atacama desert in Chile, which is "one of the largest producing mines in the world" - Dec 10, 2012
www.seeingmachines.com/2012/12/10/seeing-machines-eyes-up-la…


Eye-Tracking Technology Alliance with Caterpillar Global Mining, the "world’s leading manufacturer of mining equipment" - May 28, 2013
www.seeingmachines.com/2013/05/28/eye-tracking-technology-al…


Seeing Machines lands US$1.500.000 order from BHP, the "world's largest mining company", for fatigue monitors - Sep 2, 2013
www.4-traders.com/SEEING-MACHINES-LIMITED-4005679/news/Seein…

Seeing Machines' DSS starts trial with Cliffs Natural Resources - Oct 24, 2013
www.iii.co.uk/stockmarketwire/124382/seeing-machines-dss-sta…


Seeing Machines receives additional orders from Freeport-McMoRan, " one of the world’s largest producers of copper +gold" - Nov 11, 2013
www.iii.co.uk/stockmarketwire/128147/seeing-machines-receive…

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Pink Star diamond breaks sales record, @US$83.000.000; The most valuable diamond ever offered @auction ‒ the 59.6-carat Pink Star ‒ has far exceeded expert predictions, setting a new world record in gemstone sales under Sotheby’s hammer here - MR - Nov 14, 2013

- K. Jansen -
www.miningreview.com/pink-star-diamond-breaks-sales-record-a…

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NEVADO Resources - Signs Agreement With Kunming for a Ti-V-Fe Process Method, for its La Blache Property - Nov 14, 2013
www.nevadoresources.com/uploads/news/VDO_Kunming_release_EN_…

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Midnight Sun Mining - Initiates Drilling @Solwezi, "All targets are within 10 km of the Kansanshi mine, the largest copper mine in Africa" - Nov 14, 2013
www.midnightsunmining.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=611457…
www.midnightsunmining.com/i/PDF/presentation-oct2013.pdf

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Zitat von Popeye82:

Zitat von Popeye82: Dynacor Gold Mines - Announces Best Month of Production in the Company's History - Jun 23, 2011
http://dynacorgold.com/en/archives-description.php?param=137

Zitat von Popeye82: Dynacor Gold Mines: Announces Record Gold(21.734 ounces) +Silver(40.416 ounces) Production from Custom Milling, for the 1st 6 months of `11 - Jul 22, 2011
http://dynacorgold.com/en/archives-description.php?param=139

Zitat von Popeye82: Dynacor Gold Mines - Gold Production +Grades Jump Significantly, Marking the 3rd Record Breaking Month for ´12 - Aug 24, 2012
http://dynacorgold.com/en/news-description.php?param=418

Zitat von Popeye82: Dynacor Gold Mines to build a $4.500.000 2nd Gold-Ore Processing Plant - Oct 24, 2011
http://dynacorgold.com/en/archives-description.php?param=200

Dynacor Gold Mines continues to increase its gold processing capacity +reports an all-time record production, of 4.255 ounces of gold in oct `11 - Nov 22, 2011
http://dynacorgold.com/en/news-description.php?param=204

Zitat von Popeye82: Dynacor's gold production surpasses 46.000 ounces, in `11 - Jan 11, 2012
http://dynacorgold.com/en/archives-description.php?param=205

Zitat von Popeye82: Dynacor Announces Record Sales, of US$74.600.000 - Mar 29, 2012
http://dynacorgold.com/en/archives-description.php?param=217

Zitat von Popeye82: DYNACOR: GOLD +SILVER PRODUCTION CONTINUES TO SOAR, IN Q1-`12 - Apr 19, 2012
http://dynacorgold.com/en/archives-description.php?param=402

Zitat von Popeye82: DYNACOR ANNOUNCES RECORD NET QUARTERLY INCOME, OF US $1.700.000/$0.05/share - May 14, 2012
http://dynacorgold.com/en/archives-description.php?param=408

Zitat von Popeye82: DYNACOR: JUNE `12 RECORD GOLD PRODUCTION - Jul 18, 2012
http://dynacorgold.com/en/archives-description.php?param=413

Zitat von Popeye82: GOLD PRODUCTION +GRADES JUMP SIGNIFICANTLY, MARKING THE 3RD RECORD BREAKING MONTH(gääähn) FOR `12 - Aug 24, 2012
http://dynacorgold.com/en/archives-description.php?param=418

Zitat von Popeye82: dynacor: BOOSTS metal Sales TO record levels, of USD $9.960.000 in august - Sep 18, 2012
http://dynacorgold.com/en/archives-description.php?param=419

Zitat von Popeye82: DYNACOR ANNOUNCES RECORD SALES, OF US$29.300.000 - Sep 11, 2012
http://dynacorgold.com/en/archives-description.php?param=422

Zitat von Popeye82: Dynacor: NEW Record gold production in october, of 6.169 ounces - Nov 29, 2012
http://dynacorgold.com/en/archives-description.php?param=423

Zitat von Popeye82: DYNACOR ANNOUNCES BEST MONTHLY , QUARTERLY aaaaand YEARLY GOLD PRODUCTION, IN `12 - Jan 24, 2013
http://dynacorgold.com/en/archives-description.php?param=429

Zitat von Popeye82: DYNACOR BOOSTS QUARTERLY GOLD PRODUCTION TO AN ALL-TIME BEST, OF 20.027 OUNCES IN Q1/`13 - Apr 18, 2013
http://dynacorgold.com/en/archives-description.php?param=436

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Zitat von Popeye82: dynacor announces 1ST STEPS, FOR ITS NEW 300 T/D gold ORE-PROCESSING PLANT - May 29, 2013
http://dynacorgold.com/en/archives-description.php?param=441

Dynacor Gold Mines - raises `13 guidance, to 71.000 oz Au - Aug 30, 2013
NG-2102724" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">www.stockwatch.com/News/Item.aspx?bid=Z-CNG-2102724
http://dynacorgold.com/en/news-description.php?param=449

Dynacor Q3-`13: Record Gold Sales of 20.598 oz +Net Income of $3.000.000(0.08$/share) - Nov 14, 2013
http://dynacorgold.com/en/news-description.php?param=460

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 45.837.172 von Popeye82 am 14.11.13 20:48:45

Decision Plus interviews Mr. Jean Martineau, President +CEO of Dynacor Gold Mines - Sep 24, 2013
http://dynacorgold.com/en/webcast-en.php

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MagIndustries - Update of the NI 43-101 Technical Report for MagMineral's Mengo Permit Area, Kouilou Region, Republic of Congo - Nov 14, 2013
www.magindustries.com/news.aspx?newsid=111&pageid=3

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Ericsson(ERIC) "Predicts Rapid Wireless Data Growth" - E.com - Nov 14, 2013

- Jeff Kagan -
www.equities.com/editors-desk/stocks/telecommunication/erics…

"Ericsson (ERIC) says we should expect rapid changes in wireless, and that smartphone subscriptions will reach 5.6 billion by 2019. Today we are at 1.9 billion. That will mean different handsets and new areas of growth. So what will the wireless world look like tomorrow? You may be surprised.

First of all it’s important to recognize that Ericsson is in the business. So when they issue a report that traffic will grow tenfold by the year 2019, and the device market will explode with growth, we must take that with a grain of salt.

On the other hand, I must agree with Ericsson on their prediction. However I would go further. The future is not just about smartphones. It’s also about transforming the entire business community to use wireless data to compete in new ways.

So wireless growth will look very different by 2019. We can expect a vibrant marketplace, with incredible growth, but things will look very different. Then again, it has also changed dramatically over the last five years as well.

Many of the companies that lead the wireless space today won’t in 2019. Many new companies and technologies that will lead may not even exist yet.

Just look at the last five years as an example. The Apple (AAPL) iPhone and Google (GOOG) Android started just six years ago and changed the entire smartphone segment. Before that Blackberry (BBRY) and Nokia (NOK) led.

What that says is it can be impossible to predict what the marketplace will look like five or ten years out. During the last five years we have seen the entire wireless space transform both technologies and companies.

So what will the industry look like in another five years? We can make predictions, but we must also be aware that surprises happen all the time. I never assume anyone knows what the marketplace will look like more than a few years out. That’s the nature of wireless innovation.

Wireless is one of the fastest growing segments in business today. In fact it is also one of the most often and fastest changing industries we have ever seen, both here in the US and worldwide.

In many areas of the world, the costs and limits of a wired world mean the wireless network is the only way to communicate. In fact the same may be true right here in the United States. Just look at how Verizon (VZ) is not rebuilding in many areas after last year’s Hurricane Sandy.

It’s pretty safe to say some of the wireless carriers will likely continue to be winners. Look at AT&T Mobility (T) and Verizon Wireless as an example. Today they account for roughly 70 percent of the marketplace.

Will they continue this lead? Impossible to say today, but they are both ahead of the curve so I expect they will at this point.

Sprint (S) and T-Mobile (TMUS) are number three and four. One year ago they were both failing, but things change. Today they are trying to reinvent themselves.

Sprint was acquired by Softbank and is building a very fast wireless Internet. T-Mobile’s new CEO seems to be breathing new life into their lungs. So over the next year or two these companies may start to win an increasing amount of business.

We know how the smartphone world and network speeds are rapidly growing. That won’t stop. But where else will wireless growth come from?

Growth will come from unexpected places. Consider how the wireless industry is helping industry after industry move forward.

Look at the automotive industry. It is rapidly moving forward, and it’s not just Tesla, Lexus, Mercedes and Cadillac. It’s also Ford, Chevy, Toyota and Honda. Actually, one by one all the carmakers are jumping into this wireless data space. This competitive threat in automotive, is also an enormous opportunity for the wireless industry going forward.

Look at healthcare. Wireless data is changing that space as well, both for doctors and for patients. New devices are transforming the entire space. Not only do doctors and hospitals use it, but increasingly patients are as well. Smartphone apps that are real healthcare tools used to link patients to doctors for better care.

Look at retail. Walk into a store and you get a welcome text message. It also knows you, what you purchased before, asks what you are looking for today, and not only directs you to the place in the store you are looking for, but also sends you a personalized coupon.

In area after area, and industry after industry, this is going to be one of the big growth areas in wireless in coming years. And we are really just in the very early days of this new revolution.

So what else will we be talking about in coming years as the wireless industry continues to grow and change everything?

Ericsson seems to think there is plenty of opportunity going forward. They see lower priced smartphones enticing new waves of customers, in country after country.

They expect mobile subscribers to reach 9.3 billion by 2019. They expect to see the number of mobile broadband subscribers grow to four times the size of today’s market, growing to 8 billion, from 2 billion today. They see smartphone subscribers growing to 5.6 billion, from 1.9 billion today.

Ericsson also expects the amount of data used by each smartphone to grow to four times today’s market. Ericsson also expects 90 percent of the world’s population to be using WSDMA/HSPA technology, and 65 percent to be covered by LTE or Long Term Evolution by 2019.

So we have quite a long way to go to reach those numbers, but growth in wireless continues. Now that growth with expensive gear is slowing, the less expensive handsets are starting to sell. This welcomes in new waves of users, worldwide and they all get hooked on wireless data.

In this changing marketplace, it’s important to recognize that some companies and ideas will succeed, while others will not. Some of today’s leaders will give way to tomorrow’s leaders. Choosing the right companies and technologies to invest in is always the challenge.

With that said, while this Ericsson study is very interesting and sounds exciting, take it with a grain of salt. They could be right. Then again, the industry could go down an entirely different path that we are not even aware of today. Remember Apple and Google? It happens all the time. "

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Chinese Stocks Accused of Fraud by Short-Sellers; Five percent of Chinese microcap stocks currently trading on the NYSE or NASDAQ have been accused by a major American short seller of defrauding shareholders - E.com - Nov 14, 2013

- J. Harper -
www.equities.com/editors-desk/investing-strategies/shorting/…
www.equities.com/editors-desk/investing-strategies/shorting/…

"Yesterday Equities covered major American stock scams perpetuated on either the NYSE or NASDAQ. Today, we wanted to explore a specific subset of fraud stocks: those targeted by short-sellers.

As Equities Michael Teague argued, short sellers – or traders that bet that a stock’s value will drop – serve an important function by routing out fraud stocks. Perhaps the biggest instance of a “short seller does good” is probably Jim Chanos uncovering Enron’s massive accounting scam and subsequently taking a short position on them. Of course, Chanos was right, and he made a fortune. But more than his own personal gains, Chanos was one of the first to reveal to the public at large that one of the most celebrated companies on Wall Street was a house of cards.

Chanos, and his short sell research contemporaries, are on the constant lookout for fraud companies, and tend to be the first to discover when a company is engaging in fishy accounting, fabricating reports, or otherwise trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the investing public. Since the days of Enron, short-sellers have a very specific place they’re looking for companies that, if not of the same size and scope of Enron, are engaging in the exact same kind of fraud.

They’re looking to China.

Citing the country’s somewhat opaque accounting practices that make international scams easier to perpetuate, short-sellers have been targeting Chinese companies at a drastic clip. There are roughly 175 Chinese companies currently trading on the NYSE or NASDAQ. Of those 111 meet the definition of microcap, or possessing a valuation less than $300 million USD. And what do short sellers have to say about Chinese microcap stocks?


Five percent of Chinese microcap stocks currently trading on the NYSE or NASDAQ have been accused by a major American short seller of defrauding shareholders.


While 2011 represented the (to this point) highest incidence of Chinese fraud allegations, as we’ll see, to short-sellers Chinese fraud is far from a thing of the past. Even Chanos, possibly the biggest name in short selling, has said the entire Chinese economy is “on an economic treadmill to hell.”

Here are the Chinese companies currently trading on the NYSE or NASDAQ that have been accused of fraud by notable short sell analysts:


Sino Clean Energy (SCEI)

In 2011 famous short seller Alfred Little alleged that this energy company said this company “is the most outrageous Chinese fraud to date committed against U.S. investors” and said its shares were worthless. Alfred Little provided surveillance footage of the copmpany’s three plants they claimed proved that output from the company was being wildly overstated. The company’s stock has dropped over 80 percent since Alfred Little’s allegations became public.


Orient Paper (ONP)

Famous short seller Muddy Waters targeted this company back in 2010, calling them “virtually worthless.” While the company is still afloat, Orient Paper has lost 32 percent of its market valuation in the last two years.


China New Borun (BORN)

First targeted by Citron Research in 2010, corn distiller China New Borun has come under renewed scrutiny in 2013 amid a series of unexplained stock pops. China New Borun is currently up on the year, but down nearly 43 percent from its price two years ago.


NQ Mobile (NQ)

Muddy Waters might not target Chinese companies with the zeal they once did, but that didn’t stop them for going after mobile company NQ née Netquin Mobil in Oct. 2013, saying their user base was largely fabricated and revenues grossly overstated. Thought they vehemently deny the allegations, NQ has tanked since the reports first came out.


Suntech (STP)

Suntech was once the largest solar company in the world. But when hidden debts began to surface, Suntech began liquidating assets at a rapid rate, and was unable to avoid default on half billion USD loan. It looks to soon go belly up in a massive reversal of fortune. "

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Gold demand falls 21%, in 3rd quarter – World Gold Council - WM/CMR/WGC, JOHANNESBURG - Nov 14, 2013

- M. Creamer -
www.miningweekly.com/article/gold-demand-falls-21-in-third-q…

"Gold demand fell 21% in the three months to September 30, compared with the same period last year, the World Gold Council said on Thursday.

The council’s 'Gold Demand Trends' report put 2013 third-quarter demand at 868.5 t and supply at 1 145.5 t – a 277 t excess.

The average gold price for the quarter was $1 326/oz, 20% lower than in the third quarter of last year.

This pushed third-quarter gold value down to $37-billion – a drop of 37%.

Outflows of nearly 700 t from gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the West were partly balanced by the strong uptake of gold jewellery, bars and coins in the East.

“The growth we’re seeing in jewellery, bars and coins, in particular, demonstrates once again the unique diversity of gold demand,” World Gold Council MD investment Marcus Grubb commented, pointing to different market sectors increasing in prominence at different points in the global economic cycle.

Central banks were net buyers of gold for the eleventh consecutive quarter, purchasing 93 t, and technology demand remained stable at 103 t.

Third-quarter consumer demand in China grew 18% to 210 t and jewellery consumption outside China, in South East Asia, grew 28% in Hong Kong, 14% in Vietnam, 57% in Thailand and 19% in Indonesia.

Jewellery demand also rose 9% in the Middle East and 14% in the US.

However, Indian government restrictions on importing gold through official channels supressed consumption to 148 t and caused Indian gold recycling to increase fivefold to 61 t.

Demand lifts in countries with close India links is, however, fuelling suspicion that gold is making its way into India along illicit channels. "

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Minco Gold - Discovered a "Large Gold Zone, @the Yejiaba Project" - Nov 14, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/minco-gold-discovered-a-la…

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Tech to enhance gold recovery for double refractory ore processing - MW, GUIYANG CITY - Nov 14, 2013

- Schalk Burger/Tracy Hancock -
www.miningweekly.com/article/technology-to-enhance-gold-reco…

"A new technology to improve gold recovery in the processing of double refractory ores, which often resulted in native carbon competing with activated carbon and limiting gold recovery (commonly called preg-robbing), was now available for commercial use, said biological oxidation (Biox) solutions provider Biomin process manager Craig van Buuren.


The process, called HiTeCC, was a conditioning stage introduced after conventional carbon-in-leach (CIL) processing to recover preg-robbed gold from native carbonaceous materials.

The process resulted from the collaboration between a Biox user and Biomin, and had reliably been shown to improve gold recovery, following the CIL process, by 5% to 10% . Biomin was working with the University of Pretoria to further the fundamental understanding of the HiTeCC process and allow it to be extensively modelled, Van Buuren added.

"In our tests on double refractory concentrates with a high native-carbon content, normal gold recoveries were severely impacted without the HiTeCC process," he explained.

The process involved conditioning slurry post-CIL using heat, carbon and caustic reagents to reverse the preg-robbing effect. Gold was stripped off the native carbon and recaptured onto activated carbon through a two-stage temperature swing. This “innovative” slurry heat exchanging process meant HiTeCC could be easily tied into conventional leach circuits.

Biomin noted that it had done significant work to improve the efficiency of the process for plants processing double refractory ores and would continue to develop the modelling to enable bespoke solutions for specific preg-robbing materials. "

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Afghanistan "wooing investors, but governance +other concerns seen as potential obstacles" - MW - Nov 15, 2013

- Keith Campbell/Martin Zhuwakinyu -
www.miningweekly.com/article/minings-wildest-frontier-2013-1…

"hat Afghanistan is a source of valuable metals and minerals has been known for millennia. Most famously, the country was the main source for the blue precious stone lapis lazuli, exported westwards to Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), Egypt and the Aegean regions as early as the fourth millennium BC (between 5 000 and 6 000 years ago), and to India even earlier.

In those distant times, Afghanistan was also an important source of tin, essential for the manufacture of bronze, the alloy which gave its name to the Bronze Age, the first era of the great metals-based civilisations, which lasted, in the Near East and Egypt, roughly from 3 500 BC to 1 200 BC.

In more recent centuries, however, Afghanistan ceased to be a major centre for mining. Hence, the general surprise when, in 2010, it was revealed that US geologists had estimated that the Central Asian country had mineral deposits worth $1-trillion. Surveying operations by the US Geological Survey (USGS), based on geological maps and data complied by Russian geologists before and during the Soviet occupation of the country (and left in the Afghanistan Geological Survey library when the Soviets withdrew), indicated large-scale deposits of iron-ore, copper, niobium, rare-earth metals, cobalt, lithium and gold. There are also oil and gas reserves. But Afghanistan is not the easiest place in the world to build a mine.


Destruction and Reconstruction

The country has endured more than 30 years of conflict, since the then Soviet Union invaded it in December 1979. Central govern- ment authority, weak at the best of times, collapsed completely outside the major cities. Much infrastructure was destroyed. It is believed that more than one-million Afghans had lost their lives by the time the Soviet army withdrew in early 1989. In that year, 6.2-million Afghans were living as refugees in other countries. The Soviet withdrawal was not followed by peace.

The Taliban regime, which dominated most (but never all) of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 was actively hostile to certain modern technologies. (The reason the Russian geological maps survived is that, when the Taliban took over Kabul, the geologists at the Afghanistan Geological Survey took them out of the library and hid them in their homes.)

The Taliban also forbade women to parti-cipate in the economy. Indeed, women were only meant to leave home if fully covered and accompanied by a close male relative. Female education was banned. The damage that this did to the country can be gauged from estimates that, prior to the Taliban’s seizure of power, in Kabul, 70% of school teachers, 50% of public servants and 40% of doctors were women. At Kabul University, 60% of the lecturers and 50% of the students were women.

But, since the Taliban were overthrown in 2001, things have been improving. Last month, Indian journalist Arnab Pratim Dutta wrote in the Business Standard newspaper: “Kabul no longer resembles a city ravaged by three decades of war, civil strife and insurgency. A few minutes after leaving the airport complex, as one enters the streets of Afghanistan’s capital, all notions of the war-torn country begin to fade. Plush, yet Bohemian-styled, marriage halls (where weddings are celebrated), perhaps inspired by the casinos of Las Vegas, glitzy shopping malls and busy markets greet curious eyes. What happened to the bullet- ridden mud walls of the shell-punctured roofs, one might ask. The first impression of Kabul has none of that to offer. As the city begins to introduce itself, it becomes evident time has healed its wounds. Pul-e Khishti, Kabul’s biggest open-air market, bustles with shoppers and itinerant vendors. Kiosks selling burger and Doner kebabs have popped up next to traditional Afghan eateries. Driving with office-goers means being caught up in hours-long traffic snarls.”

The commander of the United Nations-mandated and North Atlantic Treaty Organ-isation-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), General Joseph F Dunford, of the US Army, stated in his (northern) autumn 2013 situation update: “Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) proved capable of securing the Afghan people during their first fighting season in the lead. . . . During this period, they gained confidence, demonstrated cohesion and further developed their capa- bilities, thus largely limiting insurgent violence to less populated areas. In virtually all tactical engagements, the ANSF demon-strated tactical overmatch vis-a-vis the Taliban. . . . At all levels, we’ll support the ANSF in improving leadership and addressing poor literacy, corruption and attrition. . . . The Taliban-led insurgency failed to achieve its stated operational objectives during the 2013 fighting season. They were unable to contest population centres or hold large areas of terrain. Despite a concerted outreach effort to increase their influence, the number of Afghans who support the Taliban remained below 15%.” Since June 18, the ANSF have been leading all security operations in all parts of the country, with the ISAF acting in a supportive and advisory role.

“Development progress since 2001 has been mixed,” cautions the World Bank. “Key social indicators, including life expectancy and maternal mortality, have improved markedly (admittedly from an extremely low base) and women are participating more in the economy.”

A 2012 poll in Afghanistan by US-based not-for-profit development organisation the Asia Foundation found that 52% of respondents believed that their country was headed in the right direction (as against 46% in 2011). The main factors propelling this optimism were “good security” (41%), reconstruction and rebuilding (35%), the opening of girls schools (14%), an improving educational system (13%) and operations by the Afghan National Army (ANA) and the Afghan National Police (ANP) (also 13%). Public confidence in the ANA stood at 93% and in the ANP at 82%; 55% had no fear when meeting ANA troops and 51% had no fear of encountering ANP officers. However, only 39% had confidence in the local police. Overall, 74% regarded the security situation in their local areas as “quite good or very good”. Only 10% expressed “a lot of sympathy” with “armed opposition groups” and 20% “some level of sympathy”; and 63% had “no sympathy at all”.

The three biggest problems facing the country were identified as insecurity (28%), unemployment (27%) and corruption (25%). Interestingly, in the Central/Kabul, North West and North East regions of the country, unemployment was cited as the biggest problem. In the West, Central/Hazarajat and South East regions, insecurity was seen as the main problem (although unemployment came a quite close second in Central/Hazarajat).

The Asia Foundation survey also found that 53% of those surveyed reported that their families were more prosperous now than under the Taliban (31% stated they were less prosperous), although this prosperity is found more in urban than in rural areas; 42% affirmed that their household health had improved and 46% that it remained the same, while 41% reported an improved quality of life and 46% (again) that it remained the same. Provision of services had generally improved since 2007, particularly the supply of potable water.

But the country is heavily dependent on foreign aid. Dutta reported that in 2010/11, 41% of the Afghan government’s Budget – $1.2-billion – was funded by foreign aid. Total foreign aid to the country, including to international and local aid groups and charities, came to $15.7-billion. In 2011, foreign aid of some $252-million was allocated to the development of Kabul alone. According to the World Bank, between 2002 and 2010, the flow of civilian aid into Afghanistan averaged $6-billion a year, equivalent to 40% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Little wonder the government wants to develop the mining sector.


Opportunities and Obstacles

Kabul is in the process of privatising mineral resources to allow foreign investment and stimulate the development of the mining industry. The Afghanistan Geological Survey initially identified six major metals and minerals opportunities in the country – copper, iron-ore, rare-earth metals lithium, niobium and tantalum, as well as gold, gemstones and marble.

Regarding copper, the agency reports that there are some 300 recorded copper deposits in the country in a number of different mineralisations. However, exploration and evaluation using modern techniques are required. The biggest and best known of these deposits, Aynak (situated some 30 km south-south-east of Kabul) was rediscovered by Russian geologists in 1974 (it had been exploited in ancient times) and is a world-class resource. Concessioned in 2007, it is composed of two main orebodies, Central Aynak and Western Aynak. With a 0.4% copper cutoff grade, the Central Aynak orebody runs 1 850 m along the strike and 1 200 m down- dip and its greatest thickness is 210 m. Using the same cutoff grade, Western Aynak’s deposit is 2 230 m along strike and 1 640 m down-dip, with maximum thickness being 214 m. The resource could be 240-million tons at a grade of 2.3% copper.

The main iron-ore deposit is Hajigak, 130 km west of Kabul. (There are also several smaller deposits in the same area.) Con-cessioned in 2011, its resource is estimated at 1.8-billion tons at 62% iron, divided up into 16 separate orebodies, which can be up to 3 km long and 100 m thick. Hajigak has been known since the mid-1960s, but is in a remote and mountainous area. On the other hand, exploration drilling has not gone deeper than 180 m, there are further deposits in the area and the Shabashak coking coal deposit is nearby, making an iron and steel industry possible.

Rear-earth metals, lithium, niobium, tantalum and other metals have been identified in pegmatites or located in sediments underneath a number of depressions and lakes. Most of the economically attractive peg-matites are located in eastern Afghanistan. These can contain lithium, niobium, tantalum or rare-earth metals. Metal-rich sediments have been found where the lake brines have contained above-average concentrations of metals. Exploration has shown that salt deposits overlain by layers of clay and loam contain significant concentrations of boron, lead, lithium and zinc. Systematic modern exploration needs to be done in these areas.

Gold is another metal that has been exploited in Afghanistan for centuries. Currently, all gold production is artisanal. The USGS has recorded 112 gold occurrences in the country, but modern exploration is required. The Afghanistan Geological Survey believes that the potential for the discovery of economically viable gold deposits in the country, especially (but not exclusively) in bimetallic copper-gold orebodies, is high. Soviet geological research, starting in the 1960s, identified a number of prospective areas.

With regard to gemstones, apart from lapis lazuli, the country possesses emeralds, rubies and sapphires, and, in the semiprecious category, aquamarines, beryls, garnets, kunzites, topazes and tourmalines. It also produces fluorite and several types of quartz. Most gemstone mining is artisanal and most gemstones are exported illegally. The four main gemstone producing areas of the country are Badakhshan (for millennia, the source of lapis lazuli), Jegdalek (rubies and sapphires), Nuristan (aquamarine, beryl, kunzite and tourmaline) and the Panjshir Valley (emeralds). Primitive mining techniques reduce the quality of the stones produced.

Afghanistan produces a wide variety of marbles from quarries in the Badakhshan, Herat, Kabul, Logar, Nangarhar and Wardak provinces. But the local industry suffers from inadequate equipment, poor quality control and high wastage.

When it comes to obstacles, modern Afghanistan has no experience of large-scale mining. In its 2011 study, ‘The Mineral Industry of Afghanistan’, the USGS noted: “Contribution of the minerals industry to GDP was insignificant. Afghanistan’s minerals industry was at a primitive artis- anal stage of development; the operations were all small-scale and output was supplied mainly to local and regional markets. The country produced cement, coal, natural gas and some industrial minerals for domestic consumption. Afghanistan exported a small amount of precious and semiprecious gemstones and imported petroleum products.”

The Al Jazeera media network, quoting local sources, has reported that 60% to 75% of mining in Afghanistan is illegal and run “in a mafialike atmosphere, led by local strongmen, commanders of armed groups and corrupt Parliamentarians”. Safety and environmental standards are usually neglected. There are, however, some legitimate, legal, local mining companies, which apply much higher standards.

There are other obstacles. For example, in 2007, a Chinese consortium (the Metallurgical Corporation of China and Jiangxi Copper Corporation) won a 30-year concession for the Aynak copper deposit for some $4.4- billion. But, five years later, no mining has taken place. It seems that neither the Ministry of Mines nor the Chinese foresaw the problems that have emerged, including landmines and the presence of ancient Buddhist sites. The issue of infrastructure also seems to have been more difficult than expected. The indications are that both sides want to renegotiate the concession contract, but in different ways for different reasons.

Meanwhile, an Indian consortium, the Afghan Iron & Steel Corporation (Afisco), led by the Steel Authority of India, won the concession for Hajigak in late 2011. The plan was to establish mines, build an 800 MW power plant and set up a 6.2-million-ton-a-year (Mt/y) steelworks, in a $10.8-billion investment that would be made in two equal phases. In August, Afisco announced that, while its ultimate objective was unchanged, Phase 1 of the project was being downscaled significantly, from a 3.2 Mt/y steel plant to a 1.2 Mt/y to 1.5 Mt/y plant. No reasons have been given and the decision was accepted without protest by the Afghan government.

Currently, the only means of transport into and out of the country are trucks and aeroplanes. The government does have ambitious plans to develop a railway network, connecting the country to its neighbours, but this has just started. Mining companies may have to build their own railways to link their operations to the national network.

But, perhaps, the biggest single concern for would-be investors in the country’s mining sector is governance. “When you go to a conference, the number one question is not security for investors – it’s the political and legal stability of the country,” economist and former Ministry of Mines director Tamim Asey told US National Public Radio in May. The country’s proposed new mining law, intended to make it more attractive for foreign investors, is stalled in Parliament. “Several companies have expressed interest in investing in the mining sector,” Afghanistan Investment Support Agency deputy head Mohammed Ibrahim Shams told Afghan TV station Tolonews in September. “But due to the delay in the new Law on Mines approval, they have not been able to start their work.” The government has agreed a number of contracts with mining companies, but these have not yet been signed, Asey reported. “They have not signed them because the minerals law has not been approved. If investors don’t see the law is passed within another six months to a year, those contracts will fall apart.”

Adding to the current uncertainty is the fact that next year sees Presidential elections, which will take place in April. Having served two terms, incumbent President Hamid Karzai is unable to run again. There are at least six serious candidates with a chance of winning. Whoever wins will have to see to the development of the country while ensuring that the exploitation of country’s natural resources does not feed corruption, factional strife and lopsided development. "

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Colossus Minerals - Provides Corporate, Operations +Financial Update - Nov 14, 2013
www.colossusminerals.com/media/Press-Releases/Press-Release-…

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"Conan the Bacterium" "gets a gig, as Deinove develops fuels, chemicals via the world's toughest bacteria " - BD - Nov 13, 2013

- J. Lane -
www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2013/11/13/conan-the-bacteriu…
www.deinove.com/sites/default/files/pdf_page/deinove_-_corpo…

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A "UK Space Innovation +Growth Strategy 2010 to 2030" - UoN
www.nottingham.ac.uk/grace/documents/resources/marketreports…

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Ambri - Cleantech Group names Ambri to the "Global Cleantech 100 List +"Rising Star of the Year" " - CTG, WASHINGTON - Oct 9, 2013
www.cleantech.com/2013/10/09/cleantech-group-unveils-the-201…


Ambri, supported among others by Total +Bill Gates, launched its 1st factory to produce liquid metal batteries . 1st prototypes will be available in `14 +commercial products in `15 - G - Nov 7, 2013

- Katie Fehrenbacher -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/07/ambri-launches-its-first-factor…
http://nubes.simplex.tv/NubesPlayer/index.html?cID=73&aID=93…

"Battery startup Ambri has officially cut the ribbon on its first ever battery manufacturing factory in Marlborough, Massachusetts. The company (formerly called Liquid Metal Battery) and backed by Bill Gates, Khosla Ventures and oil giant Total, will use the factory to make its first prototype battery systems for deployment next year and in 2015.

Ambri has developed a battery for the power grid that uses molten salt sandwiched between two layers of liquid metal. The company is the brainchild of MIT Professor Don Sadoway and the idea is to create a battery that uses super low cost materials but is stable and scalable at an acceptably low cost to enable grid storage and renewable energy storage applications.

Ambri won’t build a full scale commercial battery factory until 2015. But this factory in Marlborough will build prototype batteries that will land at the Joint Base Cape Cod and at a project in Hawaii in conjunction with First Wind.

Sadoway met Bill Gates after the Microsoft-co-founder took an online class of his at MIT. Gates ended up investing in the company, and the Department of Energy’s high risk early stage ARPA-E program also gave Ambri a $6.9 million grant.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick attended the ribbon cutting ceremony at the factory on Thursday. "

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Meet Coin, a "startup creating a universal credit card" - GO - Nov 14, 2013

- Kevin Fitchard -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/14/meet-coin-a-startup-creating-a-…

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Scientists "move "closer" to ultrafast quantum computing @room temperature"; Researchers "were able to store information @77 degrees fahrenheit for 39 minutes, which is a huge improvement over the previous record of 2 seconds" - GO - Nov 14, 2013

- Signe Brewster -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/14/scientists-move-closer-to-ultra…

"Quantum computers could someday be millions of times more faster than the best supercomputers today because they can work on a huge number of calculations at the same time. An international team of researchers announced Thursday (subscription required) that they are closer to creating a practical quantum computer after creating bits of information that survived at room temperature for 39 minutes; The previous record was 2 seconds.

Generally, quantum computers need to operate at near to absolute zero (-459.67 degrees Fahrenheit) to preserve the special characteristics of the particles on which they rely. In this case, the researchers took around 10 billion phosphorus atoms and manipulated their nuclei until they entered a key quantum state: They could be a “0″ or a “1″ at the same time. Current computers store data as a string of “0s” and “1s”, which are registered in sequence. When an atom can be a “0″ and a “1″ at the same time, it allows the computer to make many calculations at once.

Atoms in that special quantum state are known as a qubit, and they can also be used to store information. The researchers manipulated the phosphorus nuclei at a few degrees above absolute zero and then raised the temperature to 77 degrees. They survived for 39 minutes–a world record.

“These lifetimes are at least 10 times longer than those measured in previous experiments,” paper author and Oxford University research fellow Stephanie Simmons said in a release. “They’re high-performance qubits.”

Quantum computers that operate at room temperature would end the need for energy-hogging cooling centers. The researchers’ breakthrough still requires qubits to be created and deciphered at freezing temperatures, however, so more work needs to be done.

Simmons noted that to run complicated calculations with the room-temperature qubits, they all need to be in different states to store different data. The work released today dealt with qubits that were all identical, limiting their usefulness."

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Google to invest in six more large solar panel farms in the Southwest - GO - Nov 14, 2013

- K. Fehrenbacher -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/14/google-to-invest-in-six-more-la…

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European regulators "clear mobile broadband for take-off" - GO - Nov 14, 2013

- David Meyer -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/14/european-regulators-clear-mobil…

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Have @it, programmers: IBM makes Watson available via API; IBM "has upped the ante in the API game by making its Watson question-answering system available as a service. That’s right, Watson could soon power your smartphone app" - GO - Nov 14, 2013

- D. Harris -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/14/have-at-it-programmers-ibm-make…

"IBM didn’t have to flaunt its debatable cloud dominance over Amazon Web Services on the sides of public buses if it wanted to upstage the cloud kingpin at its user conference this week — Big Blue could have just led with the news that its famous, Jeopardy!-champ-destroying Watson system is now available as a cloud service.

That’s right: Developers who want to incorporate Watson’s ability to understand natural language and provide answers need only have their applications make a REST API call to IBM’s new Watson Developers Cloud. “It doesn’t require that you understand anything about machine learning other than the need to provide training data,” Rob High, IBM’s CTO for Watson, said in a recent interview about the new platform.

More on the the details later, but first the big picture. If IBM actually delivers a workable cloud platform around Watson and developers actually take advantage of it to build new, smart applications, it will be a big fricking deal.



- Watson schooling Jeopardy champions. Source: IBM -


Advanced computer science behind a simple command

When I wrote recently about the power of cloud computing to enable wholly new types of applications, this is one aspect of what I was talking about. Watson took years of man-hours and millions of dollars to build. Its creators were some of the smartest computer scientists around and, as IBM Senior Vice President Steve Mills pointed out to me recently, it’s comprised of approximately 40 different technologies. Now, anyone who can write some code can theoretically write an application that taps into Watson’s abilities without knowing anything about any of those technologies himself.

IBM stands to make money from the Watson Developers Cloud but the primary goal is to create a large community of developers in the world of cognitive computing — “what we believe is the dominant form of computing in the future,” High said. “We’ve come to the conclusion that this is too big and important to hold to our [ourselves],” he noted.

Indeed, IBM has been trying to grow the community and capabilities of cognitive computing, even beyond what Watson can do around understanding language. The company recently launched a university partnership that focuses on numerous aspects of cognitive computing, including the field of deep learning that is driving significant advances in computer vision and other facets of text analysis and natural language processing. And IBM has for years been mapping brains and working on microchips that mimic the brain’s architecture.

The real beauty of these types of systems is not just in the intelligence of the computers, but also in how they affect the thought processes of people using them, High said. He noted an early Watson user who learned pretty quickly after using Watson that he had been asking the wrong questions of his data all along.

“When you get a very rapid response to our questions, we drive our level of concentration much more deeply,” High explained. “And in concentrating more deeply, we think about things we haven’t thought of before.”


Platforms need apps

Watson has already proven itself in a few professional fields, most notably health care and retail, but its seems logical that a large community of users not constrained by a dearth of talent or budget will be able to think of many novel applications.

Early applications built using the Watson cloud platform (scheduled for 2014 release) include a personal health assistant from TK firm Welltok; a tool from MD Buyline for recommending patient treatments and medical equipment purchases; and an app from Fluid that acts as a personal shopper for visitors to e-commerce sites. Outdoor clothing maker The North Face will be using the latter app on its site, which will provide dynamic text feedback as well as images, reviews and other content based on a customer’s question (e.g., “What do I need for a hiking trip to Zion National Park in January?”)



- A prototype of The North Face’s Watson-powered shopping assistant. Source: IBM -


In order to encourage programmers to take advantage of the platform, IBM is working with venture capital firms — including New Enterprise Associates — to support and fund startups using the Watson API. Right now, though, access is via “controlled invitation,” which means interested developers must apply for access here.

Aside from the computing resources to analyze users’ data and then compute answers when API calls come in, the Watson Developers Cloud also includes an SDK, an app store, a data marketplace (the more data Watson has, the more it can learn) and IBM experts to assist in everything from design to beta testing (for the time being, these services are where the company expects to make money, High acknowledged). Watson will return results of queries along with a confidence score and links to data that weighed heavily on its answer.

All the help is necessary because even though the APIs are designed to be simple, the idea of using something like Watson to power an intelligent app can be daunting — like coming to terms with the fact that a cognitive computing application isn’t programmed as much as it learns and adapts from the data its creator provides.

According to High, “All the things software developers have learned about programming a computer sort of go out the door.”




- A prototype of the MD Buyline application. Source: IBM - "

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Eos Energy "to soon crank out zinc-air batteries"; Next-gen, low cost power grid batteries are emerging to help make the power grid more efficient, cleaner +more resilient. Eos Energy is "the latest startup to begin the move to crank up manufacturing" - GO - Nov 12, 2013

- K. Fehrenbacher -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/12/eos-energy-to-soon-crank-out-zi…
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131111006006/en/Eos-Energy-…

"Power companies and utilities the world over are beginning to get new options for low cost batteries used for the power grid. This week New Jersey-based startup Eos Energy Storage announced that it will soon ramp up manufacturing of its inexpensive zinc-air batteries in conjunction with manufacturing company Incodema Group.

Eos Energy has been planning to start delivering its first batteries to market in 2014, and its first pilot project will be with utility Con Edison in New York. The batteries are meant to be used on for the power grid to help customers add in solar and wind energy and produce other services like frequency regulation.

Scientists have been working on using air as the cathode for batteries for half a century. A battery is made up of an anode on one side and a cathode on the other, with an electrolyte in between. Air, of course, is abundant, lightweight, and doesn’t require a heavy casing to contain it inside a battery cell. Also theoretically air can achieve a high energy density, or the amount of energy that it can store.

Eos Energy’s zinc-air battery innovation comes from founder and inventor Steven Amendola, who discovered a breakthrough with his original design of the bi-directional air cathode that could last for 10,000 cycles (or around three decades). The company told me that its initial battery could cost $160 per kWh, lasts 30 years and be made up of everyday benign materials.

Other startups like Ambri, which sells a competitive battery, have recently kicked off manufacturing, too. Ambri is backed by Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla and oil company Total, among others. Eos Energy is backed by NRG Energy and others. "

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SunPower buys solar cleaning robot company Greenbotics; Robotics are the future of efficient solar panel cleaning. @least SunPower thinks so. The company bought a small startup called Greenbotics which makes solar panel robotic tech - GO - Nov 3, 2013

- K. Fehrenbacher -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/04/sunpower-buys-solar-cleaning-ro…

"Solar giant SunPower announced on Monday that it’s acquired a company that makes robots that clean solar panels. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the company, Greenbotics, is based in Davis, California, and its robotic cleaning products are mostly used on large utility-scale solar panel farms — the kind that SunPower develops.

Dirt and dust build up on solar panels can be quite a problem for solar farms. The efficiency of solar panels can drop significantly when they’re dirty. SunPower’s solar panels are some of the most efficient — manufactured at such a large scale — in the world at a record of 24 percent conversion efficiency. That’s about 50 percent more energy converted than typical solar panels.




Maintaining that efficiency at a lower cost, and with less water used, is very valuable to SunPower. SunPower already sold panel cleaning products, but it will now incorporate Greenbotics’ robotics tools into its own products. The solar robot cleaners can be mounted on various solar panel sizes, tilts and types.

Greenbotics’ solar robots can clean panels with “under a half a cup of water” for each panel, which they say is 90 percent less than traditional cleaning methods. Many of SunPower’s large solar panel farms are in remote desert areas, so efficiently using water in these places is important. Regularly washing solar panels can increase the energy output of a solar farm by up to 15 percent says SunPower.

Panel washing systems aren’t the only solar tech that’s becoming more efficient through robotics. Startups and big companies are looking to add robotic technology to other areas of the solar installation and maintenance set up. QBotix is a venture-backed startup that uses robots to tilt solar panels throughout the day to follow the sun across the sky. "

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"50 disruptive Companies 2013" - MIT Technology Review - 2013

Issues

- Introduction
- The 50 Companies
- Apple's Next Innovation

- Q+A Steve Ballmer
- Ambri's Better Battery
- Q+A Ursula Burns

- BGI's Genome Machine
- Nest's Smarter Home
- Q+A Ben Silbermann ...
www2.technologyreview.com/tr50/2013/

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MakerBot "partners with Donors Choose to bring 3D printing to the clasroom"; MakerBot is bringing a 3D printer to every classroom —with some help from the public +Donors Choose - GO - Nov 12, 2013

- Lauren Hockenson -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/12/makerbot-partners-with-donors-c…

"3D printing and education have been courting for quite a while. From how-to maker books for kids to installing “Maker Labs” into public libraries, the idea of using additive construction to educate kids from kindergarten to high school has been an ambitious one, especially considering the cost of machines.

But Makerbot is attempting to jump the cost barrier by partnering with educational non-profit company Donors Choose to launch MakerBot Academy put a MakerBot Replicator 2 3D printer in every classroom.

“Makerbot has education in its DNA,” Bre Pettis, CEO of MakerBot said at the company’s shop in Manhattan. “Years ago, I was a teacher, and I’m looking forward to working with classrooms again.”

To qualify for the program, a teacher just has to sign up for the printer through Donors Choose. Then, someone must make a base donation of $22.54. From there, the classroom can crowdfund to access the printer at a discounted price of $98 — that price includes the MakerBot Replicator 2, plus three filament rolls (in red, white and blue), a yearlong warranty and a curriculum plan. While crowdfunding is a large part of the endeavor, businesses like Autodesk and America Makes are joining in among private donors like Bill and Melinda Gates and Pettis himself to help “match” funds to proliferate machines. Pettis hopes that this will help accelerate the process to put 5,000 machines in class.

“To get this done, we are going to have to do it together,” Pettis said in a press release.

In addition to the hardware campaigns, MakerBot is running a contest through their Thingiverse platform to bring plans for math manipulatives to the platform. The weeklong challenge, happening this week, will allow for the company to ramp up its available materials for teachers, who can access the documentation through the MakerBot Academy 3D printing package.

It’s important to note here that while Donors Choose has a particular focus on so-called “high need” classrooms — 80 percent of classrooms on the website have that designation — MakerBot’s program will be available to classrooms of all income levels. Pettis, however, spoke to the program’s natural fit: lower-income classrooms will be able to access subsidized materials and likely have a chance of receiving machines in their classrooms.

It’s a long time coming, but 3D printing may be in classrooms very soon, if MakerBot’s program does the job right. "

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Google "bringing Play Music +stereo headphones to Glass"; Google Glass is great for capturing photos, searching the web +sending messages. Might it be a good music player too? We’ll find out soon ,as Google is adding Play Music support along with a stereo headphone option for Glass - GO - Nov 12, 2013

- K. C. Tofel -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/12/google-bringing-play-music-and-…

"Google will be adding support for its Play Music service to Google Glass in the coming weeks. The company shared the news Tuesday on Google+ and confirmed that it will also offer stereo headphones compatible with the wearable display. Once available, Google Glass wearers will be able to say “Okay Glass, listen to…” and Glass will access uploaded tracks from Google Play Music or through Google’s All Access subscription service.


Google showed off a demo of the upcoming feature in this video:




Google didn’t share many details of the new headphones for Glass, but I anticipate they’ll connect via a micro USB wire on the new, redesigned models:


“We’re also introducing stereo earbuds designed specifically for Glass. They’re lightweight and uniquely engineered to deliver crisp, full-range audio while still letting you hear your surroundings. You can also rock out in style by customizing your buds with five interchangeable color caps.”


Phandroid reports that the new headphones will cost around $85 and that Glass Explorers who want to try the new Music feature can already do so by sideloading the app. I may give the new app a try later this week but I’d have to listen with a just a single speaker for now. I’m curious how much outside noise one would hear with the new headphones. While I don’t find Glass to be overly distracting now, adding more hardware to the mix could change that.


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A "good survey on 'how much financial firms really value data' " - GO/SS - Nov 12, 2013

- D. Harris -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/12/a-good-survey-on-how-much-finan…

"This survey from State Street and the Economist Intelligence Unit is a pretty good look at the opportunities and challenges of using data in the financial services industry. Many respondents noted the challenge of integrating lots of data sources, which is understandable and probably only going to get harder. It seems there’s a lot of promise in new services/data sources such as Dataminr and Premise Data, but they also represent a pretty big divergence from tradition."

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 45.838.570 von Popeye82 am 15.11.13 06:50:15

Leader or Laggard? How "Data drives Competitive Advantage in the Investment Community" - SSGE; With $25.7 trillion in assets under custody +administration, +$2.1 trillion in assets under management*, as of Jun 30, `13, State Street is "a leading financial services provider serving some of the world’s most sophisticated institutions." We offer a flexible suite of services that spans the investment spectrum, including investment management, research +trading, +investment servicing. With operations in 29 countries serving clients in >100 geographic markets, our "global reach, expertise, +unique combination of consistency +innovation help clients manage uncertainty, acton growth opportunities +enhance the value of their services" - Nov , 2013


Content

ABOUT THIS RESEARCH

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION: THE DATA CRUNCH HITS THE INVESTMENT COMMUNITY
- Big Data "Creates Global Issues"
- Institutional Investors +the Data Divide
- How We Defined Data Leaders +Data Laggards

PART 1: THE DRIVERS OF CHANGE
- Risk +Performance in the Spotlight
- Testing Risk Scenarios
- The "Shift to Multi-Asset Portfolios"
- Leaders Versus Laggards, on Multi-Asset Class Capabilities
- Custom Benchmarks
- Regulatory Compliance
- Electronic Trading +Advances in Analytics
- A "World of Complexity "
- Data —A "Global Challenge, With Regional Implications"
- Capabilities +Challenges Vary

PART 2: BECOMING A DATA LEADER
- Forward-Looking Insights
- Achieving a Data Advantage
- Where is the Greatest Need for Improvement?
- Barriers to Integration
- Proprietary Data Streams
- Investing in Data Excellence
- Gaining an Edge: Five Steps to Becoming a Data Leader
- Choosing the Right Service Model

CONCLUSION: FROM BIG DATA TO SMART DATA
- Defining the Future Industry Leaders


Executive Summary

Data has become the lifeblood of business. It flows behind almost every decision, financial transaction +client exchange. But as data volumes grow exponentially , organizations must answer a difficult question: How can they manage this complex mass of information in a way that leads to smarter decisions +better results?

This is a challenge that has become particularly acute for asset managers +asset owners(collectively described as institutional investors in this report). In a fast-changing environment, they need to act swiftly +decisively to seize opportunities. They are racing to keep pace with a deluge of regulations, all of which place major demands on their data infrastructures. They also need analytics tools that can integrate risk +performance measures across multiple asset classes. Faced with these urgent challenges, the vast majority of institutional investors are ramping up spending on managing data.

This report outlines the key challenges that asset owners +managers face as they seek to harness the power of data +analytics. Drawing on a global survey of >400 institutional investors, our research reveals an industry that is increasingly divided between “data leaders” on the one hand, +“data laggards” on the other. The former are companies that harness data +analytics for competitive advantage +the latter still struggle to manage +exploit the full potential of their data —both internal +external. @this critical moment in the financial industry’s evolution, we identify the key steps institutional investors need to take to be on the right side of the data divide. ...
www.statestreetglobalexchange.com/downloads/DataFullReport.p…

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Scanadu "scores $10.500.000 +paves the way for FDA trials"; Scanadu " "wants " to put the resources of a doctor’s office in the palm of your hand, +has raised $10.500.000 to do so." It’s also beginning FDA trials for its Scanadu Scout diagnostic device - GO - Nov 12, 2013

- S. Higginbotham -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/12/scanadu-scores-10-5m-and-paves-…

"Scanadu, the startup out of NASA Ames Research Center that hopes to build a series of personal health-monitoring devices, has raised $10.5 million in its first round of venture funding after completing a successful Indiegogo project in July that raised almost $1.7 million.

That project was for the Scanadu Scout, a small, hockey puck-shaped device that a user holds to her head, and that determines her heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, respiratory rate and blood oxygen levels. The Scout can then send the information to an iOS or Android smartphone via Bluetooth. The device won’t be out until March, and those who signed up via the Indiegogo campaign will also be enrolled in the first FDA study on the usability of the device on an opt-in basis.

Scanadu’s goal is to develop a portfolio of products that put the diagnostic capabilities of an emergency room visit in the palm of your hand. The company is also creating a disposable urine-analysis testing platform, ScanaFlo, which works with your smartphone to offer a complete urine analysis in minutes. Once FDA-approved, it could also measure for pregnancy complications, heart-related kidney problems and urinary tract infections.

Relay Ventures led this round of funding in Scanadu. Tony Hsieh’s VegasTechFund, Jerry Yang’s Ame Cloud Ventures and others contributed. The company has raised $14.7 million so far. The funding will support Scanadu’s efforts to bring its device to market and with the FDA trials.

And the company has some good news with regard to those trials. It will conduct its first clinical trials at the Scripps Translational Science Institute as part of the Wired for Health mobile trial, which attempts to help people achieve and maintain an optimal blood pressure. However, because Scanadu has chosen to go forward with FDA approval for its device, it also means that it will have to wait before putting the Scout or ScanaFlo on the market. The Scout product at its earliest might be widely available at the end of 2014 said Walter De Brouwer, Scanadu’s founder and CEO, but in a more pessimistic tone he added, “It will probably be later.”

However, the choice to get FDA approval for the device is essential to Scanadu’s success in De Brouwer’s mind. “Everyone must make a choice about getting FDA approval or not. We have chosen to go full FDA because we believe consumers have the right to their own medical data and the right to accurate data. No one wants to collect all the data and later find out it was all bullshit.”

De Brouwer sees the FDA as the API between the consumer and the doctor, and with approval the data from his device can serve as a bridge between the doctor and patient. As for it slowing down his time to market he is philosophical, acknowledging the work that the agency does to ensure things are accurate and safe: “Yes, the fact is that it is slow, but would you really like it to be quick? Some things just have to be slow.” "

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Microsoft Will Use Fuel Cells to Create Self-Powered Racks; Microsoft is "doing something super interesting +experimental: using fuel cells to create self-powered racks in data centers." Microsoft, which is now testing the tech, says such a set up could make data centers more efficient, minimizing energy distribution losses +reducing dependence on the power grid - DCK - Nov 12, 2013

- Rich Miller -
www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/11/12/microsoft-wi…

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Hyperloop company "forms, "plans " to demo prototype, in `15 " - GO - Oct 31, 2013

- Signe Brewster -
http://gigaom.com/2013/10/31/hyperloop-company-forms-plans-t…
www.jumpstartfund.com/hyperloopmilestones.html

"JumpStartFund, a crowdfunding site that has taken it upon itself to make Elon Musk’s ultrafast hyperloop transit system a reality, has formed a now-operating company around the project called Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc. JumpStartFund released a timeline of planned milestones the company has set, including demoing hyperloop technology in early 2015. JumpStartFund announced last month that former SpaceX director of operations Marco Villa and former American Society of Civil Engineers president Patricia Galloway would lead the company. "

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Apple files patent for slim solar-powered technology - GO - Oct , 2013

- Lauren Hockenson -
http://gigaom.com/2013/10/31/apple-files-patent-for-slim-sol…
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=…

"According to PatentlyApple, Apple has filed yet another solar panel patent. While this is the eighth patent for the Cupertino, Calif.-based company in an effort to make proprietary solar technology, the “Power Management for a system having non-volatile memory” has eliminated the need for a power converter to turn the solar power into electronic energy. In practical applications, this means that a solar panel could be attached directly to the Magsafe port of a computer or onto the back of a phone. It’s just a concept now, but it could mean that solar power won’t come at the cost of slimness and style. "

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For drought-plagued farmers: a gel that can suck up 250 times its weight in water; A California startup has made its way into commercializing its super absorbent polymer that can store +release water in soil to cut water wastes +increase crop yield - GO - Oct 31, 2013

- Ucilia Wang -
http://gigaom.com/2013/10/29/for-drought-plagued-farmers-a-g…
www.moasisgel.com

"The long history of threats of drought in California make the big agricultural state a solid testing ground for tech that helps farmers reduce water use without sacrificing production. That’s what venture capital-backed mOasis is counting on as it ships its first product, a polymer that soaks up and releases water into the soil, commercially this week and seeks to raise an $8 million Series B round, the company’s CEO, Steven Hartmeier, told us.

The three-year-old California startup has developed what’s commonly called a hydrogel, which is a polymer that is super absorbent because it can form a tight bond with water molecules. mOasis’s hydrogel is the size of a grain of sand that can swallow up to 250 times its weight in water, said Hartmeier, who joined the company last month.

The idea is that farmers put the hydrogel in the soil while preparing the land for planting. The hydrogel then absorbs excess water during irrigation and releases it when the soil is drying. Using mOasis’s hydrogel could lead to 25 percent higher crop production, 20 percent reduced water use and 15 percent cut in water bills, the company says.




After running pilot projects with a farmer in California’s Central Valley, mOasis is making its first commercial shipment to a grower this week and is setting up a distributor network to sell its product. Hartmeier declined to disclose the name of its first customer, except that it’s located in west San Joaquin Valley, where growers have seen their water allocations cut dramatically to 25 percent of the contracted supplies. Earlier this year, the cuts deepened to 20 percent, when the state was getting below-average rain falls.

“There is a big need right now for improving water efficiency, and we are hoping to provide that need,” Hartmeier said.

Technology to help farmers or ranchers use their water, energy and other resources more efficiently has been attracting more attention from both the agricultural community and venture capital investors. Water shortages in parts of the United States (and the world), along with the need to feed an increasing population, form a grand challenge that technology could help to overcome. Examples of ag tech under development include using sensors and software to track and analyze fertilizer use, soil condition changes and crop health.

Hartmeier hopes this growing interest in ag tech will help him raise the $8 million by the end of first quarter next year. mOasis, based in Union City, has raised $4 million since inception and counts The Roda Group as an investor.

The startup’s technology, first developed at Stanford University, solves two shortcomings that have plagued other hydrogels on the market today, Hartmeier said. Existing hydrogels, which are usually not developed for farming but for products such as diapers and underground cable insulation, aren’t meant to last long. Over time, their chemical bonds break down and leave behind environmentally unfriendly remnants.




mOasis has come up with a way to crosslink chemical compounds, and the chief ingredient is potassium polyacrylate, which prolongs the hydrogel’s life and can avoid the undesirable byproducts. The startup’s hydrogel could last at least a year, Hartmeier said. A grower would blend in the hydrogel in the top 2 inches of the soil — 25 pounds of hydrogel would work well for a land the size of a football field.

After the first year, the grower will likely have to apply more hydrogel as s/he turns up the soil to prepare for a new crop season. That causes the previously planted hydrogel to sink deeper into the soil and dilute its effect. Whether a grower should use the same amount of hydrogel year after year, or if he should gradually reduce the amount as the soil becomes more saturated with the product, is something that mOasis plans to find out as it collects more field data from its customers.

The startup is shipping its first-generation product, which absorbs only water. Its second-generation technology would absorb not only more water but also fertilizers and other soil additives, such as enzymes or bio pesticides, said Hartmeier, who was the CEO of a bio pesticide company, Vestaron, before joining mOasis.

mOasis can make the hydrogel with its own equipment for now. It plans to start looking for a manufacturer to supply the hydrogel in 2015. California will be the primary market first, followed by Mexico, where many of our vegetables from winter come from. "

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Check out this "connected water sensor that makes its own power"; If we’re going to build out an easy-to-use internet of things, we’re going to have to figure out how to avoid constantly changing sensor batteries. Which is why Driblet has developed a water sensor that harvests its own energy - PO - Oct 29, 2013

- Stacey Higginbotham -
http://gigaom.com/2013/10/29/check-out-this-connected-water-…
www.dragoninnovation.com/projects/29-driblet?utm_source=hs_e…

"Here’s a nifty project running on Dragon Innovation’s crowd funding platform. Driblet, a Wi-Fi connected water sensor that recharges its battery using the flow of water through the device. The sensor uses the water flow to power the radio and other components. This energy harvesting is a big deal when it comes to the internet of things and embedding sensors in more places, and also a source of research at big name chip firms and even universities.

Changing (or recharging) batteries can be inconvenient for homes or businesses with dozens or hundreds of sensors. It also might become impossible if we embed sensors in pavement or other infrastructure. Outside of energy-harvesting capabilities this sensor is also good-looking and can help consumers track their water use, notifying them of leaks and opportunities to conserve. I know here in drought-stricken Austin that’s a good thing. "

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Angela Belcher: Using nature to grow batteries - YT/Ted - Apr 27, 2011
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFW0TEFKCxk

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Bill G. Talks About the Future of Energy - YT/WSJDN/ECO:nomics - Mar 25, 2013

- A. Murray, B. Gates -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsRlN1oDm60

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"Privatisierung als Erfolgsgeschichte": Canadian National Railway - t4l - Nov 13
www.trading4living.de/3797/canadian-national-railway/

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US tech firms in China feel the heat from spying scandal - CER/R - Nov 15, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64844

"China sales at US tech companies could be hit hard by fallout from a US government spying scandal, Reuters reported.

Cisco shares tumbled 11% on Thursday, a day after it warned that revenue could drop as much as 10% this quarter, and continue to contract through the middle of next year, in part due to a backlash in China after revelations about US government surveillance programs. “All the big US IT companies are concerned,” said Jim Lewis, a senior fellow with the Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, who is an expert on China and technology. “But so far Cisco is bearing the brunt of it.” "

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VW recalls 2.600.000 cars, many from China - CER/R - Nov 15, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64843

"Volkswagen (VOW3.ETR) is recalling 2.6 million cars for a variety of issues, roughly a third of them in China, Reuters reported.

VW said on Thursday it was recalling 800,000 of its Tiguan compact sport-utility vehicle due to the risk of a partial malfunctioning of lights on models assembled between early 2008 and mid-2011. The recall involves vehicles from the German group's five largest brands by volume, including luxury Audis and core VW passenger cars. While far short of Toyota's 2009 recall of roughly 19 million cars, VW said that any question marks over reliability and inconvenience to customers was bad news. "

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Full transcript of reform meeting message expected Tuesday - CER/SCMP/XNA - Nov 15, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64841

"Top leaders in Beijing are expected to release within days a full transcript of the Third Plenum communiqué, an abridged version of which was originally published by Xinhua News Agency on Tuesday, South China Morning Post reported.

Detailed reforms aimed at sustaining economic growth would be unveiled in the full version, said Zhang Zhuoyuan, an economist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences who helped draft the document. The original version disappointed markets that had expected a more robust message on reform. Guan Qingyou, a vice-director of research at Minsheng Securities, said the full transcript would be released next Tuesday. "

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China to launch 1st deep-water gas project - CER/WSJ - Nov 15, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64842

"China is set to launch its first deep-water gas project in the South China Sea early next year, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The plan signals China's ambition to more than double its use of gas to 10% of local energy mix by 2020. Controlled by Canada's Husky Energy (HSE.TSX) and Chinese state-run oil company CNOOC (00883.HKG), the US$6.5 billion project is expected eventually to pump about 4% of the country's gas supply. It has the potential to send more gas to China than current imports from Australia, China's second-largest supplier of liquefied natural gas. "

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Elon Musk -The Future of Energy +Transport - YT - Nov 23, 2013
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKHyZxSCseE

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Primus Green Energy "recently completed a landmark technology demonstration -+heads off to scale with a catalytic technology for making $2.00 gasoline" - BD - Nov 14, 2013

- J. Lane -
www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2013/11/14/biofuels-true-nort…

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Regal Resources - acquires interest in high-grade Copper Cobalt Project, situated some 60km from Kolwezi +15km from Kamoa ; with historical Results "up to" 90.23m @3.38% Cu +0.93% Co, 77.60m @4.14% Cu +0.57% Co, 70.00m @2.22% Cu +0.84% Co, 56.30m @2.98% Cu +0.46% Co +47.00m @2.07% Cu +0.43% Co - Nov 15, 2013

"HLs:"

+ The project is located within the world class Central African Copperbelt, +is situated some 60km from Kolwezi, an established mining centre in the Katanga Province DRC, +15km from Kamoa, considered to be Africa’s largest high grade copper discovery. Indicated Mineral Resources of 739.000.000 tonnes grading 2.67% Cu

+ Previous exploration drilling +exploration results "indicate that the project has the "potential" to support a resource of several 100.000s tonnes of copper metal".

+ @surface there is extensive outcrop of high grade Copper +Cobalt mineralisation. Oxid mineralisation has been intersected in drill holes to a depth of @least 200m below surface.

+ Mineralisation is "of similar grade to Cu mines operating in the region".

+ There is significant "exploration potential", with numerous targets already defined over 2.7km of strike
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+ Regal has a "highly experienced copper exploration" team with a track record of success of exploration in the DRC +who have also been involved in the development of a copper mine in Katanga.

+ The project "offers the "potential" for early positive cash flow generation, from semi-mechanised mining".

+ Funding for acquisition, exploration +feasibility studies will be shared on a 50/50 basis with Traxys, which "helps to de-risk the path to the development of the project."

+ Traxys is "a leading international commodities trader, as well as a global leader in financing, marketing, distribution +financial services for the mining, metals +minerals industries."

+ Regal +Traxys are jointly reviewing other copper opportunities in the DRC, with the intention of building a portfolio of strategically important projects. ...
www.regalresources.com.au/index.php?option=com_docman&task=c…

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Orocobre raises A$37.000.000, for Borax Argentina - MW/CMR, PERTH - Nov 14, 2013

- E. Swanepoel -
www.miningweekly.com/article/orocobre-raises-a37m-for-borax-…

"Dual-listed Orocobre on Thursday announced that it had raised A$37.1-milion in a placement to domestic and international investors to fund initiatives at its Borax Argentina division.

About 17.66-million shares would be placed under the company’s 15% capacity, at a price of A$2.10 each.

Orocobre MD Richard Seville said that A$20-million of the proceeds of the capital raising would be used to fund the Borax Argentina expansion and efficiency initiatives, with A$17-million used for corporate working capital.

“We are very pleased with the strong demand and support for the placement from both our existing shareholders and new domestic and international institutional investors,” said Seville.

“This reflects the confidence in Orocobre and our lithium and industrial mineral assets in Argentina. Construction of our flagship Olaroz lithium project is running on schedule and within budget, and we are looking forward to rapidly pushing ahead with the initiatives at Borax Argentina.”

Seville noted that the funding that Orocobre had put in place would allow the company to fast-track its plans and to create a strong platform for growth.

“Additionally, we considered it prudent to put in place a level of working capital buffer at the corporate level, which we believe is appropriate for a company of our size and opportunity.”

The Borax Argentina division was acquired from diversified major Rio Tinto in 2012, and has an operating history of about 50 years. The operations include three openpit mines, concentrators, refining capacity and land-holdings.

Orocobre is listed on the ASX and TSX. "

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"Freedom from Tax Tyranny, the Doug Casey Way" - CR - Nov13

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CK*-TV: "„Der größte Raubzug der Geschichte", Interview mit den neuen Autoren auf Cashkurs Matthias Weik und Marc Friedrich - CC - Nov 1, 2013
www.cashkurs.com/kategorie/cashkurs-tv/beitrag/ck-tv-intervi…

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Bundesbank-Chef Weidmann fordert schnellere Umsetzung von Regelungen zu einer Teilenteignung von Konteninhabern - CC - Nov 16, 2013

- Roman Baudzus -
www.cashkurs.com/kategorie/wirtschaftsfacts/beitrag/bundesba…

"Bislang sehen die Planungen vor, so genannte „Banken Bail-ins“ in der Europäischen Union ab dem Jahr 2018 zu ermöglichen. Dabei handelt es sich um eine gesetzlich erzwungene Beteiligung von Konteninhabern, Sparern und Bondhaltern an der Rettung von durch einen Zusammenbruch bedrohten Banken. Jens Weidmann, Chef der Deutsche Bundesbank, geht das anscheinend alles zu langsam vonstatten. Laut seiner Aussage müssten diese Regeln schon ab 2015 Anwendung finden.

Der Anleger- und Kontendiebstahl, dessen wir auf Zypern im Angesicht des Bankencrashs Zeuge wurden, soll EU-weit schneller gesetzlich eingeführt werden als bislang geplant. Offiziell werden diese Maßnahmen, Konteninhaber und Sparer an der Rettung von Banken zu beteiligen, „Bail-in“ genannt. Auf die Situation auf Zypern rückblickend, wurden die Banken in einer Nacht- und Nebelaktion für zwei Wochen geschlossen. Während dieser Zeit feilschten Zyperns Offizielle zuerst mit Russland und dann mit der EU um einen Bailout.

Als rettende Hilfe aus Russland abgelehnt wurde, erzwang die EU als Gegenleistung für eine gewährte Finanzlinie und EZB-Unterstützung die Zusage, Sparer, Konteninhaber und Firmen mit Einlagen von über 100.000 Euro bei zypriotischen Banken mittels eines willkürlich festgesetzten Prozentbetrags an deren Rettung zu beteiligen. Es dauerte nicht allzu lange, bis der neue Eurogruppen-Chef Djasselbloem öffentlich hinausposaunte, dass Maßnahmen dieser Art EU-weit in Planung seien.

Spätestens seit diesem Zeitpunkt ist klar, dass auf Konten von europäischen Banken liegendes Einlagekapital nicht mehr sicher ist. Entweder werden Sparer und Konteninhaber durch potenzielle Bankenzusammenbrüche bedroht oder sehen unter einem solchen Szenario dem plötzlichen Einfrieren und einer von „oben“ aufoktroyierten Teilenteignung ihrer Einlagen entgegen. Neu ist, dass zukünftig auch die Bondhalter der Banken zur Verantwortung gezogen werden sollen, was seit Ausbruch der Finanzkrise ein längst fälliger Schritt gewesen wäre.

In dieser Woche erklärte Jens Weidmann, Chef der Deutschen Bundesbank, dass diese so genannten „Bail-in“ Bestimmungen nicht erst im Jahr 2018 eingeführt werden sollten, sondern bereits zu einem weitaus früheren Zeitpunkt. Demnach solle eine Umsetzung dieser Regeln schon ab dem Jahr 2015 erfolgen. Diese Forderung – und die ebenfalls in dieser Woche erfolgte Ankündigung durch Jörg Asmussen, dass der EZB-Leitzinssenkung noch weitaus radikalere Maßnahmen folgen könnten – zeigt, wie schlimm es um die Banken in Europa tatsächlich bestellt ist.

Ein jüngst durch Ernst & Young publizierter Bericht zeigte, dass Europas Finanzinstitute ein kumuliertes Bilanzloch von mehr als 1 Billion Euro aufweisen. Laut Weidmann sollten die „Bail-in“ Regeln ab dem Zeitpunkt gelten, ab dem mit einer geordneten Abwicklung bzw. Schließung von Bankinstituten zu rechnen ist. Dieser Zeitpunkt werde voraussichtlich 2015 erreicht, wenn die EZB ihre Funktion als Chefaufseherin über die Banken der Eurozone ausüben werde. Wichtig sei laut Weidmann auch, dass die Perioden, in denen „Bail-in“ Regeln zur Anwendung kämen, zeitlich verkürzt würden.

Wie weiter oben ausgeführt, dauerte der Bank Holiday auf Zypern zwei Wochen, in denen die Anleger keinen Zugang zu ihren Ersparnissen hatten. Zeitgleich akzeptierten zypriotische Geschäfte, Tankstellen und Kaufhäuser nur noch Cash gegen eine Ausgabe von Waren und Produkten. Dementsprechend groß waren die Angst und Verunsicherung unter zypriotischen Konteninhabern, die auf eine solche Situation nicht vorbereitet waren und kalt erwischt wurden. Im Angesicht dieser Entwicklungen stellt sich die berechtigte Frage, wie vor allem Sparer und Anleger in den Peripherieländern der Eurozone ihren zumeist insolventen Banken noch Vertrauen entgegenbringen können.

Selbst unter der Prämisse, dass beim „Bail-in“ auf Zypern am Ende keine Sparer beteiligt wurden, die über Einlagen von unter 100.000 Euro bei ihren Banken verfügten, so muss das im Fall von Spanien, Italien oder Portugal noch lange nicht so sein. Denn wenn eine immer größere Anzahl von Konteninhabern Kapitalbeträge splittet und auf verschiedenen Konten verteilt, so wächst letztendlich auch die Chance, dass die Grenzbeträge deutlich sinken werden, ab denen Anleger an einer „Rettung“ ihrer Institute beteiligt werden, wenn dies notwendig werden sollte. Alle zurzeit auf EU-Ebene getroffenen Vorkehrungen weisen eigentlich deutlich darauf hin, dass es nicht mehr allzu lange dauern dürfte, bis der Stecker gezogen wird. "

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Pilot Gold - Reports 8.53 G/T Gold Over 36.6 Metres @Kinsley Mountain, Nevada - Nov 18, 2013
www.pilotgold.com/sites/default/files/news_pdfs/PilotGoldNew…

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Lithium Industry Report - EPC - Aug 14, 2013
www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/rese…

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AXION International Holdings - Ships 5th Purchase Order for ECOTRAX Rail Ties, to "one of the largest multi-national chemical companies" - Nov 18, 2013
http://content.stockpr.com/_news/axionintl/2013-11-18_AXION_…

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BioSyent - Releases Q2 +Six Month Results: Six Month Sales Increase 57% +Profit Before Tax Up 68% - Aug 22, 2013
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsd…
https://6d898bb6-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/bi…


BioSyent Pharma "Signs Exclusive Licence +Distribution Agreement for a New Women's Health Product Already Approved by Health Canada", 2014 Launch "Planned" - Oct 1, 2013
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsd…

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Zitat von Popeye82: Hybrid PayTech World - Signs Agreement With PIICOM Inc, "one of the largest Canadian resellers of enterprise hardware +software for fleet, delivery +transport" - Oct 1, 2012
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_136183_hybrid_an…


Hybrid &Precitec, a "leader offering the latest technology in product design +fabrication of plastic injection molds", Develop Tablet &Device Cradle for Retailers - Oct 9, 2012
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_136463_freeport_…


Hybrid Partners with Bancnet of the Philippines, the "largest electronic banking consortium in the Philippines" - Nov 9, 2012
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_137167_freeport_…


InvoiceA SAP +Hybrid Paytech Team Up for Mobile Payments, Invoicing +POS - Dec 10, 2012
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_137957_invoiceas…


Hybrid Enters Into Partnership LOI with GGC of Philippines - Dec 21, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2012/FAS_138208_press_rel…


hybrid PayTech +Go FUN Hong Kong sign deal - Feb 2, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/FAS_139178_gofun_and…


Hybrid Enters Into Partner Agreement With Froogalit; HybridPaytech "provides the world’s 1st completely secure, end-to-end mobile payment service that can process both credit +debit card transactions." It is "currently the only company to implement adequate security measures to meet the strict criteria of the debit card firms" - Apr 18, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/FAS_140895_hybrid_fr…


Hybrid & Cardtek Sign partnership - Jun 21, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/FAS_142626_hybrid_pa…


Mobi724 S.R.L. signs a commercial agreement with Grupo Sancor Seguros Argentina S.A, the "most important insurance brand in Argentina"; " "Revolutionary", strengthened +more secure, mobile redemption platform solution is "ready to be rolled out" " - Oct 21, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/HPT_Mobi724_SRL_sign…


Hybrid PayTech World Announces Appointment of Mario Cohen As Operations Manager for Hybrid Paytech’s European Operations, Ex Director of Sales of Wirecard - Oct 23, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/HPT_Announces_Appoin…

Hybrid PayTech Debuts Its Global Partnership Program & Multi-OS "Hybrid Connect" Platform - Nov 11, 2013
http://app.quotemedia.com/quotetools/newsStoryPopup.go?story…

Hybrid PayTech World Inc. announces that its corporate holding "Hybrid PayTech Asia Pacific(HK) LTD" "gained approval for Samsung's Enterprise Alliance Program", a "partnership program especially designed to build stronger relationships with SIs, ISVs, VARs +global distributors" - Nov 18, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/HPT_Hybrid_PayTech_A…

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PyroGenesis' Canada - "Novel Steam Plasma Arc "SPARC" Destruction System exceeds 99.9999% Commercial Destruction of Ozone Depleting Substances", a "10x greater Destruction Efficiency as compared to the current requirement"; Of note, "certain ODS's generate 10.000 times more Green House Gases, when compared to CO2 emissions"; Gillian Holcroft: "Because ODS's are acknowledged to be "some of the most difficult substances to destroy", the ability to achieve >99.9999% destruction is "a key milestone +puts PyroGenesis ahead of the curve, in an increasingly regulated industry." The use of a steam plasma torch "allows for increased destruction capabilities +now enables PyroGenesis to efficiently +safely destroy an array of other hazardous "difficult to manage" chemicals" " - Nov 13, 2013
www.newswire.ca/en/story/1261073/pyrogenesis-novel-steam-pla…


PyroGenesis "Contracted by "Global Oil &Gas Company" to "Develop Game Changing Plasma Based Process" "; Gillian Holcroft: "Plasma based processes are "unique in that we can achieve extremely high temperatures, without the use of fossil fuels." This flexibility "allows PyroGenesis +its Client to "explore" cost effective, environmentally friendly +state of the art "approaches" for Oil +Gas processing." "Once " the process is proven on a pilot scale the next step will be an on-site commercial demonstration @the Client's industrial operation."; PyroGenesis will design, deliver +test a high temperature plasma based process, "which eventually would be integrated into the Client's existing oil +gas process", which will be completed in ~6 months; P. Peter Pascali: "We "are proud to be associated with an organization who is recognized as a leading developer of energy resources around the world +who does so in an environmentally responsible manner." We appreciate the confidence our client has shown in our engineering team +our technology." This contract "further demonstrates PyroGenesis' ability to leverage its core competencies to develop novel plasma-based solutions." The "successful commercialization of this process "will" " generate revenues in excess of 100.000.000 dollars to PyroGenesis, while @the same time providing our customer with significant competitive advantages" " - Nov 18, 2013
www.newswire.ca/en/story/1263203/pyrogenesis-contracted-by-g…

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Obama "Messes with the RFS"; Obama, "in trouble on healthcare, sounds the retreat on renewable fuels"; industry groups "aghast as EPA targets next-generation, non-food biofuels for biggest cuts; slashes corn ethanol also." "Major push-back expected following “complete capitulation to Big Oil" - BD - Nov 17, 2013

- J. Lane -
www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2013/11/17/obama-messes-with-…

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Gomwe pleads with banks to back coal, in fight against global energy poverty - MW/CMR - Nov 18, 2013

- M. Creamer -
www.miningweekly.com/article/gomwe-pleads-with-banks-to-back…

"Development banks must help developing countries to use their coal in the cleanest possible way rather than starve them of funding, World Coal Association energy and climate committee chairperson Godfrey Gomwe said on Monday.

Gomwe was speaking at the International Coal and Climate Summit in Warsaw, the venue of the nineteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP19), which is seen as an important step towards a comprehensive climate agreement in Paris in 2015.

The CE of Anglo American Thermal Coal told the COP19 gathering that coal’s role was poised to grow regardless of development bank support.

However, the risk was that cheaper, less efficient and more polluting technologies would be all many countries could afford in the absence of concessional finance.

Gomwe said many African children were still forced to study under street lamps and recalled how he was only able to study normally under electric light once he got to university.

The International Energy Agency, he noted, had already calculated that more than half of the electricity needed to end global energy poverty would have to come from coal, which underlined the need for the international community to help countries use coal in the cleanest possible way.

One per cent better power plant efficiency resulted in up to 3% less carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

If power station efficiency were raised from the current 33% average to 40%, global carbon emissions would be cut by two gigatons.

“That's the equivalent of running the Kyoto Protocol three times over,” Gomwe said, adding that modern plant in some locations could also potential capture and store all the CO2 prior to it entering the atmosphere. "

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Keaton "lifts H1 earnings a record, 192%" - MW, JOHANNESBURG - Nov 18, 2013

- Natalie Greve -
www.miningweekly.com/article/eaton-lifts-h1-earnings-a-recor…

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UN tells coal sector to leave reserves in the ground - Mining Australia/United Nations - Nov 19, 2013

- Alex Heber -
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/un-tells-coal-sector-to-leav…
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=46516&Cr=Climate+chang…
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=45130&Cr=climate+chang…

" The United Nation’s top climate change official is calling on the coal industry to look past next quarter’s bottom line and see the next generation’s bottom line.

Speaking to the International Coal and Climate Summit, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres said the coal industry can and must drastically transform itself to combat climate change.

“We are at unprecedented greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere; our carbon budget is half spent,” she said.

“Let me be clear from the outset that my joining you today is neither a tacit approval of coal use, nor is it a call for the immediate disappearance of coal. But I am here to say that coal must change rapidly and dramatically for everyone’s sake.”

Figueres explained that human-generated climate change is real and accelerating and warned if changes aren’t made to how companies meet energy needs the internationally agreed goal to limit warming to less than two degrees Celsius will be overshot.

She said to meet this goal the industry needs to look at diversifying beyond coal, noting the bottom line for the atmosphere is that most existing coal reserves will have to stay in the ground.

“By now it is abundantly clear that further capital expenditures on coal can only go ahead if they are compatible with the 2 degree Celsius limit,” Figueres said.

“Some major oil, gas and energy technology companies are already investing in renewables, and I urge those of you who have not yet started to do this to join them.

“By diversifying your portfolio beyond coal, you too can produce clean energy that reduces pollution, enhances public health, increases energy security, and creates new jobs.”

Pointing to a building groundswell of climate action and climate change-related policies at all levels of government and society she urged the coal industry to assess the financial risks of business as usual.

“The IPCC’s findings have been endorsed by 195 governments, including all of those in which you operate,” she told high level coal company executives,” Figueres said.

“All of this tells me that the coal industry faces a business continuation risk that you cannot afford to ignore.”

She suggested the coal industry look at leveraging technology to reduce emissions immediately across the entire chain of coal output. "

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Open Briefing Released for Silex Systems Limited - OB - Sep 19, 2013
www.openbriefing.com/OB/Silex-Systems-Limited/2013/11/19/Ann…
www.silex.com.au/downloads/asxannouncements/21-slx-2013-agm-…

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EcoVolt Power - Announces "1st Commercial Shipment of its Advanced EcoSmart Lead-Acid Batteries", the "1st major advancement in lead acid technology in the last 25 years" ; North American roll out with Distribution Partner Energy Battery Group Inc., the "largest, privately held complete battery distribution network in the United States" - Jul 18, 2013
http://ecovoltpower.com/media-room/press-releases

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Zitat von Popeye82: Vmoto - launches 6 new models of electric vehicles, in China - Jun 4, 2013
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201306/20130604142636740.pdf

Vmoto opens 1st flagship retail store in China - Jun 26, 2013
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201306/20130627084122187.pdf

Vmoto opens 2nd retail store in China - Aug 5, 2013
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201308/20130813072607761.pdf

Vmoto delivers electric cleaning vehicles to the district government in Jianye District, Nanjing - Aug 13, 2013
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201308/20130813072619475.pdf

Vmoto opens 3rd retail store in China - Aug 19, 2013
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201308/20130819122257591.pdf

Launch of 5 new electric vehicle models in China - Sep 3, 2013
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201309/20130903090757817.pdf

Vmoto opens 4th retail store in China - Sep 12, 2013
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201309/20130903090757817.pdf
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201309/20130902085509515.pdf

Vmoto raises $5.000.000, +secures "strategic joint venture" - Oct 2, 2013
www.vmoto.com/uploadfile/201310/20131007182619101.pdf

Vmoto signs Distribution Agreement in Indonesia; Under the terms of the Agreement, with an initial term of 10 years, the minimum order quantities of electric scooters Garansindo will order is 17.500 units, over the 1st 5 years - Nov 19, 2013
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=VMT&E=ASX&N=658110

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Perlemax - announces agreement with AECOM, a "Fortune 500 company + global provider of professional technical +management support services", to "develop Perlemax’s "micro bubble energy-saving technology" in the municipal waste water market", Waste water treatment accounts for 2% of the UK’s electricity consumption +"the Perlemax technology has the "potential " of delivering energy savings of between 20 +40% to each plant, on which it is installed" - Sep 18, 2013
www.fusionip.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/FIP-Perlemax-A…
http://perlemax.com/downloads/perlemaxoverview.pdf

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 45.864.928 von Popeye82 am 19.11.13 07:36:27

Cooltech Applications, "Industrialisation of the 1st Magnetic Refrigeration systems globally in 2014", a "B2B specification for commercial refrigeration systems, not requiring CFC gas, while using up to 50% less energy" - Presentation - Jul13
www.cooltech-applications.com/files/Cooltech%20Applications%…

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 45.864.998 von Popeye82 am 19.11.13 07:50:05

Shortlist for the "Institute of Engineering +Technology(IET) Innovation Awards 2013" - IET - Sep13
http://conferences.theiet.org/innovation/shortlist/index.cfm

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Phase Focus - signs licensing agreement with Gatan, the "world’s leading manufacturer of instrumentation for electron microscopes", to "enhance +extend the operation +performance of electron microscopes"; the Phase Focus Virtual Lens is "a digital replacement for the conventional image-forming optics used in imaging +microscopy." As "well as eliminating the limitations +aberrations of conventional lens-based instruments, it can be exploited to visualise +quantify numerous specimen attributes, such as surface topography, thickness +refractive index variations, or electric +magnetic field phenomena"; Dr. Sander Gubbens: "Gatan "has always been @the forefront of developing +delivering the most advanced +high-performance products into the electron microscopy market." We "are "confident" that the Phase Focus Virtual Lens " "will" provide a new dimension of information not otherwise available to users", +ultimately provide atomic-scale resolution, beyond the current limits accessible by conventional electromagnetic lens technologies" " - Feb 19, 2013
www.phasefocus.com/wp-content/uploads/130219-Gatan-Press-Rel…
www.fusionip.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/FIPPhaseFocusG…
www.fusionip.co.uk/casestudy/phase-focus/


Phasefocus technology "to “open up a rich new branch” of X-ray analysis" - Apr 9, 2013
www.phasefocus.com/phase-focus-news/phase-focus-technology-t…
www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v4/n4/full/ncomms2640.html


Research council article "hails Phasefocus technology as “revolutionary”" - Jun 7, 2013
www.phasefocus.com/phase-focus-news/research-council-article…
www.epsrc.ac.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Publications/pioneer…


Phasefocus Announces the Delivery +Installation of a Lens Profiler Instrument to the Brien Holden Vision Institute, "one of the world’s leading applied vision correction research institutes"; Ian Pykett: "Phasefocus is delighted that Brien Holden Vision Institute decided to invest in our technology +they join some of the world’s major contact lens manufacturers as customers of our equipment. For this prestigious institute to recognize our technology as important to their work validates our continued investment in the area of ophthalmic metrology for the Phase Focus Virtual Lens method", Klaus Ehrmann @Brien Holden Vision Institute: "We are pleased to take delivery of this system which will help with our lens measurements +designs. After an evaluation of the companies +metrology systems available, the Phasefocus Lens Profiler proved to be the system best suited to our needs +will help our development of the next generation of contact lenses" - Sep 26, 2013
www.phasefocus.com/phase-focus-news/phase-focus-announces-th…

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CorPower Ocean AB, has "developed an "advanced compact high-efficiency Wave Energy Converter(WEC)", inspired by the pumping principles of the human heart . CorPower’s technology offers an "exceptionally" high power density, 5 times higher than competing technologies, @<1/3rd of the cost; CorPower "believe we are perfectly positioned to win the technology convergence race because our innovative design overcomes the recurring problems faced by ocean energy technology." CorPower "now stands on the brink of a "major breakthrough", in "terms of redefining the efficiency of wave energy generation" "
www.corpowerocean.com/corpower-technology/corpower-wave-ener…

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Encapsulix SAS - introduces "Infinitytm 500 Atomic Layer Deposition System" +announces the sale to "a leading OLED Lighting Manufacturer for Encapsulation", the system "provides the best ultrabarrier performance +cost of ownership for the manufacturing of OLED devices", thanks to its innovative Atomic Layer Deposition(ALD) technology, Encapsulix SAS "has the "solution " to the universal problem of corrosion barriers +encapsulation for the OLED, Flexible Organic Electronic, Data Storage, Photovoltaic +industrial films." Our patented injector, reaction chamber, +gas dosing system "allows for infinite geometric scaling of the reaction space +substrate, optimized cost of ownership +"exceptional" barrier performance"; "ALD(Atomic Layer Deposition) is the "sequential introduction of propagating waves of metal +oxygen precursors", yielding angstrom level process thickness control. Encapsulix’s innovation has "decreased the cycle time +increased the substrate size capability of the ALD process dramatically " - Oct 9, 2013
www.encapsulix.com/encapsulix-sas-introduces-infinitytm500-a…


Encapsulix "wins best presentation award @GreenCity Investment Forum" - Oct 19, 2013
www.encapsulix.com/encapsulix-wins-best-presentation-award-a…

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Xeros - &BASF, "one of the world’s most powerful companies in terms of chemical engineering, product performance +social responsibility", Join Forces, to "Develop Next Generation of Polymer Bead Cleaning Technology" - May 13, 2013
www.xeroscleaning.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Xeros-and-B…


Xeros "triumphs @Rushlight Awards 2013"; has won "two of the UK’s most coveted green innovation awards" - Aug13
www.xeroscleaning.com/xeros-triumphs-at-rushlight-awards-201…


Xeros wins two new prestigious business awards - Oct 14, 2013
www.xeroscleaning.com/xeros-wins-two-new-prestigious-busines…


Xeros "Helps Hotels Cut Laundry Costs By 50% +Support Green Operations"; "Ultra Low Water System Uses less Detergent +Energy, While Increasing Cleaning Quality"; Jonathan Benjamin: " "Revolutionizing the way textiles are cleaned begins with robust science +systems and ends with superior quality +service." In hospitality, helping hotels ‘go green’ +lowering utility consumption "is certainly important, but we believe our technology is only as good as the service +team behind it." Xeros +its innovative system is "truly a step change in the way commercial laundry gets done " " - Oct 9, 2013
www.xeroscleaning.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Press-Relea…


Xeros Brings "Award-Winning Green +Sustainable Textile Cleaning to North America", Establishes U.S. Headquarters +Appoints New Leadership Team; "through the use of polymer bead technology, the patented, award-winning Xeros System for commercial laundry uses 70% less water , "up to" 50% less energy , + *~50% less detergent , to deliver superior cleaning results, as compared to traditional “soap +water” methods." By combining the beads’ molecular structure with a proprietary detergent solution, dirt from soiled items is attracted +absorbed by the beads, producing cleaner results. The reusable beads have a lifespan of hundreds of washes before being collected +recycled; Jonathan Benjamin: "We recently launched the Xeros System to the market @the Clean Show in New Orleans this past June. We already have several customers in the U.S. that are currently using our polymer bead technology. It is " "truly" the 1st "real" innovation in the laundry industry , in >60 years " " - Oct 15, 2013
www.xeroscleaning.com/xeros-brings-award-winning-green-and-s…

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Revolymer Plc, a "technology company that designs, develops +formulates novel polymers, to improve the performance of existing consumer products within the fast moving consumer goods(FMCG) +other industrial markets" - Presentation - Mar13
www.revolymer.com/files/8/revolymer-preliminary-results-pres…

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Arvia Technology - &NuVision Engineering awarded US Department of Energy Contract "to Pilot a "Unique" Waste Treatment Technology, on Oak Ridge Radioactive Wastes"; Arvia’s™ technology removes +destroys organic contaminants from a wide range of aqueous effluents ranging from low +trace levels of difficult to treat +non-biodegradable organics to radioactive oils. The patented technology has been shown to treat various historically-untreatable organics. It "provides a simple, flexible +reliable solution to organic waste problems, with significantly lower operating costs than traditional alternatives." Through this advanced method of organics destruction, Arvia’s technology "is revolutionising the aqueous organic treatment market"; Mike Lodge: "This is "an extremely valuable opportunity for Arvia to showcase its technology against "some of the World’s most challenging wastes" +"to demonstrate that these wastes can now be safely processed" " - Sep13
www.arviatechnology.com/index.php/news/47-arvia-and-nuvision…


Arvia Technology " "could " prove to be a significant step forward for the whole nuclear industry"
www.magnoxsites.com/UserFiles/File/publications/our%20achiev…

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Surrey NanoSystems - UK Nanomaterials Company "makes Dark Material Breakthrough"; Surrey NanoSystems' "unique nanotechnology processing know-how has been used to deposit the world's blackest material on lightweight, temperature-sensitive substrates." Its new 'super black' coating "can be applied to optical instruments for space applications, to reduce reflections +increase sensitivity", "breakthrough stems from Surrey NanoSystems' patented process for manufacturing carbon nanotubes @low temperatures." In this application, the "technology allows the company to fabricate super-black coatings on space-qualified lightweight aluminium components." The black coating material - which has just been shown publicly @the `13 UK Space Conference - "sets a new record for the lowest reflectance in the infrared spectrum on materials such as aluminum, with a total hemispherical reflectance of <0.15% across the mid-infrared wavelength region", For flexibility of application, Surrey NanoSystems' process can also deposit coatings on either flat or three-dimensional structures, +in precise patterns; Ben Jensen: "The super-black material has been extensively tested +characterised by our partners NPL +ABSL. We "now have a well-defined +highly repeatable process for making super black coatings +are in discussions with a number of companies about applying it on commercial projects, as its combination of superior performance +European heritage simplifies the procurement process" " - Jul 30, 2013
www.surreynanosystems.com/news/17/

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Report: Apple working on 12.9-inch iPad for release next year; A new report claims that 12.9-inch Retina displays are currently in production for a larger new iPad coming out early next year - GO - Nov 19, 2013

- Alex Colon -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/19/report-apple-working-on-12-9-in…

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How Intel is betting on big data to add tens of millions to its bottom line; Intel is using big data to improve everything from manufacturing efficiency to sales, +"is increasingly looking toward technologies such as Hadoop +machine learning to create new opportunities" - GO - Nov 19, 2013

- D. Harris -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/18/how-intel-is-betting-on-big-dat…

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Sierra Metals - reports a 53.5% increase in NI 43-101 compliant mineral reserves @its Yauricocha Mine, Peru -to 6.394.000 tonnes averaging 94.8g/t silver, 2.09% lead, 0.70% copper, 2.53% zinc +0.80 g/t gold - Nov 19, 2013
http://app.quotemedia.com/quotetools/newsStoryPopup.go?story…

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Zenyatta Ventures - Former ConocoPhillips Manager of Graphite Materials Joins ZEN Team as VP Market Development - Nov 19, 2013
www.zenyatta.ca/article/press-release-1317.asp

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China Mobile launches global chat app - CER/R - Nov 19, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64856

"The international unit of China Mobile (CHL.NYSE, 0941.HKG) has launched a new phone app to expand its global presence, Reuters reported, citing a senior executive.

Its new app product Jego allows anyone outside China with an Android or iOS smartphone and a data connection to receive free incoming calls on a China Mobile number. They can also make cheap international calls using the app. China Mobile is the world's largest mobile operator and the most profitable, according to ABI Research, but it has struggled to gain a foothold overseas. "

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China considers changing how it measures GDP - CER/XNA - Nov 19, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64855

"China’s National Bureau of Statistics is considering changing the way it calculates the economy, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing Xu Xianchun, the vice head of the agency.

In comments made on Monday, Xu said the new system, which is being adopted to reflect ambitious reform plans announced after the third plenum, will reckon spending on research and development as a form of fixed capital and calculate it into gross domestic product. Xu also said that it will be in line with the latest international standards and it will be finalized around the end of 2014 at the earliest. "

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China house prices jump again in October - CER/BB - Nov 19, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64857

"New home prices in four of China’s major cities have increased the most since January 2011 and prices rose in another 65 cities tracked by the government as buyers were emboldened by a lack of new property curbs, Bloomberg reported, citing a statement issued by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday.

New home prices in Guangzhou rose by 21% in October from a year earlier, 20% in Shenzhen, 18% in Shanghai and 16% in Beijing. The only city to announce a decline was Wenzhou, with new home prices dropping 1.4% from last year."

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Highland Copper Company - to Acquire the White Pine Copper Project in Michigan from a Subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals, complementary to the existing Keweenaw project, with "extensive infrastructure in place" from past operations; Production from '52 to '95 was 198.070.985 short tons averaging 1.14% copper, silver was generally not recovered, In '95, Copper Range Company, then a subsidiary of Inmet Mining Corporation, closed the White Pine mine. The total non NI 43-101 compliant in-situ resource estimated @that time was 208.207.000 short tons averaging 1.04% copper, Although the historical resources are viewed as reliable +relevant based on the information and methods used @the time they do not satisfy the requirements set out under Canadian National Instrument 43-101 - Nov 19, 2013
www.highlandcopper.com/i/pdf/nr/2013-11-19%20White%20Pine%20…

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Credit-Driven China Glut Threatens Surge Into Bank Crisis - BB - Nov 19, 2013
www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-18/credit-driven-china-glut-t…

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Eagle Star Minerals - Releases Letter from the President - Nov 19, 2013
www.marketwired.com/press-release/eagle-star-releases-letter…

"Dear Shareholders;

It is with my greatest pleasure to reach out to you today in order to acknowledge your interest in the Company while recognizing significant milestones we have achieved together with the help of your support. With our maiden resource as part of the long anticipated, initial NI 43-101 report right around the corner, I have decided to take this opportunity and lay out to you the strategy that we have carefully crafted in house to ensure maximum leverage of Eagle Star's unique circumstances (significant land exposure along the phosphate belt of Brazil, strong geological outlook and premium location at the heart of what is the world's largest agricultural region) as the company aims to become a dominant force active in Brazil's booming agricultural sector.

The commencement of an aggressive drill program at Bomfim, a strategic land acquisition and recruitment of experts with specific knowledge of how to produce and sell phosphate based fertilizers in Brazil are just a few examples of measures taken recently by the Company in its quest to fulfill its goals. As a shareholder you would have noticed our Bomfim Project taking center stage over our other projects throughout the past year. The reason for this shift in focus is our belief that Bomfim's similarities to the adjacent MbAC Fertilizer's ("MbAC") Itafos Mine, in terms of geology, ore types and near term production possibilities are striking and therefore present an opportunity too good to delay.

From day one of our involvement in the Bomfim project our exploration strategy was based on closely following our proprietary geological model whilst trying to identify areas of phosphate mineralization along the phosphate belt. This model led us to the discovery of nine (9) such targets. To date, two have been followed up with further investigation and both have successfully returned excellent results of high quality phosphate at or close to surface. All targets share the same characteristics including what is especially important from our perspective - large outcrops of high-grade mineralization. Why is that important? High-grade mineralization allows us to fast track our way into production bypassing large capital commitments and long production lead times. Subsequently, this would accelerate value creation and result in significantly less dilution for our shareholders.

Following in the footsteps of our mining neighbor MbAC and its predecessor Itafos, we know that crushed outcrops of high-grade phosphorite can be sold within the close vicinity of our project area as direct application natural fertilizer. Same as in the case of both these companies, we intend to start producing at Bomfim as soon as possible so that we can generate enough cash to inject back into exploration and then eventually towards development of a larger scale production facility. Most recently, MbAC has ceased operation of its direct application natural fertilizer facility allowing Eagle Star and its shareholders to take advantage of a unique opportunity whereby a market has already been created. At a very low cost of approximately 2 million dollars we can build a similar facility to extract and process high-grade material similar to the one operated by MbAC and sell it to local farmers who are using this product as a partial substitute to the standard, more costly NPK blend.

Our plan for early production at Bomfim should help explain why over the past few months we have focused our drill program on quantifying outcropping high-grade phosphorite at already identified targets throughout the Bomfim project. At the South East portion of Bomfim Hill ("PZE-South") ease of access and a successful pit opening campaign were important considerations when it came to selecting the first target to be drilled. Drill results have clearly indicated high-grade, at surface mineralization that seems to extend to the targets located at the North ("PZE-North"), Central ("MSZ") and West ("PZE-West") portions of the Bomfim Hill. We are therefore confident that Bomfim Hill alone with its four separate sub-targets, represents a very lucrative opportunity in terms of near term production and that it in turn, will greatly benefit our shareholders.

Same as at PZE-South, the combination of a few factors such as ease of access, positive results from scout drilling and a subsequent pit opening campaign revealing high-grade at surface has led us to drill Target A1 ("Amaury") next. The small drill program here proved also to be a success as we recorded multiple high-grade drill intercepts at or close to surface including drill hole AM-RC-10 intersecting 18 meters of 15% P2O5 from surface. With two successful drill programs in hand, we are well on our way to proving a significant resource of high-grade phosphate mineralization in arguably the world's most strategic location from a fertilizer consumption perspective.

Though the discovery and development of high-grade phosphate is a priority for us, we believe that similar to our neighbor MbAC, lower grade phosphate is also abundant in Bomfim especially in areas that reside close to the phosphate belt. So while in the short to mid term we intend to produce fertilizers from higher grades of phosphate that require very little processing, we know that in the longer term we will look to integrate the lower grade/higher volume mineralization into our production plan as this will increase sustainability and growth of our future operations. To do so, we will have to invest in a flotation plant and other facilities that will allow for the conversion of the lower grade material to fertilizers. To that end, we have started flotation tests on representative lower-grade material from Bomfim. We hope that with the results from these tests (that we expect soon) we would be able to prove the full cycle of planned production that will paint a clear picture to our investors as to how we plan to further monetize our Bomfim asset.

Whilst we are very pleased with the land package we have managed to accumulate to date, we are always on the lookout for additional acquisition targets in the vicinity of our project areas that can add significant value to our portfolio. Our latest acquisition - Santiago, is a perfect example of this approach, as in our mind, it is one of the most strategic phosphate claims in Brazil. Formerly owned by Vale, this new claim has been on our radar screen since day one as it resides directly between the original Bomfim claims and MbAC's largest and highest grade ore body - "Canabrava". Work performed just recently by our technical team has revealed very large high-grade outcrops that plateau over the property's boundaries in addition to substantial evidence that suggests a possible extension of the Canabrava ore body into our new concession area. Our belief is that this occurrence is a good indication to the presence of both high-grade and lower grade mineralization in large volume and thus why we have just begun drilling our Santiago target so we may better test the extent of this high-grade outcropping phosphate and inevitably update the soon to be published NI 43-101 technical report as early as Q1 2014.

As the company continues to develop so too does our team. Our goal is to be a producer in 2014 so it was important for us to recruit the specific knowhow to make sure this goal is met. Hence why we added two very strategic gentleman as of late - Edvaldo Guimaraes most recently worked as the Sales and Marketing Manager for MbAC's direct application natural fertilizer production plant. An agronomist with over 20 years of agricultural specific experience, Mr. Guimaraes maintains strong relationships with farmers across Brazil and specifically surrounding the Bomfim claims where he has already been successful in securing 60,000 tonnes of direct application natural fertilizer orders for supply in the 1st half of 2014. Around the same time we were also able to contract Tiago Pereira, formally the Chief Mining Engineer for MbAC's direct application fertilizer plant. Mr. Pereira was instrumental in the design, implementation and day to day operation of this facility. He will play a key role in Eagle Star's plan to duplicate that same strategy that was successful for MbAC.

We are strongly convinced that Eagle Star, and yourselves as shareholders, have a bright future ahead. The fundamentals necessary for success have been put in place - team, assets and proximity to marketplace. Many catalysts exist for Eagle Star right around the corner including multiple resource calculation updates, near term production not far behind in combination with more drilling, flotation and further technical testing of the ore, all of which position Eagle Star and its shareholders in a very unique place from a risk/reward prospective with huge potential upside. We also expect a few significant developments with relation to our two other projects - Samba and Ruth, which I have not covered in this letter to you today, but do expect to communicate these developments to you in the near future as they materialize. We look forward to continue advancing the Company with your support, as we are certain that at this stage every bit of that progress will uncover significant value to you, our shareholders.


ABOUT THE COMPANY

Eagle Star Minerals Corp is a publicly listed company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of agro-mineral properties in Brazil. Over the past two years, Eagle Star Minerals has strategically grown its' presence in Brazil and continues to focus on maximizing shareholder value by acquiring assets located in geological areas known for proven phosphate mineralization, coupled with good logistics in close proximity to agriculture.

The Company's shares are publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol EGE, on the OTC Pink Sheets under the symbol ELGSF and on Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol E6R.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

EAGLE STAR MINERALS CORP.

Eran Friedlander, President"

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The "key to holographic memory "may be" light, according to study"; A "futuristic sci-fi computer "may be just " one crystal — +plenty of light — away" - GO - Nov 19, 2013

- Lauren Hockenson -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/19/the-key-to-holographic-memory-m…

"Holographic memory sounds like something out of a Star Trek episode, a storage system that is able to utilize different points and angles of light to write memory in the same area nonlinearly to open up nearly endless storage capacity. And one scientist "may have unlocked a big piece of the puzzle — completely by accident ."

Washington State University doctoral student Marianne Tarun discovered that a strontium titanate crystal that was exposed to light for roughly a day had as much as 400 times the conductivity of an average crystal, according to iTech Post. The phenomenon produced, called ”persistent photoconductivity,” means that the crystal’s overall conductivity can be boosted with regular exposure to light, at room temperature. While it won’t reach levels that physicists dream of with ”superconductivity” — which operates at below-zero temperatures — this discovery could be a more practical option for consumer technology.

For example, a crystal of strontium titanate could theoretically be used as the storage piece for holographic memory, without the need for creating a special environment for the technology itself. The only definite additive would be a consistent light source, as the crystal does lose conductivity after a period of time. Regardless, it’s a lot less challenging than trying to create a sub-zero temperatures.

Although this accident has turned into a very important discovery for technology as a whole, we are still a long way from seeing something like holographic memory in a practical long-term application. But, it’s not just theory or fiction anymore — there might be a path to make it work. "

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Advent Energy/Mec Resources - Independent "Confirmation of Bonaparte Basin Gas "Potential" "; A "recently published independent report has assessed the shale gas "potential" in Australia’s sedimentary basins, +has described a 6 trillion cubic feet(Tcf) resource for the onshore Bonaparte Basin, equal to a 1.090.000.000 barrels of oil equivalent(BOE) resource" - Nov 18, 2013
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=MMR&E=ASX&N=657711

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Hybrid PayTech Debuts Its Global Partnership Program & Multi-OS "Hybrid Connect" Platform - Nov 11, 2013
http://app.quotemedia.com/quotetools/newsStoryPopup.go?story…

Hybrid PayTech World Inc. announces that its corporate holding "Hybrid PayTech Asia Pacific(HK) LTD" "gained approval for Samsung's Enterprise Alliance Program", a "partnership program especially designed to build stronger relationships with SIs, ISVs, VARs +global distributors" - Nov 18, 2013
www.cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/HPT_Hybrid_PayTech_A…

Hybrid PayTech World Inc. Signs MOU With INFOMAX Systems, To Deploy EMV MPOS Credit +Debit Solutions For Bangkok, Thailand - Nov 19, 2013
http://cnsx.ca/cmsAssets/docs/Filings/2013/HPT_Hybrid_Paytec…

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Zitat von Popeye82: Highfield Resources - deliver maiden JORC Mineral Resource, for the Javier Potash Project, Northern Spain - Oct 8, 2013

+ Maiden JORC Inferred Resources estimate of 163.200.000 tonnes of sylvinite @10.9% K2O(17.3% KCl) for Javier Project

+ The infill +step-out drilling campaign that commenced in Jul ´13 is "aimed" @upgrading +expanding the current Inferred Resource, beyond the limits of historical drilling

+ The "Exploration Target*" of 250.000.000 -400.000.000 tonnes of sylvnite ranging in grade between 9% -12% K2O "supports the "potential" upside, in the drilling campaign"

+ JORC resource estimates "expected" for the Company´s additional Spanish projects over the coming months ...
http://highfieldresources.com/pdfs/HighfieldDeliversMaidenIn…

Javier Potash Project -Initial Production Target - Investor Presentation - Oct 9, 2013

+ Work commenced on "target mine", of 4.600.000t/a of sylvinite ore

+ Underground conventional mine accessed via a decline proposed

+ Initial mine engineering work commenced

+ Basic engineering for processing plant prepared

+ Preliminary transport study for 3.000.000 tonnes of finished product completed

+ Development timeline sees Definitive Feasibility Study completed, in 2014
...
http://highfieldresources.com.au/pdfs/InvestorPresentationJa…

Maiden Pintano Potash Project JORC Mineral Resource Estimate -of 187.000.000 tonnes of sylvinite @11.2% K2O(17.8% KCl), "covering only a small percentage of the entire project area" - Nov 20, 2013

+ Maiden JORC Inferred Mineral Resource estimate of 187.000.000 tonnes of sylvinite @11.2% K2O(17.8% KCl)

+ The Mineral Resource estimate covers a small percentage of the entire project area(12 kms2 of project area of 125 kms2)1

+ Drilling campaign to start in Jan ´14 Quarter aimed @upgrading +expanding the Mineral Resource estimate

+ Project provides scale upside to Javier potash project, where a drilling campaign is underway designed to upgrade the existing JORC Mineral Resource estimate ...
www.highfieldresources.com.au/pdfs/MaidenPintanoPotashProjec…

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China Reform Plan Sets Scene for Local Clampdown: Economy - BB - Nov 18, 2013
www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-17/xi-s-china-reform-plan-set…

"China’s Communist Party signaled a bigger focus on fiscal concerns during President Xi Jinping’s tenure, setting the scene for a clampdown to control the finances of indebted regional authorities.

Local governments will be able to sell bonds to fund construction and officials will be rated on measures including borrowing levels, the party said Nov. 15. An easing of the one-child policy and extra land rights for farmers also featured in the biggest package of reforms since at least the 1990s.

Tightening control over local finances and allowing new channels for funding would limit the risk of a debt crisis hobbling the world’s second-biggest economy, while corruption arrests since Xi became party chief may signal that officials ignore directives at their peril. The scale of regional debt woes is set to be shown in an audit that the Finance Ministry said was due last month although it has yet to be released.

“It requires a lot of political brute force and it’s something you can only achieve if you are extremely vigorous,” said Arthur Kroeber, Beijing-based managing director of economic research firm GaveKal Dragonomics, referring to efforts to ensure local governments toe the line. “The localities have so much power and their incentives are so non-aligned with the party’s grand objectives that it’s a real problem.”


Fight Corruption

The anti-corruption campaign started by Xi when he took over as party chief last year may be a way of telling officials and state-company bosses, “Look, this is the way it’s going to be, and if you don’t like it, we have a lot of space in the jails for you,” said Kroeber, who is also a fellow at the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy in Beijing.

The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (HSCEI), also known as the H-share index, rose 4.3 percent at 11:56 a.m. in Hong Kong, poised for the highest close since May. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index (SHCOMP) climbed 1.4 percent, following a 1.7 percent gain on Nov. 15 ahead of the policy package’s publication. China’s 10-year bond yield rose to the highest level since 2007.

A separate statistics-bureau report today showed new home prices in China’s four major cities rose last month by the most since January 2011, raising concern that a bubble is forming as a lack of new nationwide property curbs emboldens buyers.

In a Nov. 1 speech on local-government reform, Premier Li Keqiang said some authorities, in their own self-interest, had only paid lip service to changes demanded by the central government, according to a transcript published in the China Daily newspaper. Local authorities must not be allowed to “play tricks or conduct reform as a mere formality,” he said.


Decisive Role

The fiscal proposals were agreed to at a four-day Communist Party meeting ending Nov. 12 that laid out economic and social reforms for the next decade, with pledges to reduce the state’s role in the economy and make markets “decisive” in allocating resources.

Pledges listed in a 60-point document published three days after the meeting, known as the third plenum, included establishing market-determined prices for resources, boosting private-sector and foreign investment, and encouraging urbanization by scaling back the hukou, or household registration system, to allow rural migration to smaller cities.

The party listed fiscal and tax reform as the fifth out of 16 main points in its document, describing finance as a foundation and important pillar of the country’s governance and which guarantees long-term stability. Among proposed changes are making budgets more transparent, improving transfer payments, setting up risk-warning and debt-management systems for central and local governments and speeding up legislation on a property tax, according to the document.


Spending, Taxes

Currently local governments are responsible for 80 percent of spending while getting about 40 percent of tax revenue, according to the China 2030 report published last year by the World Bank and Development Research Center of the State Council.

“Right now the situation is totally unfair for local governments -- they have to bear most of the burden and they get a small proportion of the tax revenue,” said William Overholt, senior fellow at the Harvard University Asia Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “Changes to the hukou system would put a bigger burden on city and town governments and with all these social services to offer it would just sink the finances of localities that are already seriously strained.”

Fiscal and tax reforms will broaden local governments’ sources of income, helping to reduce local fiscal risk “and return local government finances to a more sustainable path,” Liu Li-Gang and Zhou Hao, China economists at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., wrote in a report yesterday. “At this stage, the local government debt is still manageable as the local governments still own a large amount of assets on their balance sheet.”


Rising Debt

Liu and Zhou estimate that the audit of local government liabilities ordered by the State Council in July will show total debt of 14 trillion yuan ($2.3 trillion). Liu Yuhui, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, estimated in September the debt could be as high as 20 trillion yuan.

Both figures would be higher than the end-2010 total of 10.7 trillion yuan given by the National Audit Office in a report published in June 2011, which amounted to 27 percent of gross domestic product. The financing arms of municipal authorities, known as local government financing vehicles, owed banks 9.7 trillion yuan, or 14 percent of all loans in mid-2013, according to figures from the China Banking Regulatory Commission.

The yield on government bonds due August 2023 increased five basis points today to 4.65 percent, according to prices from the National Interbank Funding Center. China’s 10-year yield reached a record 4.66 percent in November 2007, the highest in ChinaBond data going back to September 2007.


Pilot Program

China began a trial program in 2011 to let some local governments sell bonds directly and expanded the pilot in June, allowing Shandong and Jiangsu provinces to join Zhejiang and Guangdong plus the cities of Shanghai and Shenzhen. A proposal that would have allowed authorities to sell bonds within an approved quota was dropped from a revision of the budget law in June 2012.

In a further attempt to rein in local debt and push local governments to obey the reform mandates set by the party, officials will be evaluated less on economic growth and more on borrowing levels, welfare improvements, controlling overcapacity and environmental degradation, according to the Nov. 15 party document.


Fish Tower

While Xi’s officials are trying to limit wasteful outlays and vanity projects, the latest local-government spending to generate public concern is the construction of a giant, metal “puffer fish tower,” intended to be a tourist attraction, in one of the nation’s most-indebted provinces, Jiangsu.

“If you can get the fiscal arrangements right and give localities enough financial incentives to do the right thing then you have a better chance of succeeding” with reforms, said Kroeber of GaveKal Dragonomics. “If you have these localities that are in hock up to the neck with debts that they can’t pay and you are the central government and you want these guys to do something, well, that gives you a certain amount of leverage.”

To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story: Nerys Avery in Beijing at [e-mail]

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Paul Panckhurst at [e-mail] "

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wie immer voller Verwunderung wo Du die Zeit herbringst, diese sehr unterschiedl. Infos zu beziehen u. weiterzugeben.

Silex finde ich äußerst spannend.

Das wiederum ist in meiner Welt böse, denn das UN hat zum Ziel immer mehr Plastikscheiß in Haushaltsprodukte zu bekommen.
http://www.revolymer.com/technologies/household-products

Das ist sowieso schon ein Trend, auch hier in D., die Polymer-Produkte (Zahncreme, Duschgels...) landen im Abwasser, was nicht rausgefiltert wird.
Microplastik landet dann letztendlich im Meer u. wird nicht abgebaut.
Folgen dürfen immer mehr bekannt werden...

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 45.879.424 von muenchenguru am 20.11.13 15:53:37

Hey Muenchenguru,

Ich hab Deine 2 Schreiben davor erst jetzt gesehen. Zu 'Mission Mining Company' weiss ich es nicht, es ist sehr gut möglich.

'Poly Shield Technologies' interessiert mich jetzt selber, sehr, am liebsten wäre es mir aber wenn sie (noch/wieder)deutlich niedriger bewertet wären. Habe keinen konkreten Plan bisher dazu, aber auch keinen Druck.

Gruß
P.

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Cyclone Power Technologies - Quarterly Progress Letter - Nov 20, 2013
www.cyclonepower.com/10q/Quarterly%20Report%20to%20Sharehold…

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Iran asks China, Russia for support in nuclear talks against 'excessive demands' - US.net/TJP - Nov 20, 2013
www.uranium-stocks.net/home/iran-asks-china-russia-for-suppo…

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Papua New Guinean Government hires RMG, to help develop its resources - MA - Nov 20, 2013

- C. Latimer -
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/papua-new-guinean-government…

"Papua New Guinea has hired the Raw Materials Group has advisers to develop its nation's natural resources.

RMG will help the country in strengthening the investment promotion capabilities of its Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) and its Geological Survey Division.

It comes as the nation puts a greater focus on its mineral wealth in developing a strategy for economic growth and development.

It has already started the GEOMAP project, which generated new scientific data from relatively unmapped prospective parts of the country's Highlands and peninsular.

The MRA has also made progress in promoting its mining sector to international investors.

RMG will now guide the PNG government in further developing its investment promotion competencies as well as the capabilities of the MRA and Geological Survey Division, the company said.

The team will be led by Magnus Ericsson, who has previously worked with PNG in developing its natural resources sector.

“It is our pleasure to continue working with our MRA colleagues. Papua New Guinea is committed to the sustainable development of its mineral sector, and through this project, we will work together to promote responsible mining investments in the country," Ericsson said.

Running over six months, the project will involve designing investment promotion and client relation strategies, collaborating with major international mining investment conferences, and training the government bureaus. "

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Bill Gross: "Im Zeitalter des goldenen Dagobert Duck"; Ende des ungezügelten Kreditzyklus, Bill Gross, der reiche Chef des Fondsriesen Pimco, fordert höhere Steuern für Vermögende. Das würde mehr Wohlstand für die gesamte Volkswirtschaft erlauben - t4l/FIN - Nov 20, 2013
www.trading4living.de/3831/bill-gross-goldenes/
www.finews.ch/themen/guruwatch/blog/13643-bill-gross-investm…

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Mahdia Gold Retains Placer Mining Equipment for Omai Property - Nov 20, 2013
http://mahdiagold.com/pr/2013-11-20.pdf

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Cancana Resources - Commences Infrastructure, @Its Valdirao Mine - Nov 20, 2013
www.cancanacorp.com/index.php/news/2013-news/90-cancana-comm…

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China to end normal currency intervention: PBOC - CER/BB - Nov 20, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64860

"China's central bank said it will loosen its control over the value of the yuan just a week after the country's top leadership concluded a major policy meet in Beijing, Bloomberg reported.

People's Bank of China will “basically” end normal intervention in the currency market and broaden the yuan’s daily trading limit, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said, without giving a timeframe. The daily range will be widened in an “orderly way” as China seeks to enhance the currency’s two-way flexibility, Zhou wrote in an article in a guidebook explaining reforms outlined last week following a Communist Party meeting."

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OECD "sees China growth @8.2%, in `14" - CER/R - Nov 20, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64862

"The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Tuesday said China's economic growth may pick up from an expected 7.7% this year to 8.2% in 2014, Reuters reported.

"Growth is accelerating and inflation remains low, domestic demand has led the turnaround," OECD said in its latest report on the global economic outlook. The OECD outlook was rosier than a recent Reuters poll that showed China's economic growth could slow to 7.4% in 2014 from an expected 7.6% this year - the weakest in 14 years. The government is aiming for 7.5% growth in 2013. "

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Gold Fields "sustainable @gold price of $1.300 Video"; For the three months ended Sep 30, JSE-listed Gold Fields "managed to reduce its all-in sustaining costs by 23% quarter-on-quarter, to $1.089/oz, which put the company in a sustainable business position @a gold price of $1.300/oz", CEO Nick Holland said on Wednesday. The company’s total cash costs declined 10% quarter-on-quarter, to $772/oz, while its notional cash expenditure was down 14% to $1.064/oz. Speaking @a media briefing to discuss the company’s 3rd-quarter results, Holland said the company’s all-in sustaining cost @present was lower than that of ´11, +not much higher than that of ´10, despite the significant cost inflation the mining industry had to deal with, "We can still be in the game @a price of $1.100" Holland said - MW, JOHANNESBURG - Nov 20, 2013

- Leandi Kolver/Chanel De Brune -
www.miningweekly.com/article/gold-fields-operations-return-t…

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Ghana plans to introduce mining windfall tax bill - MW/R, ACCRA - Nov 20, 2013
www.miningweekly.com/article/ghana-plans-to-introduce-mining…

"Ghana plans to present a mining windfall tax bill to parliament, Finance Minister Seth Terkper said on Tuesday, in a move likely to set up a clash between a hard-pressed industry and government's need for increased revenue.

Ghana is Africa's number two gold producer and the commodity accounted for 27% of the country's foreign exchange in 2012 and contributed more than $700-million to state coffers, according to data from Ghana Chamber of Mines.

But the government of President John Mahama is under pressure to show investors it can control a budget deficit forecast at 10.2% by the end of 2013 and which the government wants to reduce to 8.5% next year.

Terkper's announcement came during Tuesday's annual budget speech to parliament in which he described how government could raise revenue and curb spending.

"A committee is reviewing all stability agreements, incentives and the windfall profit tax that could not be passed in 2012," Terkper said.

"In due course, government will re-introduce the bill in parliament after completion of the consultations with all stakeholders," he said.

A previous bill that sought to impose a 10% mining windfall profit tax was introduced in 2012, Terkper said, but it was not considered by parliament and later withdrawn.

The West African state's economic boom is often attributed to its new oil wealth but its gold exports were worth $5.6-billion last year, nearly as much as oil and cocoa combined.

Even so, the industry is feeling the strain this year as a result of a slump in gold prices.

Two of its leading mines, AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi and Gold Field's Demang mine, operate at a loss. Other mines have closed while the level of mining exploration has dropped, industry leaders say.

To redress the situation, mine executives have urged the government to reduce corporate taxes from 35% to 30% and assess royalties on a sliding scale related to profitability so companies that do not make a profit don't pay royalties.

The announcement will hurt an industry that already faces a heavy tax burden because of royalties, income tax, Value Added Tax increased on Friday by 2.5 percentage points to 15%, and steep power prices, one mining executive said.

"It would be a disaster. Nobody would come to open a mine in Ghana," said one industry executive who declined to be identified because he is not authorised to speak publicly.

Razia Khan, head of Africa research at Standard Chartered, described Terkper's announcement as "positive" for the overall economy, though she wanted to more detail about its implementation in the context of lower gold prices.

"Ghana has long grappled with how to improve the fiscal take from the mining sector, given the stability agreements in place," Khan said in an email. "

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Photon Control - Q3 results, "files record quarterly sales of $4.600.000, up 31%, net Earnings up ~262%" - Nov 20, 2013
www.stockhouse.com/news/business-news/2013/11/20/photon-cont…

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Malagasy Minerals - "Major Graphite Field Confirmed, @Maniry Project" - Nov 21, 2013
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=MGY&E=ASX&N=658524

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Chesser Resources - Contracts awarded, for Kestanelik Prefeasibility Study, results of the PFS are expected to be available in Q2 of calendar 2014 - Nov 21, 2013
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CHZ&E=ASX&N=769061

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Unilife - Signs Long Term Supply Agreement for EZMix - Apr 9, 2013
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=UNS&E=ASX&N=631028


Unilife Signs Supply Agreement with Sanofi, the "world's fourth-largest pharmaceutical company by prescription sales"; Unifill is "the world’s 1st +only known platform of ready-to-fill(prefilled) syringes with automatic, user-controlled +fully integrated needle retraction." With USP compliant materials in the primary drug Container +supplied as per standard filling +packaging processes, Unifill syringes "eliminate the need for bulky ancillary safety products which can increase transportation, packaging, +storage costs for prefilled drugs by up to 70%" - Sep 10, 2013
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=UNS&E=ASX&N=648416


Unilife Signs Supply Agreement with MedImmune, the "global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca", one of "the world's largest pharmaceutical company measured by prescription drug sales"; The Unilife portfolio of ReadyToGo wearable injectors is "a game-changing platform that addresses the unmet needs of biotech customers in delivering high-dose volume therapies wherever the patients are." The ReadyToGo wearable injectors are supplied to the patient prefilled with the drug +ready-for-injection with no extra steps or parts required. Only three simple steps are required to inject the dose: peel, stick, click, with an on-body safety interlock, a Flexwear™ comfort catheter +an electronic user interface among an array of features that maximize patient comfort +awareness during all stages of use. The devices are "designed to minimize disruption to a patient’s normal daily lifestyle during the period of dose delivery." The ReadyToGo wearable injectors "are designed for integration with Standard filling processes, utilize standard materials in the primary drug container +require no terminal sterilization" - Nov 12, 2013
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=UNS&E=ASX&N=657199


Unilife Signs Long-Term Supply Agreement with Hikma, "one of the world’s "fastest growing" pharmaceutical companies, +a top three supplier by volume in the U.S. market for generic injectables"; Unifill Nexus is "a glass prefilled syringe that can be universally attached to ISO standard needless luer access devices(NLADs)." The Unifill Nexus is "designed to address patient safety concerns relating to the reported malfunction, breaking or clogging of some conventional glass prefilled syringes when attached to NLADs." Unlike some other needleless prefilled syringes, it features an ISO standard luer lock tip that is designed for universal attachment onto standard needle hubs +IV connectors +prevents the risk of spontaneous disconnection or leakage of medication. Like other syringes within the Unifill platform, the Unifill Nexus is compatible with standard filling +packaging processes +has USP compliant materials in the primary drug container - Nov 21, 2013
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=UNS&E=ASX&N=658469

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China opens airspace, to small commercial flights - CER/SCMP - Nov 21, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64867

"Small commercial flights in China will no longer have to get People's Liberation Army approval for flight plans, South China Morning Post reported.

Starting next month, they will only need permission from the regional branch of the civil aviation administration. This should cut the waiting time for permission to take off from several days to a few hours, giving a boost to the nascent private aviation sector. The change - which applies only to general aviation and will not affect scheduled flights - was announced by the PLA and the Civil Aviation Administration."

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MagIndustries - Receives Conditional Funding Commitment from China Development Bank for the Mengo Project; LOC is a conditional commitment by CDB in favour of the borrower of record, MagMinerals Potash Corp.(the "Borrower"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, to arrange a syndication loan(the "Loan") for an amount up to US$740.000.000 with a term of 12 years in connection with the Project, in which CDB will provide up to US$370.000.000 as the lead arranger - Nov 21, 2013
www.magindustries.com/news.aspx?newsid=113&pageid=3

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Great Quest Metals - Product Demonstrations "Lauded as Milestone, for Sahel Agriculture", "Thus far ~250 farming professionals, representing ~477.000 tonnes of annual fertilizer buying, have visited field Demonstration"; Dr. Lamine Traore: "Participants were happy to see Tilemsi phosphate granulated +beneficiated up to 27% +35% P2O5, +"also learned that its solubility has been increased." This "is the 1st time the rock has been improved for better application +effectiveness." In the field "many of the participants noted that plants using the Great Quest formulations retained their green colour longer than the other plants, indicating a good use of soil water +nutrients." All those who attended "agreed this product should be made available as quickly as possible." Participants also gave suggestions for optimal marketing of the Tilemsi product" - Nov 21, 2013
www.greatquest.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=612167&_Type=…
www.greatquest.com/i/pdf/GQ-Corporate-Presentation-10Sep2013…

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Eskom declares SA power emergency - MR/BB - Nov 20, 2013

- K. Jansen -
www.miningreview.com/eskom-declares-sa-power-emergency/
www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-19/eskom-declares-south-afric…

"National South African power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Limited ‒ which generates 95% of South Africa’s electricity, has declared an emergency after it lost generating units, and it has instructed metal producers to cut use or raise the risk of power cuts in cities.

Bloomberg News reports that an e-mailed Eskom statement says “Eskom is now following the protocol in terms of its emergency procedures in order to secure the power system. We have alerted our key industrial customers and have required them to reduce their load by a minimum of 10%.”

BHP Billiton Limited, whose aluminium smelters are the country’s biggest power users, and Anglo American plc said they would assist Eskom by cutting usage. Platinum and gold producers in South Africa use electricity to move workers in the world’s deepest mine shafts.

The utility is spending R500 billion (US$50 billion) to replace aging equipment and add plants to avoid a repeat of 2008 blackouts that halted mines, including those owned by companies such as Anglo and BHP, for five days and paralysed factories in the continent’s biggest economy.

Eskom will make “every effort” to avoid rolling blackouts, known locally as load-shedding, it said. The company, which produces about 85% of its power from coal, said about 27% of its 41,900-megawatt (MW)-generating capacity was out for maintenance earlier this week. The targeted surplus is at least 2,000MW, while it was estimated at just 400MW yesterday, spokesman Andrew Etzinger said by phone.

The Chamber of Mines, which represents producers such as AngloGold Ashanti Limited, said its members had been working with Eskom on the emergency protocol for the past three months and would do what they could to protect the network.

“It isn’t the responsibility of the large industrial customers alone to carry the full burden of the electricity-supply emergency,” the Johannesburg-based chamber said in an e-mailed statement. “This is a ‘national emergency’ and all stakeholders have a responsibility to curtail electricity demand by at least 10%.” "

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"What's the lowest cost fuel?; modified viruses for battery technology; seaweed-based biofuels" - BD - Nov 21, 2013

- J. Lane -
www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2013/11/20/are-you-a-fuel-sma…

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"New world 1st prototype drill rig launched, today" - MA - Nov 21, 2013

- C. Latimer -
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/new-world-first-prototype-dr…

"The prototype of the world's first coiled tubing drill rig (CT Rig) for exploration has been launched in the Adelaide Hills today.

The rig will be commissioned by the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC), which was established in 2010 to uncover more cost-effective methods for exploration under deep rock cover.

The launch of the CT Rig is to be the highlight of the DET CRC's conference, which is being held today at the Brukunga Drilling Research and Training Facility in the Adelaide Hills.

DET CRC CEO Richard Hillis said the "the CT Rig promises to reduce the time and expenses associated with drilling operations to find new mineral deposits".

"The launch of the prototype CT Rig comes at a vital time for the mining industry," he said.

The exploration sector has been particularly hard hit during the downturn.

In Queensland the sector has shrunk by 31 per cent year-on-year.

“This is not just a Queensland trend, but a problem being felt right across Australia, and indeed globally,” the Queensland Exploration Council said.

Minex Consulting managing director Richard Schodde stated that "mining companies are under extreme pressure to lower costs and improve operating margins. Cutting back on exploration can save the company money in the short term – but at the expense of putting its long term security at risk.

"Junior companies, which make up nearly half of the total exploration spend in Australia have also had to cut back on exploration because of difficulties in raising equity from shareholders. Underpinning both cases is a perception about the risk/reward for exploration.

"At the moment investors are risk-averse, and the exploration industry (for both major and junior companies) is generally not good at identifying and making the business case on the likely rewards accruing from their exploration programs.

"More than ever, we need to find cost-effective methods of minerals exploration," Hillis added.

"Currently, 80 per cent of Australia’s minerals production comes from mines that were discovered more than 30 years ago, yet more than 50 per cent of Australia’s export income comes from mining. Indeed, based on current reserves, resources and rates of exploitation, half of Australia’s existing major non-bulk commodity mines could close down within 7 to 18 years," Hillis said.

"By reducing the time and expense to find mineral deposits hidden under deep, barren cover rock, the CT Rig will encourage more mineral exploration both in Australia and worldwide."

Instead of using drill rods like typical rigs, the CT Rig uses a continuous reel of tubing which eliminates the manual handling of drill rods, directly addressing many of the hand injury issues that arise during manual handling, while at the same time maximising the amount of time the bit is at the bottom of the hole.

The rig launched today uses steel tubing, however there are plans to experiment with other tubing materials such as carbon fibre. "

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Rio Tinto +BHP among world’s top greenhouse gas emitters: report - MA/TG/Report - Nov 22, 2013

- V. Validakis -
www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/rio-tinto-and-bhp-among-worl…
http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/371/art%253A10.1007%…

"New research suggests nearly two-thirds of global greenhouse emissions generated since the start of the industrial revolution has been caused by just 90 companies including BHP and Rio Tinto.

These companies emitted the equivalent of 914 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide, said the report’s author, Richard Heede, director of the US-based Climate Accountability Institute.

The report states that more than half of that total has been emitted since 1984.

The study, called "Tracing anthropogenic carbon dioxide and methane emissions to fossil fuel and cement producers 1854-2010", was based on historical production records spanning 150 years.

Most of the firms were in the business of producing oil, gas or coal, found the analysis, which has been accepted for publication in the journal Climactic Change, SMH reported.

Chevron and ExxonMobil took out the top two spots in the report, accounting for almost 100 gigatones of carbon dioxide between them, representing 7.74 per cent of the total.

BP came in at third, emitting 35.4 gigatones of carbon dioxide, or 2.47 per cent of the total.

While Shell was fifth, with 2.12 per cent emissions or 30.75 gigatones.

BHP Billiton was ranked as 19th-largest polluter, contributing 7.24 billion tonnes.

Rio Tinto emitted almost 6 billion tonnes, pushing it to 34th on the list.

The list of 90 companies included 50 investor-owned firms and 31 state-owned companies including Saudi Arabia's Saudi Aramco, Russia's Gazprom, and Norway's Statoil.

Some welcomed the report, including former US vice-president and environmental campaigner, Al Gore, who said the report would make for greater accountability, The Guardian reported.

"Those who are historically responsible for polluting our atmosphere have a clear obligation to be part of the solution,” Gore told The Guardian.

However other were not so supportive of the report, labelling the findings “spin”.

The New York Times' Andrew Revkin said the report drew some long bows in its analysis.

"It's kind of like saying that the hundreds of thousands of firearm murders in the history of the United States are the fault of Smith & Wesson and its ilk," he wrote in a Dot Earth blog post.

Others have taken the issue further, claiming the report may be cause for legal action.

“Even if the community accepts the argument that these companies were unaware that their product was generating dangerous climate change until the late 1980s or 1990s, that still makes them reasonably liable for the damage done over the last 25 years,” Macken said.

One of the contributors to the study also sees the report as a finger-pointing tool aimed out calling out companies deemed responsible.

“What I think could be a game changer here is the potential for clearly fingerprinting the sources of those future emissions,” said Michael Mann, a contributor to the study.

“It increases the accountability for fossil fuel burning. You can’t burn fossil fuels without the rest of the world knowing about it.” "

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Panorama Synergy, developing an optical detection system for Micro Electro Mechanical Systems(“MEMS”) devices, "which enables biological +chemical sensing with unprecedented sensitivity" - MEMS Industry Group Presentation / Project Update - Nov 8, 2013
www.panoramasynergy.com.au/IRM/Company/ShowPage.aspx/PDFs/13…
www.panoramasynergy.com.au/IRM/Company/ShowPage.aspx/PDFs/13…

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GreenStar Agricultural - Reports Q3 results, Net Earnings up 50%, to $0.09/dilluted share - Nov 21, 2013
www.stockhouse.com/news/press-releases/2013/11/21/greenstar-…
www.greenstaragricultural.com/sep2013.pdf

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RDX Technologies - Reports "Record 2Q Earnings"; Revenue Increases ~600%, Net Income of $0.01/share - Nov 21, 2013
http://rdxh2o.com/media/pdfs/2013/November_21_2013.pdf

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NTG Clarity Networks - Announces Q3 results, "revenues up 171%, Net Income up 343%", to $0.02/share - Oct 15, 2013
www.stockhouse.com/news/press-releases/2013/10/15/ntg-clarit…

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NanoStruck Technologies - Announces Completion of Trial Period With Food Specialties ; R. Morley: "Thank you NanoStruck. We are very pleased with the results of your work. We "have graduated, guided by your knowledge, from a primitive wastewater treatment system to one that exceeds our expectations. You showed us how to use most of the equipment we had already installed with a small addition which you built just to meet our needs. The improvement has been wonderful." We "know the municipality is still monitoring our effluent regularly, but we have received no more notifications from them" "; NanoStruck has the "right technology +people to not only clean the most contaminated waters, but to also recover various types of precious metals", a "powerful suite of proprietary nano-biotechnology Solutions, that can transform even the most contaminated waters into pure, safe, +drinkable water, for "a fraction of expected costs" ." It is "a radical disruptive discovery; the result of relentless research +engineering." We "are now able to provide green solutions to water purification, restoration +contamination problems globally." ... Our products "do not require expensive infrastructure or specialized processes; they are simple to use +some of the most powerful +safe solutions "on earth" " - Nov , 2013
www.marketwatch.com/story/nanostruck-announces-completion-of…

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Africa Oil - "Announces Fifth Consecutive Major Oil Discovery in Kenya", has "discovered +sampled moveable oil with an estimated 100 metres of net oil pay, in good quality sandstone Reservoirs" - Nov 22, 2013
http://africaoilcorp.mwnewsroom.com/Files/e4/e416f89e-b97c-4…

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Miranda Gold - "snaps up high-grade Willow Creek Project", in Alaska; Willow Creek mining district is "notable as the 2nd largest historic lode gold producer in Alaska. Before `50, the Willow Creek district alone had produced ~5% of Alaska’s lode Gold", "Recorded gold production between 1911 +`42(when L-208 closed non-essential mining due to WWII) was 667.000 ounces @a grade of 1.2 oz Au/ton" - Nov 21, 2013
www.mirandagold.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=612270&_Type…

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China +EU back, to talking Business - CER/FT - Nov 22, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64877

"China and the EU have agreed to negotiate a bilateral investment treaty to boost access to each other’s markets in a sign their relationship remains steady despite recent trade tensions, Financial Times reported.

The announcement came at the end of an annual bilateral summit in Beijing on Thursday with the two sides’ leaders pledging to increase bilateral trade from about US$580 billion in 2012 to US$1 trillion by 2020. A final pact is likely to be two or three years away but will be the first such EU-wide investment agreement negotiated by the bloc since it gained powers to do so under the Lisbon Treaty, enacted in 2009. "

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China undermined trade talks: US - CER/R - Nov 22, 2013
www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/64873

"The United States said on Thursday that China's exemption demands risked undermining talks on eliminating trade tariffs on technology products, Reuters reported.

The talks are aimed at expanding a 16-year-old World Trade Organization agreement and updating it for the internet era, cutting the import cost of a long list of items such as personal computers, laptops, telephones, fax machines, computer software, semi-conductors and many office machines. About US$4 trillion in trade is covered by the current pact, according to US think tank Information Technology & Innovation Foundation. "

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CO2 Solutions - Completes 1st Alberta Oil Sands Project Milestones; Company’s "patented carbon capture technology exceeds operating cost reduction target", demonstrated its patented carbon capture technology is "@least one-third less expensive than existing carbon capture technology in terms of energy consumption, +can withstand the rigors of industrial application", project will now proceed to the large-bench scale(0.5 tonne/day CO2 capture) testing phase for the remainder of ´13 where the same performance metrics will be validated under flue gas conditions. "Following successful large-bench Validation" +, according to the current schedule, the project will move to field pilot-scale(~15 t/d CO2 capture) testing in ´14; cost reduction "was achieved without any process optimization, +further savings are expected to be achieved upon optimization +operational integration in later development phases." Additionally, the selected solvent is not only significantly less expensive than conventionally used ones, but is "also far superior from an environmental +solvent-management standpoint" - Aug 29, 2013
www.co2solutions.com/uploads/file/27f0ab49d01a39b6ccf52e8c0e…
www.co2solutions.com/uploads/file/474ca8ca430cf3e529abca8071…

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Coal Letter - MW/CMR - Nov 22, 2013
http://newsletters.creamermedia.co.za/public/messages/print-…

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U.S. to consider cellphone use on planes - GO - Nov 22, 2013
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/21/u-s-to-consider-cellphone-use-o…

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Startup Kateeva "to super-size OLED TVs & cell phone screens for less"; Silicon Valley startup Kateeva "is showing off its 1st equipment to produce large-format OLED panels, "which it hopes will help make OLED TVs cheaper +popular, one day" " - GO - Nov 20, 2013

- Ucilia Wang -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/20/startup-kateeva-to-super-size-o…

"The insatiable appetite for TVs with massive screens, sharp definition and beautiful colors has made organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology something to keep an eye on, but it’s long been far too expensive. However, on Wednesday, Silicon Valley startup Kateeva debuted a new way to solve that cost challenge with a breakthrough type of OLED printing technology.

If you haven’t yet heard of OLED tech yet, it’s a next-generation, energy efficient technology, which uses organic light emitting diodes for flat panel displays, from cell phones to TVs. Kateeva executives said their printing technology can produce OLED panels at a faster rate and with less faulty ones than the current methods used by most companies. Most standard OLED makers deposit the semiconductors on a substrate covered with a mask, which is removed after it’s coated with the organic materials.

Oxygen and moisture are deadly to OLEDs, and most manufacturers have to apply a coating to insulate OLEDs from these elements. But that encapsulation step is where problems tend to crop up and slow down production.

Kateeva’s equipment prints LEDs in nitrogen to skirt the oxygen and moisture issue and in the process also creates OLED panels that deliver good visual quality for a longer period of time, said Conor Madigan co-founder and president of Kateeva.

Printing OLEDs evenly has been a big hurdle, too. Madigan said the way to overcome that is to build into the production line a system that closely monitors and reacts quickly when a piece of production tool isn’t working properly. So Kateeva’s engineers added sensors and algorithms to do that, he said.

The startup’s equipment, which it calls YIELDJet, is designed to handle a piece of glass large enough to create panels for six 55-inch TV, Madigan said. The ability to create large panels for less is critical for Kateeva’s success. Small OLED panels for smart phones and game consoles are more common and easier to produce.

Both Samsung and LG, the leading flat panel display and TV makers, have unveiled 55-inch OLED TVs in the past two years. Those TVs started off at around $14,000 but have since come down in price to less than $10,000 as the two companies compete fiercely to see who can improve the manufacturing process quick enough to reduce the production cost. Still, the price is too high for most consumers.

OLED technology is up against the popular LCD display, which has more components than OLED display but much cheaper to make as LCD manufacturers have had a lot more time to improve their production processes to cut costs. If OLED technology companies could reduce their costs fast enough, then they could produce

“AMOLED TV shipments will continue to be small in 2013 and 2014 due to the high price,” said Dr. Jennifer Colegrove, president and analyst of Touch Display Research Inc. “With the improvement of manufacturing processes, such as the printing process and large generation fab, we forecast OLED TV prices will decrease to below $1000 by 2020.”

Madigan wouldn’t divulge the production cost that Kateeva’s equipment can deliver, except to say that the cost should be around 30 percent less than that of LCD manufacturing when in mass production.


Madigan started Kateeva in 2008 and initially expected to launch the production equipment sooner — his original projection was to reach the 30 percent lower production cost by around now.

It takes about six months between placing an order and receiving Kateeva’s equipment — then another year from the time a manufacturer installs Kateeva’s equipment to when it can get it to run at a full production rate. The startup expects to see its customers, who Madigan wouldn’t disclose, to reach that mass production level for TV panels in around the 2015 to 2016 time frame.

The OLED technology is good for creating flexible displays, too. With talks about foldable phones and watches, which require much smaller OLED panels, Kateeva could see its customers start using its equipment to mass produce flexible products in 2014.

The startup doesn’t have a monopoly on developing OLED printing technology. DuPont, for example, has worked on printing OLEDs.

Kateeva should have the ability to assemble and test the first eight systems ordered, Madgian said. More than that, and it will have to figure out where to produce and distribute the machineries.

Kateeva has raised $75 million in venture capital so far, from investors including DBL Investors, Applied Materials, Madrone Capital Partners and Musea Ventures. "

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Universal "remains on track, for Feb production" - MW, PERTH - Nov 19, 2013

- E. Swanepoel -
www.miningweekly.com/article/universal-remains-on-track-for-…

"Southern Africa-focused coal developer Universal Coal said on Tuesday that it was on track to reach maiden production at its flagship Kangala coal mine, in the Witbank region, by February next year.

Cold commissioning of the Kangala colliery’s crushing and screening plant has started, with assembly well under way.

Hot commissioning of the plant was due to start in December this year.

The Kangala mine would be Universal’s first coal mine, producing 2.1-million tonnes a year of thermal coal, with two-million tonnes a year already allocated to the South Africa’s State electricity producer, Eskom.

Universal stated that the box-cut, which started in the first week of July, remained on schedule, and the first run-of-mine coal scheduled from the pit would be used for the base of the product stockpiles, preventing contamination at a later stage, while the remaining box-cut coal would be used to commission the crushing and screening plant. "

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We "are becoming police states. Everyone OK with that?"; The speed of technological progress is enabling rapid change in our societies +threatening the principles we claim to hold dear. We have to decide — now — whether we want to accept or resist the loss of our freedoms - GO - Nov 21, 2013

- D. Meyer -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/21/we-are-becoming-police-states-e…

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Lomiko Metals - &Graphene Laboratories Launch Graphene 3D Labs-A Company, Focused On 3D Printing With Graphene Materials - Nov 22, 2013
www.lomiko.com/public/files/news/LMR%20NR%20Investment%20in%…

"VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA and NEW YORK, NEW YORK--(Marketwired - Nov. 22, 2013) - LOMIKO METALS INC. (TSX VENTURE:LMR)(PINKSHEETS:LMRMF)(FRANKFURTH8B) (Europe: ISIN: CA54163Q1028, WKN: A0Q9W7,) (the "Company") announced today the formation of Graphene 3D Labs Inc. to focus on the development of high-performance graphene-enhanced materials for 3D Printing. Dr. Daniel Stolyarov of Graphene Laboratories Inc. ("Grapehne Labs") was appointed CEO and Dr. Michael Gouzman, a leading expert in 3D Printing, was appointed VP of Engineering and Technology.

On February 12, 2013 the Company had entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement ("SAA") with Graphene Labs. The creation of Graphene 3D Labs, a spin-out of Graphene Labs, is a result of R&D efforts during the duration of the SAA.

3D Printing is a new and promising manufacturing technology that has garnered much interest, growing from uses in prototyping to everyday products. Today, it is a billion dollar industry growing at a brisk pace. New developments in 3D printing will allow products with different components such as printed electronic circuits, sensors or batteries to be manufactured.

High quality graphite is a base material for producing graphene. Lomiko will provide graphite to Graphene 3D Labs as the exclusive supplier to Graphene 3D Labs and invest $ 50,000 in the start-up for 250,000 preferred shares which are entitled to dividends. Lomiko will require a minimum of $ 300,000 financing by May 1, 2014 to participate in the venture and further financings to participate in a series of graphene-related ventures in addition to work on a graphite resource at the Quatre Milles Project. The transaction is arm's length and subject to the approval of the TSX.

"Our involvement in Graphene 3D Labs is a concrete first step into the world of Graphene, 3D Printing and Printed Electronics. This is a rapidly developing new market for high quality natural graphite." stated A. Paul Gill, CEO from the Graphene Live! Conference in Santa Clara, California held November 19-22, 2013.

Dr. Elena Polyakova, CEO of Graphene Labs, was a speaker on Graphene Live! and stated, "We anticipate graphene-enabled materials to revolutionize 3D printing. We anticipate strong demand in airspace, automotive, semi-conductor and advanced manufacturing industries."

Currently Lomiko and Graphene Labs are working toward the integration of graphene-based products into end-user goods as set out in the Strategic Alliance. Lomiko's high quality graphite and the extensive customer database cultivated by the experts at Graphene Labs will prove indispensable to reaching production and commercialization goals.

Further developments related to new developments from Graphene 3D Labs on specific materials and results from the Supercapacitor Project will be reported when results are available.


Graphene 3D Labs Inc. Background

Graphene 3D Laboratories Inc a spin-out of Graphene Laboratories Inc, focuses on development of high-performance graphene-enhanced materials for 3D Printing.

For more information on Graphene 3D Labs, Inc, visit www.graphene3Dlabs.com.


Graphene Laboratories Inc. Background

Graphene Laboratories, Inc., located in Calverton, NY, specializes in the manufacture and sale of research materials to R&D markets, with the world's largest selection of advanced and 2D materials. Having been first in the market to introduce graphene materials for research use, the company is working towards industrial-scale production of graphene and graphene-like materials, currently with pilot-scale production capabilities. The team at Graphene Laboratories are recognized experts in graphene materials, with staff regularly presenting at international conferences and exhibitions. Researchers at Graphene Labs also specialize in custom projects and R&D.

Graphene Laboratories Inc. operates both the Graphene Supermarket® (www.graphene-supermarket.com) and Maximum Materials™ (www.maximum-materials.com), and is a leading supplier of advanced 2D materials to thousands of customers around the globe. The company offers a wide variety of graphene materials, as well as other advanced 2D nanomaterials such as molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide, and boron nitride products.

For more information on Graphene Laboratories, Inc, visit www.graphenelabs.com.


Lomiko Metals Inc. Background

Lomiko Metals Inc. is a Canada-based, exploration-stage company. The Company is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of resource properties that contain minerals for the new green economy. Its mineral properties include the Quatre Milles Graphite Property and the Vines Lake property which both have had recent major discoveries.

For more information on Lomiko Metals Inc., review the website at www.lomiko.com.

On Behalf of the Board

A. Paul Gill, Chief Executive Officer "

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Constrained capital markets number-one constraint for junior miners - MW/GT, PERTH - Nov 22, 2013

- E. Swanepoel -
www.miningweekly.com/article/constrained-capital-markets-num…

"Junior miners and explorers are still faced with constrained capital markets, with about 41% of respondents holding a cash balance of less than A$2-million.

This is according to a Grant Thornton report, which also stated that 46% of junior miners and explorers would need to raise capital within the next six months, with more than half of the respondents expected to price their next equity raising at a significant discount to share prices.

Grant Thornton noted that the volatility of commodity prices was the second-highest constraint for juniors during 2013, while deteriorating share prices was listed as the third-biggest constraint.

The impact of the falling share price also resulted in further difficulty in raising capital, which resulted in delays in progressing projects and thus building further value for the companies.

The advisory firm warned that for the 2014 financial year, there did not appear to be any prospects of improvement, with the lack of the availability of equity funding expected to continue, along with continued commodity price volatility and the instability of financial markets.

“While the immediate environment is particularly difficult for junior companies, capital will return in the medium to long term,” the report said.

It added that current levels of exploration expenditure were likely to be insufficient to provide a pipeline of mines to meet future demand for commodities. As this shortfall is identified, the laws of supply and demand would result in capital flowing back to the companies.

Despite the current funding shortage, the Grant Thornton report found that about 49% of respondents were considering acquiring projects within the next 12 months, with Australia remaining the most popular location for new project acquisitions, followed by Africa.

Over half of the respondents were considering joint ventures and around 20% were considering the takeover of other companies, or mergers.

“Companies that are fortunate to be in a strong cash position are ideally placed to capitalise on depressed share prices and, in some instances, companies in distress. We expect to see further industry consolidation,” Grant Thornton stated.

It added that the ability to add advanced exploration projects with proximity to their current portfolios would be appealing for junior producers, especially if current mining operations could benefit from additional scale and synergistic benefits. "

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Atico Mining - Completes Acquisition of Producing Copper-Gold Mine +Closes US$8.000.000 Debt Facility - Nov 22, 2013
http://aticomining.mwnewsroom.com/press-releases/atico-compl…

"VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Nov. 22, 2013) - Atico Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE: ATY)(PINKSHEETS:ATCMF) has successfully completed the acquisition of 90% of Minera El Roble (MINER), the owner of El Roble mine and surrounding claims located in Carmen de Atrato, Colombia. As operator of the high grade underground copper-gold mine, Atico will immediately embark on a program to improve operational efficiency and scale-up production of the El Roble mine.

"The El Roble Mine acquisition marks our transition into a producing mining company and is an important milestone in our strategy to become a mid-tier copper-gold producer in Latin America," commented Fernando E. Ganoza, CEO. "We see significant upside potential for the mine and the project's large land package that we plan to aggressively pursue in the coming year."

The Company also successfully closed on November 22, 2013 a US$8 million senior secured debt financing facility with Trafigura Pte. Ltd., as announced on September 17, 2013.


Mine scale-up plans

Atico will continue to operate El Roble at approximately 320 tonnes per day, while completing underground developments to access the recently discovered resources and the plans to scale-up production. The emphasis during this phase will be on improving safety and environmental standards and training of personnel.

The Company has started driving a new adit on level 1880. The adit will be 830 meters long and is expected to be the main extraction point for the recently established mineral resource. The Company anticipates completion of the new adit by the second quarter of 2014.

A new tailings dam is an essential component of the El Roble mine plan. The Company is pleased to announce that it has received environmental permits for a new tailings dam and has begun construction. Completion is expected for the second quarter of 2014.

Upgrades to the mill and processing facility to scale up to nominal capacity of 650 tonnes per day, is expected to be completed prior to the beginning of mining operations in the newly discovered resources. The Company anticipates completion of this upgrade by the third quarter of 2014 with the production ramp up concluding in the fourth quarter of 2014.


Exploration update

The company reports three underground drill holes (ATDHR-42 through ATDHR-44) from the 2000 level have been completed at El Roble mine to explore the southern part of the known mineralized strike length. Mineralization was not intercepted and the geological information gathered is being assessed and incorporated into the exploration program for the mine.


El Roble Property

The El Roble property is the site of an operating underground high grade copper and gold mine with a nominal capacity of 400 tonnes per day. Over the past 22 years the mine has processed 1.5 million tonnes of ore at an average head grade of 2.5% copper and an estimated 2.5 g/t gold. Copper and gold mineralization at El Roble occurs as volcanogenic massive sulfide lenses.

Since acquiring the option on the El Roble Property in early 2011, Atico has completed 11,740 meters of drilling, a district-scale mapping program of the 6,679-hectare property and, most recently, a comprehensive assessment of the potential to increase the production and efficiency of the El Roble Mine.

Drilling by the Company led to the discovery of high-grade, copper-and-gold mineralization below the current working levels of the mine. Within this mineralization, the Company has established a National Instrument 43-101 compliant inferred mineral resource of 1.58 million tonnes at 4.45 % copper and 3.17 g/t gold, using a cut-off grade of 0.72 % copper equivalent. The mineralization is open at depth and along strike.


Qualified Person

Dr. Demetrius Pohl, Ph.D., AIPG Certified Geologist, a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101 standards and independent of the Company, is responsible for ensuring that the information contained in this news release is an accurate summary of the original reports and data provided to or developed by Atico.


About Atico Mining Corporation

Atico operates the El Roble Mine in Carmen de Atrato, Colombia. We are focused on becoming a leading mid-tier copper-gold producer in Latin America through organic growth and acquisitions, while maintaining our commitment to safety, social and environmental responsibility. For more information, please visit our website at www.aticomining.com.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Fernando E. Ganoza, CEO

Atico Mining Corporation "

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Old tech giants "crush fix for software patent, but reformers can still win"; Microsoft +its allies "delivered a big blow to a plan to fix the software patent mess. Here’s an account of what happened +why forces in the Senate could still bring real Reform" - GO - Nov 22, 2013

- J. John Roberts -
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/22/old-tech-giants-crush-fix-for-s…

"A mighty fight is underway to rewrite the laws that promote innovation. Under the current rules, struggling old guard firms can exploit a broken patent system to abuse monopolies over basic software concepts from decades ago. The result has been to smother start-ups and weigh down vibrant parts of the tech economy with frivolous lawsuits; lawyers get fat at the expense of those who are building real businesses.

This week, the latest push by Congress to fix the software patent problem suffered a setback after Microsoft and IBM gutted a key House bill that would have made it easier for victims to push back. The upshot is that for the second time in three years, the U.S. is poised to pass a law that will make cosmetic changes to the patent system without addressing the root cause — garbage software patents — that has made the system a mockery and a byword for legalized extortion.

The good news, for reform advocates, is that there’s no need to despair quite yet. According to sources close to the legislative process, real reform could still happen if powerful senators prevail and if opponents outgun Microsoft and its allies in the grubby money and lobbyist game. Here’s how that outcome might unfold:


Buying a bad patent policy

This week, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R. Va.), was scheduled to bring his much-touted patent bill for a vote. The bill arrived on schedule — but it was a neutered version.

A key provision, which would have provided a way to challenge software patents at the Patent Office, is no longer in the bill, which Fat cat, moneypassed 33-5 in a Wednesday night vote by the committee. The change is significant because it means victims of patent bullies must still pay millions to challenge the patents in federal court or — as most do — simply swallow hard and pay a licensing fee.

Goodlatte’s decision to drop the provision is a victory for IBM and Microsoft, which have stacks of old software patents that provide licensing revenue even as their product lines sputter. It’s also a victory for trolls, which are shell companies backed by private equity firms and lawyers that use patents (often obtained from Microsoft and others under a “privateering” arrangement) to wage ruinous legal war against everyone from Martha Stewart to individual app developers.

According to reports, the change to the Goodlatte bill came after intense lobbying from groups linked to Microsoft, IBM and others. The account was confirmed by a source close to Google and other groups that pushed for the provision to challenge software patents.

“They outspent the living shit out of us,” said the source, who did not want to be named. He said that the companies spent heavily to lobby Democrats on the Committee and freshman Republicans, forcing Goodlatte to remove the provision rather than seeing it voted down at this stage.

A source with a lobbying group allied with Microsoft said the software giant’s role had been overstated, and that the change in the bill was less about money than it was about “shoe leather” lobbying.


Round 2 set for the Senate

“If we had a quarter of the people who opposed SOPA supporting this anti-patent troll law, we’d win,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)Sen. Chuck Schumer told me earlier this month at General Assembly, a popular gathering spot for tech types in New York City.

Schumer, joined by digital advocacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation, was in town to talk up his version of reform and take on trolls, which he said are “preying on New York’s technology industry.”

Crucially, he is pushing a bill that includes the key provision about software patents that was stripped from the House bill. Schumer’s support is significant, not only because he carries clout in the Senate, but because he succeeded in including a similar provision aimed at frivolous financial services patents in the America Invents Act of 2011 (a feckless earlier attempt to fix the patent system).

Schumer’s version is not the only patent reform bill in the Senate — similar ones are pending from Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Va.) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tx.). According to the source tied to Google, Leahy has signaled that his bill (preview here) is a “Christmas tree,” meaning other politicians can hang their preferred provisions atop it; the bill that will ultimately get a vote on the Senate floor will likely contain a provision to challenge software patents.

As for a timeline, insiders said patent legislation is one of the few bipartisan initiatives available to members of Congress, who are eager to notch legislative achievements before the mid-term campaign season begins next summer. This means that the bills are expected to go to a full floor vote in the House and Senate by early 2014, and that a markup session on a final bill will take place in the spring — the only question is which version will prevail.


The endgame: money, power and persuasion

“There’s months to go till conference committee,” said the source close to the reform lobby, predicting that the balance of power will tilt towards the software patent reform camp, as Google and others ramp up lobbying efforts. The source tied to Microsoft, unsurprisingly, panned this prediction, and declared that challenges to software patents are now a “third rail” that most in Congress don’t want to touch.

The outcome will be determined in large part by money, and whether Google and the other companies that recognize the harm caused by software patents (Twitter is another) are willing to seize the chance at reform that is within their grasp.

But a big part of the outcome will also be shaped by the stories that companies can tell about the patent system and, on this front, the ground has shifted considerably from the last failed attempt at reform. Recall that in 2010 it was easy for Microsoft and other reform opponents to simply warn that changes to patent law “could harm innovation” and leave it that.

Today, attitudes have changed after a steady parade of patent horror stories: Boston University using a 1997 patent to sue Apple and seek an iPhone ban; a troll using a 1998 patent from a Holocaust foundation to shake down the New York Times; a troll lawyer who boasts he likes to “go thug,” and is pressing an extortion campaign against hundreds of companies.

All of this has led everyone from small app developers to President Obama to suggest the patent system is out of hand. After years of asking defendants to take it on faith that the system is working, it’s now up to Microsoft and others to justify that their ancient software patents — which award 20-year monopolies in a fast-moving industry — do more good than harm. "

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Bathurst readies, for Escarpment start - MW/CMR, PERTH - Nov 19, 2013

- E. Swanepoel -
www.miningweekly.com/article/bathurst-readies-for-escarpment…
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"The path has been cleared for coal developer Bathurst Resources to continue with the development of its Escarpment mine, after the appeals period on the final Environmental Court decision to grant consent for the project, lapsed without an appeal being lodged.

Earlier this month, Bathurst announced that it had reached an agreement with the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated (Forest & Bird), over the Escarpment project planned for the Mount Rochfort Conservation Area on the Dennison Plateau on the West Coast of the country.

Forest & Bird has been the principal appellant in various appeals against the environmental consent for the Escarpment coal project, and have also been party to all appeals relating to a separate climate change declaration process.

Bathurst told shareholders on Tuesday that with the appeals period now having lapsed, there could be no further legal challenges to the resource consent process, adding that the company was now fully committed to starting mining as soon as possible.

The company has started on work to submit 25 management plans to the Department of Conservation, Iwi and the local councils. It was anticipated that the last of these plans would be signed off by mid-January.

Following the certification of all plans, an Authority to Enter and Operate would be issued by the Department of Conservation, allowing mining earthworks to start.

First production from the Escarpment mine was expected in the first quarter of 2014, as part of the construction process, while steady-state mining would be under way by June next year.

The Escarpment project was expected to produce some 500 000 t/y by 2015, ramping up to 1.5-million tonnes a year by 2016. "

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Alta Devices - "To Enable Self-Powered Internet of Things", "Very High Efficiency Solar Material Provides Unmatched Power from Indoor Light in Small Form Factors"; Alta Devices announced today "that its mobile power technology produces "up to" 5 times more power from indoor light than other commercially available solar technologies." This "means that for a given power requirement, an Alta Devices solar cell powering a wireless sensor can be 1/5th the size, +since the technology is flexible, can be integrated onto a variety of surfaces." This "dramatic improvement over alternatives results from being well matched to the spectrum of indoor light +superior conversion efficiency." Within "the next 10 years, billions of sensors will be deployed throughout homes, offices, +factories to measure everything from motion +location, to temperature +humidity. Many of these sensors will require power +be as physically small as possible." Alta’s technology "enables the harvesting of energy from light in the smallest form factor possible, +outperforms other Technologies, in both sunlight +indoor lighting conditions"; Alta Devices "so far has set the following records: single junction solar cell efficiency @28.8%, dual junction solar cell efficiency @30.8%, +single junction module efficiency @24.1%. All records are under one sun +validated by NREL" - Nov 22, 2013
www.altadevices.com/pr-2013-11-19.php

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Zitat von Popeye82: NanoStruck Technologies - Announces Completion of Trial Period With Food Specialties ; R. Morley: "Thank you NanoStruck. We are very pleased with the results of your work. We "have graduated, guided by your knowledge, from a primitive wastewater treatment system to one that exceeds our expectations. You showed us how to use most of the equipment we had already installed with a small addition which you built just to meet our needs. The improvement has been wonderful." We "know the municipality is still monitoring our effluent regularly, but we have received no more notifications from them" "; NanoStruck has the "right technology +people to not only clean the most contaminated waters, but to also recover various types of precious metals", a "powerful suite of proprietary nano-biotechnology Solutions, that can transform even the most contaminated waters into pure, safe, +drinkable water, for "a fraction of expected costs" ." It is "a radical disruptive discovery; the result of relentless research +engineering." We "are now able to provide green solutions to water purification, restoration +contamination problems globally." ... Our products "do not require expensive infrastructure or specialized processes; they are simple to use +some of the most powerful +safe solutions "on earth" " - Nov 15, 2013
www.marketwatch.com/story/nanostruck-announces-completion-of…

NanoStruck Technologies Appoints Somail S. Bains as Chair Of Advisory Board, a director of bid operations @Xerox, a "Fortune500 Company" - Nov 22, 2013
http://app.quotemedia.com/quotetools/newsStoryPopup.go?story…

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AXION International Holdings - Launches Recycled Plastics Division, Through Acquisition of Assets - Nov 22, 2013
http://content.stockpr.com/_news/axionintl/2013-11-22_AXION_…

"NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J., Nov. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move that adds a significant new revenue stream through vertical integration, AXION International Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: AXIH), a leader in recycled plastic and plastic composite technologies used to produce ECOTRAX® rail ties and STRUXURE® building products, today announced it has initiated operations of its new subsidiary AXION Recycled Plastics Incorporated. On November 15, 2013 AXION purchased assets previously used by Zanesville, Ohio-based Y City Recycling, which will contribute to the Company's consolidated operations and revenues beginning with the fourth quarter of 2013. Key employees and members of Y City Recycling's management team have been hired by AXION Recycled Plastics.

(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131122/NY22303 )

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131107/NY13246 LOGO)

The Zanesville facility generated approximately $2,000,000 in revenues between July 1, 2013 and September 30, 2013. Management anticipates quarterly revenues potentially ramping up to $4,000,000 to $5,000,000 in 2014 for AXION Recycled Plastics. AXION acquired the assets by the assumption of bank debt. Three of AXION's largest investors made a $3 million capital infusion for the repayment of certain liabilities, for the future purchase and maintenance of equipment needed for increasing capacity, and for working capital. An additional $2.5 million revolving credit facility which includes the availability of Letters of Credit has been put in place.

"This acquisition creates value for AXION in three key ways. First, it gives us added revenue. Second, it eliminates steps in our material supply chain, thereby stabilizing our raw material costs. Third, it enhances our quality control as we now process our own material for production," stated AXION President and CEO Steve Silverman.

"Through this upstream vertical integration, we believe we will enhance our consolidated gross margins and capture market share in the recycling business by positioning AXION Recycled Plastics as a significant regional recycled materials processor and supplier in the Midwest and Southwest," added Silverman.

AXION Recycled Plastics recycles post-consumer and post-industrial plastics including HDPE, PP, PVC, TPO, and PS in many forms. As a complete plastics recovery operation, AXION Recycled Plastics sorts, grinds, washes, blends, and pelletizes plastic for future use, offering economic benefits to its customers, while keeping waste out of landfills. In addition, they offer toll recycling services. AXION Recycled Plastics will continue to serve regional customers from its Zanesville, Ohio facility, and establish and grow the recycling capabilities at the Company's Waco, Texas facility to serve new customers in Texas and surrounding states, as well as provide raw materials internally for the Company to produce ECOTRAX® and STRUXURE®.

For further details regarding this asset acquisition please refer to the 8K filed by AXION with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 2013.


About AXION International Holdings, Inc.

AXION (OTCQB: AXIH) is a green technology company, transforming waste plastics into structural building materials. Using 100%-recycled consumer and industrial plastics, AXION develops, markets and sells its recycled structural composite products through its ECOTRAX® composite rail tie and STRUXURE® building material lines. From the railroading industry to the military to global engineering firms, AXION delivers tested, proven and superior green solutions to infrastructure needs around the world.
www.AXIH.com "

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U.S. Government "Awards AMD Contract to Research Interconnect Architectures for High-Performance Computing", "aims to accelerate the research +development of processor +memory technologies needed to support extreme-scale computing" - MW/W:0, SUNNYVALE - Nov 19, 2013
www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/6425102-u-s-government-aw…

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Chieftain " "poised" to double, possibly triple BC flagship’s resources","one of the most high-grade volcanogenic massive sulphide(VMS) deposits in the world" - MW/CMR, TORONTO - Nov 22, 2013

- H. Lazenby -
www.miningweekly.com/article/chieftain-poised-to-double-poss…
http://chieftainmetals.com/wp-content/uploads/press-releases…
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" The recent release of results from the first phase of TSX-listed Chieftain Metals’ latest drilling programme at its flagship Tulsequah Chief polymetallic project, in British Columbia, had revealed the “strong prospect of doubling or tripling the resources”.

President and CEO Victor Wyprysky told Mining Weekly Online on Friday that he believed his company and its primary asset were significantly undervalued in the current market.

“We undoubtedly have one of the most high-grade volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits in the world, but even more significant is the fact that we believe we have discovered the Tulsequah Chief’s twin,” he said in a telephonic interview.

The firm’s latest drill programme was focused on reinterpreting geological, geophysical and geochemical targets along with newly modelled three-dimensional induced polarization (3D-IP) geophysical inversion anomalies identified within the prospective Tulsequah Chief, Big Bull and Sparling-Banker areas between May and September.

Wyprysky pointed out that of main interest were the base metal values intersected in four holes targeting the strong 3D-IP chargeability anomaly located 350 m to the south west of the known Tulsequah Chief orebody.

“This 3D-IP anomaly bears many remarkable similarities, in terms of strength and dimensions, with the 3D-IP anomaly associated with the known Tulsequah Chief orebody. It was also found to be directly associated with a very prospective, newly discovered VMS alteration zone and its corresponding wide zone of footwall massive sulphides and intensely altered rhyolitic stratigraphy,” Wyprysky said.

Chieftain was now using these results to plan its next round of drilling towards what appeared to be a substantial new VMS deposit.

“Our geologic model has generated immediate success; VMS deposits are well known to increase resources as mining progresses,” he said.

A January feasibility study for the project, estimated the project to have a 9.5-year life with operating costs of $126/t.

Focused mainly on zinc output, the mine was expected to produce 31 300 t/y of metal at the bottom of the global industry cost curve, which pinned at a negative $0.90/lb of zinc net of by-products.

The after-tax net present value (NPV) was estimated at $144-million, when using an 8% discount rate, with an internal rate of return (IRR) of 14.7%.

However, Wyprysky said that since January, the company had reduced the construction time from three to two years, and was contemplating lifting the throughput from 2 000 t/d to 2 500 t/d, which would lift the NPV to $162-million and the IRR to 16.6%.

These numbers could, however, all change again, Wyprysky noted, owing to the significant exploration upside at the new deposits. “Should we be able to increase our ore resources with only 35%, we are already looking at doubling the NPV,” he noted.

Chieftain had recently doubled its landholding in the region to about 35 000 ha, based on its theory that the VMS nature of the Tulsequah Chief would result in many more targets, especially to the north of the project.

Wyprysky said the company already had seven to eight “extremely” similar exploration targets, which it would test in due course.

“This project has a strong potential to become a mining camp in its own right, and we own all of it,” he boasted.

The Tulsequah Chief is currently fully permitted and shovel-ready, and Wyprysky said construction would start as soon as the company had successfully concluded financing negotiations.

He noted that despite the equity markets being in the doldrums, the market was actually “awash” with cheap credit, saying there were plenty investors and banks out there “looking for good homes”.

Chieftain was currently on the lookout for a $220-million to $250-million senior debt facility to cover about half of the $450-million capital price tag to build the first phase of the Tulsequah Chief. This would add to an existing $50-million facility arranged two year ago with precious metals streaming and royalty firm Royal Gold and $50-million secured from suppliers.

Wyprysky also noted that the company had already garnered strong endorsements with the financing agreements already in place, and had also drawn interest from Chinese suitors, as well as major institutional consultants being on board.

Chieftain would seek to secure about $100-million to $125-million from equity-based sources, to cover the outstanding capital expenditures, finance costs and working capital.

Meanwhile, Wypryski noted that one of the most significant aspects of the Tulsequah Chief was that it had such a favourable balance of minerals including gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc.

“We believe there is significant upside to the present project valuation, owing to the prices of many of the commodities we would produce being depressed during the past several years. Prices are bound to return to higher levels during the period of mine construction.

“We expect a global zinc shortage in the next two to three years, which would benefit our operation significantly,” he said.

Wyprysky also said that he believed the local First Nation in the project area were largely on board, having signed a land use agreement providing permission for the company to build a road and the mine. They had also signed a memorandum of understanding.

Negotiations were, however, not yet finalised with regard to signing an impact benefit agreement.

The underground mine is scheduled to start production by the second quarter of 2016.

The Tulsequah Chief project currently held a National Instrument 43-101-compliant probable reserve of 6.45-million tonnes grading 1.13% copper, 1.04% lead, 5.59% zinc, 2.3 g/t gold and 81.39 g/t silver.

In the indicated resource category, the project currently held and estimated 6.77-million tonnes grading 1.19% copper, 1.1% lead, 5.89% zinc, 2.4 g/t gold and 85 g/t of silver.

Chieftain’s TSX-listed stock traded 3% higher on Friday at C$0.17 apiece. "

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Pakistan Plans Nuclear Power Plant With China Amid Energy Woes - US.net/BB - Nov 22, 2013
www.uranium-stocks.net/home/pakistan-plans-nuclear-power-pla…
www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-22/pakistan-plans-nuclear-pow…

"Pakistan plans to construct a civil nuclear power plant with China’s help in the country’s biggest city to meet growing demand for energy, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said today.

“We and China are building this plant together,” Sharif told a seminar in Islamabad that was televised live by state-run PTV. He plans to travel to Karachi on Nov. 26 to lay the foundation stone of Pakistan’s sixth nuclear power plant, which he said will produce 2,117 megawatts of electricity.

China has helped Pakistan build two atomic reactors at Chashma in Punjab province, and is assisting with two more under construction at the same site. The new plant would be the second in Karachi.

Sharif regained power for a record third time in a May election on a pledge to end chronic power shortages that have weighed on growth in the country’s $231 billion economy. The IMF approved a $6.6 billion loan in September for the South Asian nation to help stabilize the economy, which has also been hurt by a Taliban insurgency. "

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Importance of end land use +mine closure planning increases in SA/CMR - MR, JOHANNESBURG - Nov 22, 2013

- Chantelle Kotze -
www.miningweekly.com/article/importance-of-end-land-use-and-…

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Mining in Space – The "Next Frontier"?, Off-Earth mining "is no longer science fiction. Pacific Rim countries lead the way"; Given the competition for REEs, the mining of abundant REE reserves on the Moon +on Near Earth "Asteroids(NEA) is awaiting the development of infrastructure +logistics. Space stations are a central component of such an enterprise, +extra-terrestrial mining on the Moon and NEAs is "likely to be realized by the year 2050 " " - TD - Jul 16, 2013

- Chaitanya Giri -
http://thediplomat.com/2013/07/mining-in-space-the-next-fron…