Archives for July, 2015
Over the weekend Hilary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner for the 2016 US presidency, released a YouTube video in which she stated that, if elected, she would have more than 500 million solar panels installed in her first term. While she obviously means well, there are a number of issues with…
Brumby Resources Ltd has recently acquired Marindi Metals Pty Ltd. Interesting that both companies are named after animals. In Australia a “brumby” is either a wild horse or a wild and unruly person. Although it can have a different meaning in the US. Marindi is the name of a dingo (native…
The Pagl Prospect is located 35 Km northeast of Mt Hagen with road access to the project boundary. It is a new discovery of porphyry-style mineralisation located in the New Guinea Mobile Belt. This belt hosts several large copper-gold deposits such as Grasberg, Frieda River, Ok Tedi and Wafi-Golpu. Recent…
SWAY: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behaviour, written by Ori and Rom Brafman, was first published in 2008. It was a New York Times bestseller. Full details below. The book has nine chapters, all with the same basic format. Each chapter covers an aspect of irrational decision making. Several examples…
On April 7, 2015 Atlas Iron requested ASX for a voluntary suspension in the trading of its securities. This was a result of the negative impact on profitability of the declining iron ore price. It had previously suspended all mining operations. The company remains suspended to this day. But three…