Patagonia goes Canadian

“It has taken about a year, but on Wednesday shares of Patagonia Gold PLC will be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange” noted Barry Critchley in the Canadian Financial Post (FP). But despite having a market capitalization of more than $600-million, it is hard to see...

Cheap and green energy for miners

It may seem somewhat audacious for a company with a market value of $16 million to propose a world-leading energy project nearly one hundred times its value. But, says Petratherm managing director Terry Kallis, if you don’t dream, you don’t get. And he just happens to...

LME overhauls electronic platform as trading volumes surge

The London Metal Exchange said it had completed a major upgrade to its electronic trading platform called LMEselect with partner Cinnober to handle increased volumes – trading to date is up more than 20% compared to last year’s record volumes. A takeover of the the...

News from Coal Action Scotland

1. For Peat’s Sake – Save the Glentaggart East bog! – http://coalactionscotland.org.uk/?p=2797 2. Colin Ortlepp: Next to go? – http://coalactionscotland.org.uk/?p=2794 3. Good riddance! Scottish Coal chief exec quits –...

Who needs coal? Who needs nuclear?

It seems to be a  “Hobson’s choice” par excellence! As global climate change talks continued in Durban, South Africa’s leadership was faced with a “conundrum” – does the country continue burning-up the world by depending on...

Silent Protest Held in Support of Communities of Limpopo

Gaia Foundation press release, Thursday 15th December 2011 Yesterday in Central London a silent protest took place outside the General Meeting of Shareholders of Australian mining company, Coal of Africa Ltd (CoAL). The protest was held in solidarity with the...