Angola diamond mining as a metaphor for Los Angeles virility

Written by Jack Caldwell on April 30th, 2008

The world must have been a scary place when the kimberlite pipes were spouting.   In what is now Angola, at least 217 volcanoes were erupting to produce 160 pipes containing diamonds.  This scenario, which occurred well before the Cambrian, makes current environmental change seem trivial. 
                                                               
But then maybe it took a long, long time to [...]

1, 300, 500: the law of small things and big consequences in mining

Written by Jack Caldwell on April 30th, 2008

Funny how little things can have big consequences.  We all know big things can have big consequences, but that is not my current point. 
Take for example Barack Obama and his pesky priest.  How can you make a man president when he sits for twenty years listening to that hateful sermon?  One little priest spouting his venom [...]

Gold-backed dollar a myth

Written by The BarkerLetter on April 30th, 2008

Greetings investors
I wish people would stop talking about how stupid Nixon was to take the US dollar off the gold standard.  It was the smartest thing he ever did.
Yes, yes … I know the likes of Jim Dines will call me a cretin and go on and on about recent currency debasement and how the folks who [...]

Mining the last mining-newspaper for the final nugget

Written by Jack Caldwell on April 29th, 2008

BlogHerald reports that in the past six months U.S. Newspaper circulation has dropped a further 3.6 per cent.  This is primarily because more people are turning to online resources.  
I do not know the numbers for this blog, but I bet the hits and visitors have gone up by more than 3.6 per cent in the [...]

Capital Expenditures Support Long-Term Commodities Trend

Written by Frank Talk: Insight for Investors on April 29th, 2008

Commentary from Frank Holmes, CEO and chief investment officer, and John Derrick, director of research. Many factors support long-term commodity prices and the current secular bull market in commodities. This is true across the commodity spectrum, from energy and metals to agricultural products.

PomsInOz an unhappy hunting ground for mining jobs in Australia or Vancouver

Written by Jack Caldwell on April 29th, 2008

 
The problem with discussion forums on the web is the sheer triviality of it all—unless you are the initiator of the conversation, when the topic is dead serious.  Below are extracts from PomsInOz (the English in Australia) and a discussion on mining ruining Vancouver.  I repeat the questions and comments without edit.  They provide a unique and “honest” [...]