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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
December 14, 2011
The Megatons to Megawatts program had, as of August 2011, down-blended 425 tonnes of HEU - equivalent to 17,000 nuclear warheads. The 20-year program to down-blend 500 tonnes of Russian HEU into fuel will eliminate 20,000 warheads.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
December 12, 2011
I've read the following articles so many times I can just about recite both from memory. I found them years ago, there were no author's name attached, no credit given, but anon thank you, you've helped keep me focused.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
December 8, 2011
Alaska's history has been one of boom to bust to boom. There is no doubt that gold played the major part in the development of Alaska and today precious and base metals are again playing a major role in the state's economy.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
December 6, 2011
There's a global macro theme - "Feeding the World" - and certainly longevity to the potash story. Miners are looking to enter the business, or expand existing operations, as they look for demand from developing nations such as China, India and Brazil.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
November 11, 2011
Remember all these stage studies are only yes/no decisions on whether to move to the next stage. None of them mean you are going mining, there's no mine till every stage is completed, permits approved and the necessary financing arranged.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
November 10, 2011
Junior exploration companies raise money to acquire and explore a property while praying/hoping the first drill hole, or the next one, or maybe the one after, is the big discovery everyone's looking for.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
November 8, 2011
Western Potash Corp.has received an independent positive prefeasibility study from AMEC Americas Ltd. on its 100%-owned Milestone property in Southern Saskatchewan for possibly more than 40 years at a production rate of 2.8Mt/yr.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
November 4, 2011
It's a fact in the mining world that most discoveries are made by a) junior mining companies and b) old time individual prospectors. Why are the juniors so successful at making discoveries and finding mines?
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
November 3, 2011
The real point of modernizing railways, and the major reason for China's global push for High Speed Rail, is the increased movement of cargo - a shift in passenger traffic to the new high speed routes frees up space on older, now congested legacy lines.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
September 28, 2011
The Fed has been dumping billions of dollars into the US markets each and every trading day since late 2010. Because of this massive money creation the dollar became much weaker