The Trump Administration has officially invited the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a strategic partner of the USA, to the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, February 4, 2026. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has just announced that the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, is expected at […]
The event held on March 7, 2023, at the Fairmont Royal York Toronto Hotel welcomed nearly 200 people, including potential investors who had participated in the PDAC conference. Several speakers addressed the audience at this luncheon, notably on the following topics: Par Ben Nyaya
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) shares have fallen 12% so far in 2020. But wait, Barrick Gold (NYSE: GOLD), the stock of the same company, has risen 45% so far in 2020. If we compare the stock price trends of these mining giants over the past few years, we can see that FCX’s stock price has fallen 37%, from $19 at the
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Chris Dodd and Barney Frank to the right of Barack Obama, on the day the Dodd-Frank Act was signed, July 21, 2010 The US authority in charge of regulating derivatives, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), approved a new proposal on November 5 to limit speculative trading in these products. Passed by a vote of
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According to Agence Ecofin, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) is “examining” the permits to sell physical commodities held by certain banks, as opposed to commodity-backed futures contracts, the Financial Times reported on its website on July 22. Senior Fed officials have been discussing with executives from major Wall Street banks such as JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs
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On June 29, President Barack Obama announced the creation of a training program for young African leaders called the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders , before an audience of more than 600 dynamic young leaders from South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda. This project is the new flagship program of the U.S. President’s Young African Leaders
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. branch of the Publish What You Pay coalition warmly welcomed the U.S. Court of Appeals’ decision to dismiss, for lack of jurisdiction, the oil industry’s lawsuit against the landmark law on the disclosure of oil, gas, and mining payments.Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, a provision known as
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WASHINGTON, DC – The Publish What You Pay US coalition cheered a decision by the US Court of Appeals to dismiss on jurisdictional grounds a lawsuit brought by the oil industry against a landmark oil, gas and mining payment disclosure law. Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, the so-called “Cardin-Lugar” provision requires U.S.
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U.S. smelter copper output last year declined to its lowest level since before World War II, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. RENO (MINEWEB) – U.S. production of refined copper in 2012 decreased by about 3% from that in 2011, the U.S. Geological Survey observed in a Mineral Industry Survey made public Thursday. Nevertheless, mine production
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