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Re: how 25 versus 15 percent is six times more li
Coal mining: http://careerminer.infomine.co...
At least one organization is doing their part: "Increasing the participation of women is, however, one of the key goals of the Australian Mining Industry – mainly due to the skills shortage experienced in the sector."
Workplace deaths? Really, I wasn't aware that "dying on the job" was a profession. I don't think ANY feminist would argue that workplace safety shouldn't be important - regardless of who dies. I think that the fact that more men die on the job is related to the fact that men have, historically, tended to dominate hazardous jobs, which means they were disproportionately exposed to hazardous working conditions. Assuming safety protocols stay the same, as women participation in hazardous jobs - like say, coal mining in Australia! - their share of the workplace deaths will increase and we'll achieve a more equitable distribution of deaths.
It's trivially easy to disprove your assertion that "nobody's talking about how few women are in mining." But, that doesn't play well with your MRA idiocy, so... yeah, you'll ignore this data.
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Re:And Nothing Of Value Was Lost
http://www.infomine.com/invest... says otherwise, and they've got historical charts.
Your link doesn't say otherwise, it says the exact same thing. As of now, infomine.com shows a price for zinc of $0.83/lb. and cooinflation.com shows $0.8329/lb.
Just FYI, that 2.5g of metal costs $0.05 to manufacture.
Your original post had nothing to do with manufacturing costs, it was about the value of the coin's metal content. Here, let me refresh your memory:
"The amount of copper and zinc in a CURRENT penny is worth far more than its actual face value"
See? No mention about manufacturing costs. Now, had you said something along the lines of "It costs the mint more than a penny to make a penny", you would have been correct. But you didn't, so you aren't, and I'm not the only one here who has pointed this out to you.
that's the actual Federal Reserve cost.
Just FYI, US mints are part of the Treasury Department, not the Federal Reserve.
Try again when you've been alive long enough to watch this economy and know what it's doing, child.
What's with the patronizing attitude? Are you one of those types who really takes it hard when they're corrected in front of everyone? That's a sign of low self-esteem, you know. I hope my additional correction regarding the Fed doesn't ruin your day.
I'm over 50 and have an undergraduate degree in Economics. Be that as it may, I'll go ahead and get off your lawn anyway. Cheers!
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Re:And Nothing Of Value Was Lost
http://www.infomine.com/invest... says otherwise, and they've got historical charts.
Just FYI, that 2.5g of metal costs $0.05 to manufacture. that's the actual Federal Reserve cost.
Try again when you've been alive long enough to watch this economy and know what it's doing, child.
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Re:Probably not terror at all.
I'd be willing to bet that all of those fiber cuts were caused by would-be copper thieves who didn't know how to tell the difference between the two. Copper wire theft is happening fairly frequently in the Bay Area, thanks in no small part to growing poverty rates.
Two years ago you'd be correct. But now? Copper is down 24% in the last year alone; it's currently only $2/pound.
http://www.infomine.com/invest...
When copper was $3+ (and especially at $4), yes, copper theft was an issue. However now that prices are down copper theft has dropped off significantly. Which is not to say that it has gone away entirely, but when copper is this cheap, stealing it and fencing it is an increasingly poor use of time at a whole $2 per pound. So I would be surprised if that was the issue; there are better ways to make money at these prices.
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Re:Sweden worries about theirs too...
Citation on the mines causing radioactive contamination?
Ask and ye shall receive. http://www.nti.org/analysis/ar...
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/...
http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/tex...
http://cumulis.epa.gov/supercp...
http://thestarphoenix.com/busi...
http://masecoalition.org/navaj...
http://worstpolluted.org/proje...
http://technology.infomine.com...
http://www.sciencedirect.com/s...
http://forgottennavajopeople.o...
http://www.sric.org/uranium/do...
https://www.researchgate.net/p...
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Re:Radical Left allowed to run a country...
Today, 30% of Chile's income is because of the state owned Codelco.
Irrelevant — whether the company is publicly owned or not, the income it produces still counts towards the GDP.
partially supported by the surge in copper price in 2005
Their economy economy started going up in 1984 at the rate largely unchanged since — despite all of the fluctuations in the copper price.
Statistics aside
Yes, sure. We should put statistics aside and make decisions based on individual anecdotes...
In my personal experience, based on how I've worked with chileans in IT, they are below Argentina and Brazil
Ask your colleagues, if they'd rather work in Venezuelan IT...
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Re:Radical Left allowed to run a country...
Today, 30% of Chile's income is because of the state owned Codelco. Chile's copper was nationalized by Allende.
Chile's current economic state is partially supported by the surge in copper price in 2005 http://www.infomine.com/invest... (at the same time, Venezuela is being hit by a record low oil price, not that that excepts all of Venezuela's mistakes)
If Allende had not nationalized the copper, Chile would need to increase taxes by 50% to maintain current budget. That wouldn't come easily to the economy.Statistics aside, Chile is no wonder. It's very hard to people with dependents (both older people and kids). In my personal experience, based on how I've worked with chileans in IT, they are below Argentina and Brazil (in my anecdotal evidence, *way* below).
Chile's last right wing president ended his term with the lowest level of public support since the return of democracy, and resulted in a comeback of the very moderate left.
Also, you probably would find it interesting to read about the portuguese Carnation Revolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.... -
Don't get excited yet...
...the plastic uses iridium. That's expensive stuff, even if used in incredibly small quantities:
http://www.infomine.com/investment/metal-prices/iridium/
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Re:Wrong again
Saying that "all currencies are debased" is ridiculous.
- ha ha ha.
20 year trends:
Orange Juice - here you have to switch from year to year to see that prices are growing, it shows one year at a time, so in 2012 the prices are about 180, in 2005 the prices are around 100, in 2001 they are about 85, it's an interactive chart.
coffee - 2012, prices are about 250, in 2010 it's about 160, in 2006 it's about 110, in 2004 it's about 80, in 2001 it's about 55
etc.
The governments of all countries are destroying their currencies in response to the USA printing theirs as fast as USA can, that's what all of the fake interest rates set up by the Fed are about, that's what the stimulus and 'QE' are and were all about, bail outs, etc.etc.
Everybody is destroying their currency, you are not paying any attention.
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Re:Wrong again
Saying that "all currencies are debased" is ridiculous.
- ha ha ha.
20 year trends:
Orange Juice - here you have to switch from year to year to see that prices are growing, it shows one year at a time, so in 2012 the prices are about 180, in 2005 the prices are around 100, in 2001 they are about 85, it's an interactive chart.
coffee - 2012, prices are about 250, in 2010 it's about 160, in 2006 it's about 110, in 2004 it's about 80, in 2001 it's about 55
etc.
The governments of all countries are destroying their currencies in response to the USA printing theirs as fast as USA can, that's what all of the fake interest rates set up by the Fed are about, that's what the stimulus and 'QE' are and were all about, bail outs, etc.etc.
Everybody is destroying their currency, you are not paying any attention.
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Re:Wrong again
Saying that "all currencies are debased" is ridiculous.
- ha ha ha.
20 year trends:
Orange Juice - here you have to switch from year to year to see that prices are growing, it shows one year at a time, so in 2012 the prices are about 180, in 2005 the prices are around 100, in 2001 they are about 85, it's an interactive chart.
coffee - 2012, prices are about 250, in 2010 it's about 160, in 2006 it's about 110, in 2004 it's about 80, in 2001 it's about 55
etc.
The governments of all countries are destroying their currencies in response to the USA printing theirs as fast as USA can, that's what all of the fake interest rates set up by the Fed are about, that's what the stimulus and 'QE' are and were all about, bail outs, etc.etc.
Everybody is destroying their currency, you are not paying any attention.
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Re:Wrong again
Saying that "all currencies are debased" is ridiculous.
- ha ha ha.
20 year trends:
Orange Juice - here you have to switch from year to year to see that prices are growing, it shows one year at a time, so in 2012 the prices are about 180, in 2005 the prices are around 100, in 2001 they are about 85, it's an interactive chart.
coffee - 2012, prices are about 250, in 2010 it's about 160, in 2006 it's about 110, in 2004 it's about 80, in 2001 it's about 55
etc.
The governments of all countries are destroying their currencies in response to the USA printing theirs as fast as USA can, that's what all of the fake interest rates set up by the Fed are about, that's what the stimulus and 'QE' are and were all about, bail outs, etc.etc.
Everybody is destroying their currency, you are not paying any attention.
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Re:Wrong again
Saying that "all currencies are debased" is ridiculous.
- ha ha ha.
20 year trends:
Orange Juice - here you have to switch from year to year to see that prices are growing, it shows one year at a time, so in 2012 the prices are about 180, in 2005 the prices are around 100, in 2001 they are about 85, it's an interactive chart.
coffee - 2012, prices are about 250, in 2010 it's about 160, in 2006 it's about 110, in 2004 it's about 80, in 2001 it's about 55
etc.
The governments of all countries are destroying their currencies in response to the USA printing theirs as fast as USA can, that's what all of the fake interest rates set up by the Fed are about, that's what the stimulus and 'QE' are and were all about, bail outs, etc.etc.
Everybody is destroying their currency, you are not paying any attention.
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Re:Wrong again
Saying that "all currencies are debased" is ridiculous.
- ha ha ha.
20 year trends:
Orange Juice - here you have to switch from year to year to see that prices are growing, it shows one year at a time, so in 2012 the prices are about 180, in 2005 the prices are around 100, in 2001 they are about 85, it's an interactive chart.
coffee - 2012, prices are about 250, in 2010 it's about 160, in 2006 it's about 110, in 2004 it's about 80, in 2001 it's about 55
etc.
The governments of all countries are destroying their currencies in response to the USA printing theirs as fast as USA can, that's what all of the fake interest rates set up by the Fed are about, that's what the stimulus and 'QE' are and were all about, bail outs, etc.etc.
Everybody is destroying their currency, you are not paying any attention.
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Re:Wrong again
Saying that "all currencies are debased" is ridiculous.
- ha ha ha.
20 year trends:
Orange Juice - here you have to switch from year to year to see that prices are growing, it shows one year at a time, so in 2012 the prices are about 180, in 2005 the prices are around 100, in 2001 they are about 85, it's an interactive chart.
coffee - 2012, prices are about 250, in 2010 it's about 160, in 2006 it's about 110, in 2004 it's about 80, in 2001 it's about 55
etc.
The governments of all countries are destroying their currencies in response to the USA printing theirs as fast as USA can, that's what all of the fake interest rates set up by the Fed are about, that's what the stimulus and 'QE' are and were all about, bail outs, etc.etc.
Everybody is destroying their currency, you are not paying any attention.
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Re:Wrong again
Saying that "all currencies are debased" is ridiculous.
- ha ha ha.
20 year trends:
Orange Juice - here you have to switch from year to year to see that prices are growing, it shows one year at a time, so in 2012 the prices are about 180, in 2005 the prices are around 100, in 2001 they are about 85, it's an interactive chart.
coffee - 2012, prices are about 250, in 2010 it's about 160, in 2006 it's about 110, in 2004 it's about 80, in 2001 it's about 55
etc.
The governments of all countries are destroying their currencies in response to the USA printing theirs as fast as USA can, that's what all of the fake interest rates set up by the Fed are about, that's what the stimulus and 'QE' are and were all about, bail outs, etc.etc.
Everybody is destroying their currency, you are not paying any attention.
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Re:Wrong again
Saying that "all currencies are debased" is ridiculous.
- ha ha ha.
20 year trends:
Orange Juice - here you have to switch from year to year to see that prices are growing, it shows one year at a time, so in 2012 the prices are about 180, in 2005 the prices are around 100, in 2001 they are about 85, it's an interactive chart.
coffee - 2012, prices are about 250, in 2010 it's about 160, in 2006 it's about 110, in 2004 it's about 80, in 2001 it's about 55
etc.
The governments of all countries are destroying their currencies in response to the USA printing theirs as fast as USA can, that's what all of the fake interest rates set up by the Fed are about, that's what the stimulus and 'QE' are and were all about, bail outs, etc.etc.
Everybody is destroying their currency, you are not paying any attention.
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Re:Wrong again
Saying that "all currencies are debased" is ridiculous.
- ha ha ha.
20 year trends:
Orange Juice - here you have to switch from year to year to see that prices are growing, it shows one year at a time, so in 2012 the prices are about 180, in 2005 the prices are around 100, in 2001 they are about 85, it's an interactive chart.
coffee - 2012, prices are about 250, in 2010 it's about 160, in 2006 it's about 110, in 2004 it's about 80, in 2001 it's about 55
etc.
The governments of all countries are destroying their currencies in response to the USA printing theirs as fast as USA can, that's what all of the fake interest rates set up by the Fed are about, that's what the stimulus and 'QE' are and were all about, bail outs, etc.etc.
Everybody is destroying their currency, you are not paying any attention.
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Re:Wrong again
Saying that "all currencies are debased" is ridiculous.
- ha ha ha.
20 year trends:
Orange Juice - here you have to switch from year to year to see that prices are growing, it shows one year at a time, so in 2012 the prices are about 180, in 2005 the prices are around 100, in 2001 they are about 85, it's an interactive chart.
coffee - 2012, prices are about 250, in 2010 it's about 160, in 2006 it's about 110, in 2004 it's about 80, in 2001 it's about 55
etc.
The governments of all countries are destroying their currencies in response to the USA printing theirs as fast as USA can, that's what all of the fake interest rates set up by the Fed are about, that's what the stimulus and 'QE' are and were all about, bail outs, etc.etc.
Everybody is destroying their currency, you are not paying any attention.
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Re:Wrong again
Saying that "all currencies are debased" is ridiculous.
- ha ha ha.
20 year trends:
Orange Juice - here you have to switch from year to year to see that prices are growing, it shows one year at a time, so in 2012 the prices are about 180, in 2005 the prices are around 100, in 2001 they are about 85, it's an interactive chart.
coffee - 2012, prices are about 250, in 2010 it's about 160, in 2006 it's about 110, in 2004 it's about 80, in 2001 it's about 55
etc.
The governments of all countries are destroying their currencies in response to the USA printing theirs as fast as USA can, that's what all of the fake interest rates set up by the Fed are about, that's what the stimulus and 'QE' are and were all about, bail outs, etc.etc.
Everybody is destroying their currency, you are not paying any attention.
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Re:Wrong again
Saying that "all currencies are debased" is ridiculous.
- ha ha ha.
20 year trends:
Orange Juice - here you have to switch from year to year to see that prices are growing, it shows one year at a time, so in 2012 the prices are about 180, in 2005 the prices are around 100, in 2001 they are about 85, it's an interactive chart.
coffee - 2012, prices are about 250, in 2010 it's about 160, in 2006 it's about 110, in 2004 it's about 80, in 2001 it's about 55
etc.
The governments of all countries are destroying their currencies in response to the USA printing theirs as fast as USA can, that's what all of the fake interest rates set up by the Fed are about, that's what the stimulus and 'QE' are and were all about, bail outs, etc.etc.
Everybody is destroying their currency, you are not paying any attention.
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Re:Wrong again
Saying that "all currencies are debased" is ridiculous.
- ha ha ha.
20 year trends:
Orange Juice - here you have to switch from year to year to see that prices are growing, it shows one year at a time, so in 2012 the prices are about 180, in 2005 the prices are around 100, in 2001 they are about 85, it's an interactive chart.
coffee - 2012, prices are about 250, in 2010 it's about 160, in 2006 it's about 110, in 2004 it's about 80, in 2001 it's about 55
etc.
The governments of all countries are destroying their currencies in response to the USA printing theirs as fast as USA can, that's what all of the fake interest rates set up by the Fed are about, that's what the stimulus and 'QE' are and were all about, bail outs, etc.etc.
Everybody is destroying their currency, you are not paying any attention.
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Re:"Receiving stolen property"? Why is this a crim
Not to suggest she knew anything about diamonds, but the price for a 3 carat ring can vary a lot depending on its quality and source. A $16,000 3 carat ring is going to look pretty shoddy, even to a someone that doesn't know much about what to look for. Maybe she just figured that he got it at a pawn shop or that it was fake.
I was thinkin that too, right? That's pretty cheap for a 3ct
diamond, by itself... but set? I remember a 1ct VVS1 D
that lightened my pocket for +6.5k, I was like, are you
kidding? Then I was told the supersize was more than
double that.Please don't buy diamonds people.
If you want to buy an engagement ring,
1) Marry someone smart enough that you can explain the following to them...
2) Diamonds are not rare, they are scooped out of the earth millions of carats at a time each year
[ http://www.infomine.com/minesite/Ekati.html ]
3) Rubies and Emeralds [good ones, non-blood] are far more rare and beautiful
4) Diamonds are worthless as an investment, if you don't believe me, try to sell one.Try bringing a nice size emerald to a jeweler and watch the salivation begin. Ever see the
"bling" watches? What are they pave with? 2ct of diamonds, that are 2pt in size? Those
100 diamonds are probably worth... $20-$30. Ever see one of those bling watches pave
with rubies or emeralds? You won't. Or if they do use ruby, it'll be synthetic. Or worse,
color treated sapphire.
[yes, I know ruby and sapphire "are the same", however, ruby is considerably more rare]And for the dbags that say they will never buy a ring.
You're a complete douche man... she's got family and
friends. Do you want her to have to explain to every
single one of them that you're not cheap, you're just
principled? Spend $250... buy a ring.-AI
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Re:Make better computers, kill more plants
The spot price of molybdenum was over twice its current price for around 5 years (from ~2004 - 2009). Given that the drop coincided with the recent economic meltdown, it doesn't seem like a huge leap to suggest that that drop is a direct result of reduced demand
The steep swing suggests that the annual production of molybdenum is fairly fixed (rather inelastic), at least for the time being. This suggests to me that you would probably have to find new mines or new extraction techniques (say from seawater?) to make the supply of molybdenum more elastic, and thus reduce the slope of the supply curve.
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Re:Riiight
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Re:Wind?
Copper prices have crashed in the last few months, http://www.infomine.com/investment/metalschart.asp?c=Copper&r=15y
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Re:Unsuprising
I'm sorry, but how the fuck is this flamebait? This seems very apt, as this is what is causing an increase in this theft. People are starting to lose their jobs and money in all sorts of ways. Desperate people do desperate things. For those living in the fantasy land of never having to be poor for nearly their whole life growing up, I could well imagine they'd take offense to this.
The reality is, this is exactly why this theft is taking place.
...and I'm sure that the commodity price of copper couldn't possibly have any bearing as to why copper thefts would have increased since 2006.
If copper theft continues apace now that copper is worth less than half what is was six months ago, then maybe you might have a case that the "political-economic system" is the exact cause.
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Re:Nuke Plants More Dense
Who's the wise ass?
For starters, square miles of earth is a poor choice of units for either. The answer in both cases is "less than one".
Depending on how you obtain your uranium (seawater extraction, for example, which should be economically viable given a 50% increase in the price of uranium), you're right... You have to tear up orders of magnitude less ground to obtain uranium than silicon...
But it's still a silly comparison, since you need hundreds of times as much purified silicon to generate the energy you would get from your hundred pounds of uranium. The balance only shifts the other way after incredibly long periods of time using the silicon for photovoltaics.
Plus you missed most of the point of my comment. You don't just "scoop up" silicon. You need high purity silica, which is mined in a limited number of places where material of sufficient purity is available. In an open pit. And the dust makes silica mining every bit as dangerous for the workers as uranium mining. (Look up Silicosis).
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Red Herring
Judging by the utilities response, there were probably some loopholes in this act they already have plans in motion for. The Bush administration is known for making deals with energy. That's why they were shocked to have the whole thing thrown out. Most likely, the holes came down from the top, and the EPA threw in some licensing requirements at the last minute. They lucked out and got the whole thing thrown out.
There was a lot of selling of coal and natural gas companies on the East Coast in the last few years in anticipation of this act so it probably threw a wrench into the spokes of the alternate plans (nuclear). Most likely Dick Cheney and the nuclear lobby collaborated on this one. You're probably saying, "Dick Cheney?!" Well, yes. Wyoming is home to the largest deposits of uranium around. He's worked at power and energy companies for all his life. The act alone would I'm sure fuel some speculation in the Uranium markets, of which he and his family are major players.
The 15 year uranium chart clearly shows this amazing run up culminating in the sell off (in late 2007). I don't think we will be hearing from any of these guys for another 10 years, because they have just pulled the biggest scam in the history of America, they have ALL the money now (and just to make sure they printed a lot of extra and gave it to themselves). Oh, and they all moved to Dubai (Halliburton is now headquartered in Dubai, and deals equally with Euros and trades on the Dubai exchange).
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Re:RecyclingIndium, unlike silver, does not appear in veins or lodes. That's why there are no indium mines.
There are no indium mines because there's always been enough indium available as a byproduct of zinc mining.
Indium does occur in high concentration lodes. The increase in price has made it likely that stand-alone indium mines will be established.
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Re:Thoughts of why private is better.Private companies do operate space-based photography. Here is a short list of private companies who do just that, and for profit too!
(sorry, I used the "p" word)
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