R.I. Update for Tuesday, 18 November 2008

TOP STORIES    Gee, Twenty...Is This It?! By Jon Nadler, Senior Analyst, Kitco Bullion Dealers-, 17 Nov 2008, 08:55 AM The global recession dominoes continued to fall over the weekend, paying little attention to the ridiculously tame G-20 summit and its lukewarm resolve to tax less and spend more. Japan became the latest casualty of the credit debacle's ripples which have spread around the globe several times over by now. Uranium One forced To Pull In Its Horns By Charlotte Mathews, 17 Nov 2008, 12:26 PM Uranium One, which recently put its Dominion mine near Klerksdorp on care and maintenance with the loss of about 1,000 jobs, has written down its assets by a net $2 billion because of weak market conditions. Chinese Balm For South Africa's Miners By Jean Temkin, 17 Nov 2008, 11:57 AM Despite throwing heaps of money at the problem, so far there's no sign that the U.S. and Europe can avert recession, which could lead to depression. Last week, we heard that China was doing something similar, but rather than bailing out troubled banks it's concentrating on infrastructure, the sorts of thing that helped reduced unemployment in the 1930s Great Depression. Understanding Liquidity Risk And Its Role In The Crisis By Lasse Heje Pedersen, 17 Nov 2008, 01:00 AM What is liquidity? Why is it at the heart of the crisis? How can we fix it? This article explains it all in terms any trained economist can understand. Unions Want Mine Safety Audit To Be Made Public By Amy Musgrave, 17 Nov 2008, 12:05 PM Trade unions are considering ways to pressure the government to release a long-overdue audit on mine safety as fatalities in the industry continue to rise.
PITPUNDIT BLOG  Australia promoting reduced emissions coal plant  Russia, financially 'plain vanilla'  Pakistan seeking funds  Potash behind forthcoming airline delays  Mining at Fort Hills...in the future  Oil near 24 month low  New venue for U.S. 'culture wars': Wall Street  Nexus Energy exploring Browse Basin  BHP boasting hubris  China's reduced iron ore demand impacting copper  Kuwait seems eager to cut oil production  Western Australia: uranium mines OK  Renewable energy fund needs much renewal  How will the 'dragon' roar?  Alumina is anodised  Metallurgical materials' markets to sag  Consolidated Minerals making cuts  Jacinth-Ambrosia zircon project approved  OneSteel softens  India improves currency liquidity  The U.S. buck, still special  Energy Resources of Australia's increased uranium resource prospects  The contrarians to the U.S. government: keep your financial aid  G20 to bankers: no more high-flying escapades  Miners in economic "musical chairs"
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