Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last day of September, and by every measure of history and memory, thousands should have crossed by now. But the tundra is empty, save […]
Australia’s mining competitiveness at risk from excessive regulation, says Rinehart
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Home Equity, Borrower Mining, Flood Tools; Milliman/MorVest Deal; Credit Cost News; Prepayments Slowing “Seminar ‘How to avoid frauds’ is canceled. Tickets are non-refundable.” Collectively, we don’t want mortgage fraud, right? It’s a non-partisan issue. A grand jury rejected a new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James. Meanwhile, it must
In 2023, dirty mine water gushed out of the ground behind James Christian’s home, flooding his yard in Wyoming County, West Virginia. Sinkholes formed, a strong sulfur-like odor lingered in the air and oily sheens began coating the creek. Residents have blamed the mine for contaminating their creek and making some of their neighbors sick.
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2nd, Database Mining, Manufactured Housing Products; Weak Job Market Impacting Rates? “Rob, we’ve said ‘no’ to more expansion possibilities than ever before. Are you hearing other lenders doing deep dives on LOs and branches and also not seeing a profitable path?” Yes indeedy. Here in Jackson, MS, at the Mississippi Mortgage Banker’s Fall
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Hecla mines precious metals, but it was the stock itself that was looking like gold as the trading week began. Hecla Mining (HL 12.14%) stock was quite a winner on Monday, but not because of anything the company extracted from the ground. Rather, investors piled into the mining company because of its ascension to a
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A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners, forcing evacuations and destroying properties. The fire rapidly expanded to 6,473 acres, forcing the evacuation Tuesday of the Chinese Camp Town and surrounding highways, according to CalFire. There were no immediate reports of injuries or deaths. The fire
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Loss Mit, Data Mining, Pre-Approval Letter Tools; jumbo, HELOC, Non-Agency News; Watch Those Student Loans What’s old is new again? In Vermont, one man is refurbishing payphones for people to use for free. Very cool. Debt isn’t old or new, but how we treat it is. On today’s episode of Advisory Angle at
One of the titan’s most recent financial moves is making investors wonder. By agreeing to backstop leases at a New York data center campus run by TeraWulf (WULF -2.73%), Alphabet (GOOG 1.29%) (GOOGL 1.27%) picked up some stock warrants that could translate into a meaningful equity stake in a company that mines Bitcoin (BTC -0.75%). The
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The global mining sector extracts and refines a wide range of materials, used in everything from construction to automotive output to electricity generation and electronics production. Each of these produces significant carbon dioxide emissions and has contributed to environmental degradation such as deforestation. These can have negative implications for a range of local stakeholders. In
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