March 27 (Reuters) – Gold prices rose on Thursday as U.S. auto tariffs ratcheted up global trade tensions ahead of an April 2 deadline for reciprocal tariffs from the world’s largest economy. Spot gold was up 0.3% at $3,028.65 an ounce, as of 0650 GMT. U.S. gold futures gained 0.5% to $3,036.10. Investors feared that […]
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1. The Broken Stocks Saga – Scheduling Mine Inventories
I’ll be posting a series of short articles on mine scheduling. Like any good posts, it should include some storytelling and so I’m going to kick off with a story that was pivotal in many of my learnings about mine scheduling. The Broken Stocks Saga For a period in the 90’s, I was Grade Control […]
US power firms lift coal pollution to protect profits so far in 2025.
U.S. power producers emitted over 304 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from power generation over the first two months of 2025, which was the highest for that period since 2019, according to data from energy think tank Ember. The emissions tally marked a 9% rise from the same period last year and was […]