As a member of CREA, who followed both the Code of Ethics and decisions rendered by it's Board of Directors to the letter, I could not speak freely on issues like Mere Postings, DFF, Trademark Infringement, Limited Agency Practitioners, MLS infrastructure problems, MLS Data falsification, Full Disclosure or even the Bias towards Sellers that is built into
ORE as of today.
The paradigm shift you hint at is simply impossible inside
the ORE as the long list of self serving stakeholders who basically control the direction of the business would see their business models become extinct under the model that is now needed.
It appears the reference of 90.1 was a clear warning sent from the tribunal and will immediately impact the Boards of
ORE as they exist in Canada.
The actual professional Realtors are constantly being sold out by
ORE as the never - ending flood of incompetent failures - in - waiting churns through the well - greased system.
Most days will spent trying to mine as much
ore as possible, while also making time to make efficient use of all the machinery at the workshop, such as utilizing the furnaces to smelt copper ore into copper bars or using the industrial cutter to ensure you have enough wooden boards.
In each life, you learn a new skill and can make / obtain new items (dishes as a chef, clothes as a tailor,
ore as a miner etc.), meaning once you've mastered all 12 lives, you are saving a lot of Dosh (the currency) and resources.
I tagged
ORE as near worthless last year, and its share price has been duly sliced in half since.
The short - term outlook in iron
ore as well as met coal is uncertain and has less pricing support.
Thorium is typically found in the same
ore as rare - earth minerals and separated out during processing.
Not exact matches
Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc, the Philippines» second - biggest nickel
ore producer, slumped
as much
as 7.1 percent.
Western Australia's largest indigenous corporation has announced it is cutting jobs and assessing its member benefits structure
as a result of weak iron
ore prices.
The projects — which have been funded
as part of the Joint U.K. - China Offshore Renewable Energy program — would also look to maximise the environmental and socio - economic benefits of
ORE systems.
Iron
ore junior Ferrowest has appointed prominent business identity Bryan Hughes
as chairman.
Most of the surface
ores at Ekati and Diavik are exhausted; both moved to more expensive underground mining
as they matured.
The board of iron
ore miner Pluton Resources has regained control of the company after its major shareholder, General Nice Resources, retired KordaMentha
as receivers yesterday.
Sundance Resources boss Giulio Casello has taken a big pay cut
as the company seeks to cut costs, with the Perth - based explorer also locking in a $ 1.3 million investment to assist in the search for a partner for its Mbalam Nabeba iron
ore project in Africa.
As miners deal with the reality of a prolonged slump in the iron
ore price, Fortescue Metals Group is quietly going about the business of building the state's third magnetite mine and processing plant.
Atlas Iron managing director David Flanagan has described the results of the iron
ore miner's capital raising
as an immense vote of confidence in the business, despite achieving just less than half of its $ 180 million target.
Perth - based Strike Resources has sold its Apurimac and Cusco iron
ore projects in Peru for about $ 13.5 million,
as the company shifts its focus to other commodities.
The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended approval of global miner Cliffs Natural Resources» plans to extend its Koolyanobbing iron
ore operations,
as Mineral Resources continues to seek approval for its own expansion plans in the same region.
The value of Australian iron
ore exports is expected to fall next year
as strong growth in production volumes is offset by a slump in prices to a forecast $ US52.10 per tonne in 2016.
BC Iron has terminated a mining services contract with Watpac Civil & Mining three months early
as it seeks to cut costs at its Nullagine joint venture operation in response to the plunging iron
ore price.
The state government has extended its discounted charges at the Utah Point bulk handling facility by another year, to help junior miners continue exporting iron
ore,
as debate around the sale of the port continues.
Stephen Pearce has been appointed to the board of Fortescue Metals Group, but will retain his current role
as chief financial officer of the iron
ore giant.
One of the state's largest Aboriginal trusts is being forced to further tighten its belt
as its royalties from Rio Tinto's Yandi iron
ore project continue to fall.
Struggling iron
ore miner Pluton Resources has fallen back into the hands of receivers and managers, less than six months after the board regained control of the company,
as part of a new structuring proposal.
Fortescue Metals Group's Christmas Creek iron
ore mine site has been raided for drugs by WA Police, working in cooperation with the company,
as part of a crackdown of mine sites across the state.
China - based Citic Group has flagged a $ US1.4 billion to $ US1.8 billion impairment at its Sino Iron magnetite project in the Pilbara
as a result of the falling value of iron
ore.
ANALYSIS: Green shoots are popping up in WA
as improved conditions for iron
ore and gold, and strong prospects for the upcoming crop harvest, offer sources for optimism.
As smaller iron
ore miners scramble to cut costs to deal with falling prices, another hurdle looms — customers» preference for quality.
The direct impact on listed companies may be limited
as trade between China and its isolated northern neighbour has slowed substantially since the United Nations imposed a ban in September on North Korean exports of coal, iron, iron
ore, lead, lead
ore and seafood.
It might be bold to suggest that Andrew Forrest consider a career change, but
as his fortune shrinks and
as his iron
ore business struggles in a flooded market, there is a nickel deal to be done that could be a lot more fun than playing the role of fading star.
In an April 22 report, he wrote that there's too much pessimism in copper markets and that issues in the iron
ore industry, such
as oversupply, are already priced into the market.
The reason to take a close look at this company is twofold: it's one of the most diversified miners around, so one commodity's underperformance shouldn't have
as significant an impact on the company
as it would if it was just a coal or iron
ore producer.
China's slowdown hurt other commodities, such
as iron
ore and copper, too.
As China battles the seeming inevitability of a 19 per cent price hike in iron
ore prices, the country's largest iron
ore importer is moving quietly to stitch up more long - term supply from Western Australia.
The
ore system drilled is interpreted
as the western side of the folded Barrambie sequence that hosts the major mineralisation.
«We would agree that Alberta's historic focus on maximizing oilsands production... rather than optimizing production on the highest quality
ore may be having unnecessary environmental impacts on things like greenhouse gas intensity and tailings production and lowering returns to Albertans
as the owners of the resource,» said Simon Dyer of the Pembina Institute, a clean energy think - tank.
Bigger players, such
as BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, can produce iron
ore for $ 30 to $ 40 a tonne, versus $ 100 a tonne for the highest - cost producers, says de los Reyes.
West Perth - based iron
ore explorer Atlas Iron Ltd will pay $ 15 million in port facilities charges to the Port Hedland Port Authority
as an up - front contribution for the planned $ 225 million upgrade of the Utah Point public access facility.
Demand for iron
ore still looks positive in China
as the world's second largest economy continues to develop, said Fortescue Metals CEO, Nev Power.
Atlas Iron and BC Iron have both reported big losses following impairments and a race to cut costs
as iron
ore prices remain depressed.
COCKATOO Island, touted
as a stunning new tourist resort in the heart of WA's Kimberley region, will be the site of a revitalised $ 7.4 million resource project by Portman Mining Limited aimed at boosting its iron
ore production.
A higher iron
ore price has helped Atlas Iron post operating cash flow of $ 58 million in the December quarter,
as the company maintained that it would reach a net cash position by the middle of the year.
The Asian giant still accounts for a large percentage of global trade in important resources such
as iron
ore, aluminum, copper and coal.
To put it in very (over --RRB- simplified terms, five years ago, a ship load of iron
ore was worth about the same
as about 2,200 flat screen television sets.
It's not just oil... iron
ore, aluminum and steel are all getting slammed,
as the decline in commodity prices takes a toll on companies and the global markets.
But the two, along with iron
ore, pared gains at the close
as steel prices came off.
The company will seek to lease out Ethel Creek and Marillana station in the heart of the iron
ore rich Pilbara region of Western Australia
as it winds up cattle production.
As an aside, it seems generally to be the case that the longer an adjustment is constrained, the more likely that the adjustment takes place in the form of what traders call «gapping» — which is a big, discontinuous change instead of a smooth adjustment — so when the change finally took place, the fall in demand (and iron
ore prices) would almost certainly occur very quickly, in a matter of two or three years, perhaps.