Sentences with phrase «by the miners of»

He is the antithesis of the secretive, «data destroying» character being portrayed to the outside world by the miners of dirt and disinformation.

We're Not Saying It's Miners, but... The demand for high - powered hardware by miners of cryptocurrency is crippling radio - astronomers» search for extraterrestrial life.

This is done by the miners of that blockchain.

Not exact matches

In addition to such operating improvements, another source of value improvement could be consolidation of the junior gold miners via mergers or acquisitions, particularly by senior producers seeking to replenish their reserves.

He approved the $ 24 - billion takeover of Falconbridge, a nickel - and copper - mining company, by Swiss miner Xstrata PLC..

THE level of exploration activity being undertaken by junior miners in Africa is increasing, with Burkina Faso in particular coming more into focus as a promising gold producer.

The miner, under the leadership of Executive Chairman John Thornton, has focused for the past three years on reducing debt by more than 50 percent from the more than $ 13 billion it hit at the end of 2014 due to overpriced acquisitions and mine development, including Pascua - Lama.

Productivity (tons mined per miner) increased by 350 percent, due partially to a shift from underground to surface mines, but largely from the introduction of highly mechanized systems like long wall mining that require far fewer miners.

News of Lucara's discovery of the Lesedi La Rona diamond (it was named in a national contest held in Botswana and translates into «our light» in the Tswana language) has helped invigorate a mining category that has languished in the wake of a global recession, not to mention a campaign by Blood Diamond star Leonardo DiCaprio to promote synthetic alternatives to alleviate working conditions of miners in Africa.

For more than a year, Chuck Jeannes, CEO of Vancouver - based Goldcorp — the world's largest gold miner by market value — has posited his «peak gold supply» theory.

All was good for decades, as the tradition of buying diamond engagement and wedding rings took off just after the Second World War, when newly employed GIs were told «A Diamond Is Forever» in a clever marketing campaign by South African miner De Beers.

A fifth straight day of gains, fuelled by miners, retailers and IT stocks, has taken the share market to a three month high.

Iron ore miner Pluton Resources has settled proceedings against junior secured creditor Rizhao Port Group Logistics, which includes the removal of receivers appointed by Rizhao in disputed circumstances last month.

Mining and civil engineering contractor Maca has downgraded its full - year revenue guidance by $ 30 million after Sydney - based miner Arrium said it was closing one of its South Australian mines.

Iron ore miner BC Iron has continued its run of cost saving initiatives at its Nullagine operation by awarding a $ 40 million road haulage contract to QUBE Holdings.

Diversified miner Independence Group has slashed its workforce by 28 positions at its Long Operation in Kambalda, as it implements a number of cost - saving changes to its mining plan in response to the depressed nickel market.

But he says Fidelity continues to learn valuable lessons, including about recent campaigns by miners to create so - called «forks» in blockchains, which serve as an immutable record of all cryptocurrency transactions.

Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources has lifted its first - half profit by 74 per cent, to $ 20.4 million, on the back of a weaker Australian dollar.

Iron ore miner Rio Tinto is following its big investment in driverless trucks and trains by announcing plans to nearly double its fleet of autonomous drilling rigs.

Mid-tier iron ore miner Mineral Resources has increased its full - year net profit by 28 per cent to $ 231 million, with the help of a 93 per cent increase in iron ore export volumes.

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.

Mid-tier nickel miners Western Areas and Mincor Resources have released positive quarterly results on the back of lower costs and improved production, with Mincor also defying the industry trend by saying it would increase its exploration spending.

A fifth straight day of gains, fuelled by miners, retailers and IT stocks, has taken the share market to a three - month high.

As CNBC noted, miners not only have to deal with increasing competition and a falling Bitcoin price — they're also being stung by another part of their revenue, transaction fees.

THE long - running bid by CI Resources Ltd for unlisted Christmas Island phosphate miner Phosphate Resources Ltd has hit a major hurdle, failing to win Federal Court approval for its proposed scheme of arrangement.

Bitcoin has much more limited processing power available, in the form of miners, who confirm transactions by crunching difficult cryptographic problems.

All aspects of these transactions would be programmed and automatic, with their transactional integrity guaranteed by the Bitcoin blockchain, constantly vetted by the vast network of «miners» rewarded for their maintenance work with a stream of bitcoin.

The analysts estimate that most of Bitmain's revenue was generated by selling miners powered by the company's chips.

US - based gold miner Newmont Mining is slashing its corporate workforce by a third after writing down the value of its Western Australian mines by $ US1.5 billion, amid weak conditions in international gold and copper markets.

Mid-tier iron ore miner Mineral Resources has increased its full - year net profit by 28 per cent, but has missed its mark of about $ 250 million outlined in its half - yearly report.

PERTH - based Gold Mines of Sardinia Limited, Italy's only gold miner at Fuertei in the south of Sardinia, is expanding its corporate front by seeking listings on two international markets.

More than just capable, they're one of the main tools used by cryptocurrency miners.

These networks get around relying on those institutions by putting to work a group of people on the network called miners.

Democrats from coal - producing states, led by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, had delayed the Senate vote on the funding bill in a failed attempt to get a bigger extension of miners» healthcare benefits that expire at the end of this year.

It's maintained by a network of «miners» whose computers perform the calculations that validate each transaction, preventing double - spending.

Junior gold miners are supposed to be small cap stocks but this product has been transformed by the changes the fund provider has made into more of a mid cap fund.

That equates to more than half the 38 terawatt - hours of electricity used annually by the world's biggest miner (as in literal, pull materials out of the ground mining), BHP Billiton Ltd..

The MSCI ACWI Select Gold Miners Investable Market Index measures the performance of Basic Materials securities and is selected by a Market Cap process.

Gold miners stocks have been hit by a bit of a double whammy lately.

The company is also reportedly on track to deploy approximately 8,000 Bitmain S9 miners by the end of May 2018.

The lively bitcoin market had been set up by bitcoin miners, who had set up data centers taking advantage of China's cheap electricity and hardware to handle the intensive computing processes needed to «mine» new bitcoin.

With PoS, instead of miners validating transactions via the solving of mathematical problems, transactions are validated by «stakers,» «forgers,» or «validators,» who place their coins and tokens in a specialized wallet to validate transactions, and are determined by their wealth or stake in the network.

In return for their services, miners are paid fees by the vendors / merchants of each transaction and are also given physical, minted bitcoins.

But the miner reduced coal guidance from its Illawarra metallurgical coal business by 9 per cent to 4.1 million tonnes, as it continues to work to fix a series of issues at its Appin mine.

Granted, miners have been pressured by Beijing to curtail production as part of the government's enforcement of tougher environmental protection policies, but the decline in output is part of a downward trend we're seeing across the board, especially among major producers.

The concern that the network hashrate will become too low is based on several assumptions and variables, including the number of daily transactions, the willingness of the users to wait for confirmations, the willingness of the users to pay small amounts, the behavior of the miners, the fee policies set by various wallets, the emergent consensus on acceptable fees by the mining community, and other factors, including what actually is «too low» of a network hashrate in the first place.

Chalkstone was born out of counter-insurgency tactics used by troops in Afghanistan, but its unique methodology is now being used by miners, which can map - out power structures and counter the potentially crippling risk of strikes and political opposition.

U.K. stocks finish at 10 - week high as metals prices rally Shire soars; pound seesaws as U.K. retail sales disappoint U.K. stocks end slightly higher on Thursday, boosted by gains for miners on the back of a rally in nickel and aluminum prices.

By: Sascha Solomons 4th November 2016 Mining and exploration company Group R Mining & Exploration Zambia achieved one - million man hours without a lost - time injury (LTI), at its Synclinorium shaft expansion project on behalf of owner Zambian - registered copper miner Mopani Copper Mines.

The initial bitcoin price was set by miner concensus; the first bitcoin transaction was the purchase of two pizzas for 10,000 bitcoins, which were transferred to a Brit who called a U.S. Papa John's to place the order using his credit card.