Sentences with phrase «global mining operation»

In 2016, global mining operations pulled in an estimated $ 563 million.

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If you need evidence of this fact, consider China's massive state mining operations and stake in Bitcoin, undeniably viewed as a tool for leverage on a global scale.

The new reality of the global mining industry is that most of the large, high - grade mine operations located in favourable jurisdictions are getting long in the tooth.

Indeed, some mining and upgrading operations require global oil prices in excess of US$ 80 a barrel to be profitable over the long term.

HashChain is a global blockchain company with cryptocurrency mining, accounting, and Masternode hosting services that began operations on November 3, 2017 and subsequently listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange on December 18, 2017.

MAINTENANCE REMAINS KEY Although maintenance budgets are being trimmed to survive the current tough global economic climate, maintenance is vital at active mining operations

BHP Billiton said on Thursday jobs could go at its Australian coal mines as the company faces a deteriorating market, the latest sign of global miners scaling back operations due to slowing industrial activity in China.

Global expertise in scaling cryptocurrency mining operations is limited.

Win - win for the blockchain: We provide stability by decentralizing mining activities again, letting the community fully participate in mining and making mining - operations immune to local regulations, governmental restrictions, energy price spikes and bringing peace of mind to the global blockchain infrastructure.

It's naturally a good Fit to our view of the global gold market, with about 90 % of its portfolio in companies primarily engaged in the production of gold and the remainder in firms whose mining operations are diversified across other metals.

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CST Wastewater Solutions» Managing Director Michael Bambridge, left, who recently installed a GWE combined green energy and wastewater treatment plant for one of Australia's major global beef processers, Oakey, right, and skid and container mounted water quality technologies for major mining operations.

He believes Molycorp, which invested $ 895 million to modernize the mining operations here, could seize as much as a third of the global market for rare - earth minerals when the revamped Mountain Pass facility becomes fully operational next year.

Several ribbons in full - scale operation will open the heavens for solar satellites that can beam power back to Earth, large - scale zero - gravity manufacturing, space tourism, better global environmental monitoring, orbiting observatories, removal of man - made debris from Earth orbit, asteroid mining, and Mars - colonizing ships filled with hundreds of people.

The study is the first to give a global overview of all current plans to mine the seabed, in both national and international waters, and looks at the potential impacts including physical destruction of seabed habitats, creation of large underwater plumes of sediment and the effects of chemical, noise and light pollution arising from mining operations.

Claverie and Abergel are concerned that rising global temperatures, along with mining and drilling operations in the Arctic, could thaw out many more ancient viruses that are still infectious and that could conceivably pose a threat to human health.

These arrests come in the wake of Global Witness» investigation, The Deceivers, which exposed how Edmonds and Groves scammed UK investors and paid bribes while running mining operations in Liberia and Guinea.

In Oregon, for example, Governor Kate Brown signed a bill that will move the state to 50 percent renewable energy production by 2040 and end the state's use of coal power by 2030; in Montana, sagging demand and economic pressures caused Arch Coal to scrap its plans for a massive strip - mining operation on federal land; and in a recent Gallup poll, 64 percent of Americans said they worried a «great deal» or «fair amount» about global warming, up from 55 percent only a year ago.

«Over the past two years, Norges Bank, following upon its investment mandates from the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) and the Minister of Finance, divested the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG)'s of its holdings in at least 49 companies with substantial operations related to mining and burning of coal.

The action was part of the global #BreakFree2016 protests against fossil fuels, which saw a similar action last week in the UK when Reclaim the Power halted operations at the UK's largest open coal mine in Wales.

«The offer was too good to turn down as it afforded me the opportunity to work in a rapidly expanding global mining company with operations, at the time, primarily in Africa (Zambia, DR Congo and Mauritania)».

Europe Our European practice has recently focused on representing (i) the Fédération Internationale de Football Association («FIFA») in connection with U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world («Investigation»), including conducting an internal investigation on behalf of the organization; (ii) two major European banks, including by investigating whether the banks knew or should have known that accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes; (iii) a multinational logistics and transportation company based in Switzerland in a DOJ investigation of alleged violations of the FCPA; (iv) a Switzerland - based, international private bank, in connection with the global criminal investigations involving 1MDB, Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund; (v) several major European banks in connection with the «Panama Papers» investigation focused on whether accounts at the bank held under the names of companies created by the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, were used to evade taxes, conduct business with sanctioned individuals or companies, or otherwise engage in criminal activity; (vi) ENRC, a large mining conglomerate formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in a high - profile investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office of alleged bribery in the company's operations in Africa and Kazikhstan; and (vii) several European banks in connection with the Petrobras and PdVSA investigations focused on whether accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes to Petrobras or PdVSA officials in return for contracts.

While the global community is expressing its concerns regarding the negative impact that cryptocurrency mining has on the environment, the project aims to open efficient cryptomining operations globally through using exclusively green energy to mine currencies like Bitcoin, Bitcoin cash, DASH, and Litecoin on an industrial level.

Under this agreement, Global Blockchain Mining Corp. will provide strategic upfront capital and an additional payment upon delivery of the cryptocurrency to select operators and operation, in exchange for a stream of future cryptocurrency production at a fixed price.

Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash mining is using a total of 0.13 percent of the global energy consumption — which ranks the combined mining operation as the 61st highest power consumer in the World.

In the Bitcoin news today — Venezuelan authorities are cracking down on Bitcoin mining facilities and are focused on «weakening» these mining operations within the region; Ethereum at a crossroad as corporate interest grows; Last week at the World Economic Forum 2017 Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the technology firm Bitfury announced the formation of the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC); Cryptoseed Adds Security to Your Bitcoin Recovery Seed; Paxful has unleashed their new «Bitcoin Kiosk» widget allowing anyone to buy bitcoin in 300 different ways; A working group within the US central bank believes digital currencies and distributed ledgers could come to have a significant impact on how its citizens and businesses conduct payments — 60 page report.

BTC's value, in particular, is hovering just above the $ 7,500 zone at the time of writing and at that global average some miners are mining bitcoin at break - even costs or even running operations at a loss.

Vancouver, British Columbia --(Newsfile Corp. — November 7, 2017)-- GLOBAL BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (TSXV: BLOC)(FSE: BWSP)(OTC Pink: BLKCF)(«Global Blockchain» or the «Company») is extremely pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary Global Blockchain Mining Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire a 49.9 % interest in Coinstream Mining Corp., («Coinstream») the world's first cryptocurrency mining company to employ the streaming model, providing strategic upfront capital and an additional payment upon delivery of the cryptocurrency, to select, proven, best - in - class operators and operations, in exchange for a stream of future cryptocurrency production, at a fixed GLOBAL BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (TSXV: BLOC)(FSE: BWSP)(OTC Pink: BLKCF)(«Global Blockchain» or the «Company») is extremely pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary Global Blockchain Mining Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire a 49.9 % interest in Coinstream Mining Corp., («Coinstream») the world's first cryptocurrency mining company to employ the streaming model, providing strategic upfront capital and an additional payment upon delivery of the cryptocurrency, to select, proven, best - in - class operators and operations, in exchange for a stream of future cryptocurrency production, at a fixed Global Blockchain» or the «Company») is extremely pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary Global Blockchain Mining Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire a 49.9 % interest in Coinstream Mining Corp., («Coinstream») the world's first cryptocurrency mining company to employ the streaming model, providing strategic upfront capital and an additional payment upon delivery of the cryptocurrency, to select, proven, best - in - class operators and operations, in exchange for a stream of future cryptocurrency production, at a fixed Global Blockchain Mining Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire a 49.9 % interest in Coinstream Mining Corp., («Coinstream») the world's first cryptocurrency mining company to employ the streaming model, providing strategic upfront capital and an additional payment upon delivery of the cryptocurrency, to select, proven, best - in - class operators and operations, in exchange for a stream of future cryptocurrency production, at a fixed Mining Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire a 49.9 % interest in Coinstream Mining Corp., («Coinstream») the world's first cryptocurrency mining company to employ the streaming model, providing strategic upfront capital and an additional payment upon delivery of the cryptocurrency, to select, proven, best - in - class operators and operations, in exchange for a stream of future cryptocurrency production, at a fixed Mining Corp., («Coinstream») the world's first cryptocurrency mining company to employ the streaming model, providing strategic upfront capital and an additional payment upon delivery of the cryptocurrency, to select, proven, best - in - class operators and operations, in exchange for a stream of future cryptocurrency production, at a fixed mining company to employ the streaming model, providing strategic upfront capital and an additional payment upon delivery of the cryptocurrency, to select, proven, best - in - class operators and operations, in exchange for a stream of future cryptocurrency production, at a fixed price.

He claimed that by February 2020, the electricity consumption of mining operations will be similar to the current global consumption.