We have 72 million tons of mining waste on our lands.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Opens Tribal Nations Conference

Talking of the extraordinarily wealthy, the annual Australian rich list, compiled by BRW magazine and released in May, proved what we have known for some time - mining now trumps the media as the way to make money in Australia.

BBC: May: A month of goodbyes

"We are looking at other options, but the most important thing is that we don't have any failures and that we can rescue them at least within that period, " Chilean Mining Minister Laurence Golborne told reporters.

CNN: Drilling to reach Chile miners yet to begin

In the advent of big data mining and the Internet of all things, we have the technology to absolutely tailor our campaigns.

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We have advised readers of our Canada Report newsletter to sell Inmet Mining (TSX: IMN, OTC: IEMMF) after the price of the stock rose sharply following the Jan. 13 announcement of a merger with Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN).

FORBES: Selling Inmet for 63% gain

And lastly, we exclude sector-specific funds, like health care, mining and real estate, some of which have done very well.

FORBES: Piggyback To Riches

And while it's true that's shrinking as a percentage of Alpha's business, because we're exporting a lot more coal this year than we have in the past, our domestic steel companies are scrambling to get coal since metallurgical coal comes mostly from underground mining.

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