FINANCE VIDEO: Herston Economics Chief Economist Clifford Bennett Speaks at The Excellence in Mining and Exploration Conference in Sydney.
The ZERO Race has travelled 28 days and 9500 km since its departure on August 16 in Geneva, Switzerland. This marks the completion of a third of the entire journey of an 80-day journey around the world with 100% electric vehicles. The aim of the race is to show that zero emission vehicles running on renewable energies are technologies for the future that are ready, and reliable already today. With shrinking resources and the impacts of global climate change, the ZERO Race strives to present the solutions for a better and greener future. Four participating teams from Australia, South Korea, Germany and Switzerland are taking part in the challenge during this inaugural event.
5th China Gold & Precious Metals Summit 2010, co-hosted by Shanghai Gold & Jewelry Trade Association and IGVision International Corporation Shanghai and endorsed by China Gold Association and Shanghai Gold Exchange, will be convened in Shanghai China on December 1-3, 2010. It is China's largest networking and information exchange platform for gold & precious metals industry. The summit was successfully held in the past 4 years, attracting more than 200 top professionals from global gold & precious metals fraternities every year.
Hosted by the China Ministry of Land & Resources and the Tianjin Municipal Government, the 12th annual China Mining Congress & Expo 2010 will be held at the Tianjin Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center from November 16 through 18, 2010. The theme of this year's Congress & Expo is: The World and China in Mining Consolidation: Co-operation, Responsibility and Development.
The Australian stock market opened lower today, after poor signals on the US jobs market sent Wall Street slightly lower overnight.
The Australian stock market opened higher this morning after Wall Street returned to gains on better-than-expected corporate earnings and encouraging economic data.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Australia has become a sponsor of "Team Trev" as it prepares to race a unique electric vehicle around the world. "Trev" (Two-seater Renewable Energy Vehicle) is Australia's competitor in Zero Race (www.zero-race.com) the first zero emission race around the world for electric vehicles powered by renewable energy.
