Bigger, faster, stronger ...
August 4 - 10, 2008
MEDITERRANEAN'S Ghost simply loves the Olympics. It’s that time of year when absolutely every form of media – yes, even e-mag's dedicated to the mining sector – are completely swamped with sporting news and commentary.
Less-than-perfect swansong for Hegarty
July 21 - 27, 2008
ANYONE who’s been stuck in an airport hotel watching the Discovery channel will have invariably seen one of those documentaries on sharks. And invariably, the doco will include a segment on those creepy little eel-like sucker fish that attach themselves to the shark’s side so as to eat any scraps that fall their way and clean any gunk out of the shark’s gills.
Just passing go can lead to untimely end
July 14 - 20, 2008
If recent events are anything to go by, there are more than a few mining executives out there who Mediterranean’s Ghost would hate to be stuck with in a game of Monopoly.
Goliath back ... with an army of lawyers
June 23 - 29, 2008
FOR a group of people who, from this columnist’s experience at least, represent about as sinful a bunch of heathens as a West Coast Eagles player convention, journalists seem to be disturbingly drawn to religious imagery.
Sovereigns risk flighty investment
June 9 - 15, 2008
IT’S the sort of thing to send a shudder through any investor in mining stocks. A government, desperate to prop up its big spending ideas, turns to its goose that lays the golden egg and ratchets up mining royalties by more than 40%.