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[jointer13] 20/1/2014 06:50

Chilean miners....coming under pressure.

[iof multibagger] 19/1/2014 23:50

2 canldles very bullish. Strong rise expected after retracement plenty of news
coming with the plants commisioning, record production on the last update and
steady growing production throughout 2014.

Just remember Shorters will be buying back!

[gadolinium] 19/1/2014 22:10

Engelo/Super,
I think the post on how the high ppm hydrosorb process might work was mine as detailed in post 11027 below:

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gadolinium - 13 Nov 2013 - 17:40:05 - 11027 of 14837
Super,
Thanks for the replies on trucking and high ppm hydrosorb process. Your comment on iodine rich soup and some impressions I gained from a brief conversation with George Lantz got me thinking about the solubility of free iodine in water and its relevance to these high ppm brines and its possible relevance to the Hydrosorb process

Iodides are very soluble in water, sodium iodide for example has a solubility of 1780000 ppm at 20 degrees C. On oxidation of iodides under the correct conditions free iodine is formed, but free iodine is only sparingly soluble in water 289 ppm at 20 degrees C. If we had access to brines containing say 1000 ppm of iodine (as soluble iodide) then on oxidation the concentration of free iodine would exceed its solubility in water by ca. 700 ppm and this iodine would therefore just precipitate out without any further treatment and could be simply collected by filtration. Of course recovery would not be at the 90% level seen in the Iosorb process since up to 289 ppm could still be left in solution, but this could be reduced by cooling the solution below 20 degrees (the solubility of iodine drops to 150 ppm at 0 degrees C) or by salt addition (the brine is already pretty salty anyway which would help). In any case any loss in efficiency has to be balanced against the simplicity and low cost of the iodine recovery.

Of course I may be barking completely up the wrong tree (it has been known)!

[crosseyed] 19/1/2014 19:37

superg (and everybody),

You from time to time post notes regarding gold.

What do you think of the relative merits of investing in gold miners v gold ETFs v physical gold? Or perhaps none of them :{

Personally, I prefer the latter though I am happy to wait until the price is right and buy in relatively small amounts. Almost every article one reads gives a different view about gold's prospects. The mainstream press seems overly pessimistic though their views are frequently very short-termist. More thoughtful opinion suggests it as a cautious hedge. Any views?

c

[superg1] 19/1/2014 18:14

Worth a read on some general points we have mentioned recently re miners chasing booms, and not keeping an eye on costs, just in case the tide goes out.

An FT article re gold miners. That CHIP thread for gold makes for some very sorry and frightening reading for most involved in gold.

Over 60 listed on there, about 12 with opex under the gold price, 8 with opex over $1500 oz.

Only 3 under $900 per oz




In a far samller niche sector, some Chile guys chased the iodine price to expand.

[nearlyxmas] 19/1/2014 16:10

thanks uppompeii, they were a lot more clearer than how I had it explained by my provider.(or perhaps not provider)

[crosseyed] 19/1/2014 15:49

Bogg1e, OT
I see the band spell their name with the extra e. I wonder if their name is based on that 1825 revolt.

Just looked it up in Wikipedia:
" The band's name refers to the Decembrist revolt, an 1825 revolt in Imperial Russia that Meloy views as an attempted communist revolution."

I don't think his history was too good though. The revolt was certainly about better treatment of soldiers drawn largely from the peasantry though led by officers, but I don't think communism was in vogue at that time! The Paris commune wasn't until 1871. Karl Marx was active from around the mid-19th century, publishing Das Kapital in 1867.

c

[bogg1e] 19/1/2014 14:54

Well thats the new thing i have learned today! Cheers. I think in this case given Netleys fondness of music that he means the American folk band.

[crosseyed] 19/1/2014 14:28

Bogg1e,
Decembrist? Surely russian - December revolt 1825.

[bogg1e] 19/1/2014 14:00

Netters, didn't have you down as a decemberist fan, or that ye olde hey nonny nonny folk music would be your cuppa tea. Next thing you know you'll move to Glastonbury, take up residence in a mystic cave and start wearing a wizards costume, weft from hessian and died wode. Be careful with that there zummerzet coider, its bloody lethal. One surprising thing, the decemberists are American, but Im sure you knew that :-)

[uppompeii] 19/1/2014 12:17

nearlyxmas - read up on it, there are many helpful sites, try these to get a grounding in what would suit you best. Dealing costs are generally reduced to a minimum on reg contributions.

hxxp://www.youinvest.co.uk/SIPP/Offer/

specifically for regular investing :

hxxp://www.youinvest.co.uk/SIPP/RegularInvesting/

[nearlyxmas] 19/1/2014 12:02

sorry to be off topic. but I was thinking of taking out a sipp and putting my £130 per month into these. what I am not really sure about is how this works.

would I buy £130 a month of these, but that would make dealing costs ridiculous, or do you save up for a few months and then buy them.

any advise would be most appreciated

thanks to all for making this one of the best boards..

[crosseyed] 19/1/2014 11:44

sg,
Metaphorically like Albert who "took 'is stick wi' 'orse's-'ead 'andle and stuck it in Wallace's ear".
Stanley Holloway

c

[hurricane.] 19/1/2014 08:59

Worried they should be Superg.

[n3tleylucas] 19/1/2014 08:19

"Clearly plenty of them enjoy reading what we have to say"

The truth emerges by accident?

Of course we do graham... nothing amuses us more.



...let's see if we can rattle your cage.

[n3tleylucas] 19/1/2014 04:59

Am I turning you on my luv?

You like top boys in action?

Get down there my dear, you will see something that will make you wet.

[ansana] 18/1/2014 23:47

N3 time you went to bed and slept it off.

[freshvoice] 18/1/2014 23:37

Super
You aren't winding Nutters up in some way are you? He seems vocal today after a gap.
Maybe he has been to work!

[freshvoice] 18/1/2014 23:35

Super
Then time to get that other tower up before the sun goes away!
Just the lectrics then off we go.

[n3tleylucas] 18/1/2014 21:35

Hey graham, you up for it?

[superg1] 18/1/2014 21:33

Engelo

Probably right, I just recall someone pointing out why hydrosorb would work.

It would be nice to be in Alva today, with the sun cream, mid Jan and 60 degrees ?? 70 f last weekend ?, same tomorrow and sunny forecast for 2 weeks. Compare all that to last year.

[n3tleylucas] 18/1/2014 21:32

Get 6 top boys in that pub, I will move towards graham