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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
PROSPECTS for the Asean mining industry remain high despite the global economic crisis.
Major industry players participating in the 8th Asia-Pacific Mining Conference and Exhibition (APMCE) are confident that the demand for metals and minerals in developing and emerging economies, particularly China and India, will remain high.
Environment Secretary Lito Atienza shared ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Algeria "should use other development means including knowledge to avoid being hostage to its natural resources", Abdelwahab Kara, economic expert and member of the ad-hoc committee on knowledge-based economy (KBE) has advised.
Speaking on the sidelines of a workshop on KBE organized by the National Economic and Social Council (CNES) ...
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
Uranium exploration has already picked up in Western Australia as junior miners are encouraged by the incoming Liberal government's pro uranium stance.
The former Labor government, which had been headed Alan Carpenter, had a fiercely anti-uranium stance and had proposed a ban on mining the commodity. This had prompted concerns about ...
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
The Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas (CSUG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Heffernan as Vice-President.
Mr. Heffernan is a professional geologist with more than 30 years experience in resource development industries. His career has included assignments across much of Canada, as well as internationally, ...
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Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Record high coal prices suggest, and industry analysts and executives confirm, that demand for Appalachian coal is at an all-time high.
Yet that demand hasn't produced companies, jobs and new mines that a 1970s coal boom produced.
Pennsylvania mines are hiring hundreds of people, and plan to hire thousands in the next ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
WESTCORE ENERGY LTD. (the "Corporation" or "Westcore") (TSX VENTURE:WTR.P), a capital pool company, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding letter agreement (the "Agreement") dated August 20, 2008 with several private parties regarding the acquisition of all rights, title and interests held by such parties in ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Nanjing, the provincial capital of Jiangsu Province, serves as a key transportation hub of the East China region, and it is also one of the most important manufacturing bases for different industries in China. The city's manufacturing capacity of electronic and chemical industries both ranked second among China's cities, while ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
It was Jochen Seifert's job to adjust a conveyor belt under Germany's largest coal mine one day in 1959. As the 24-year-old locksmith worked, a crack split the rocks along the mine shaft. Walls caved in, and Seifert was trapped below.
"Hey, locksmith! Are you alive?" his fellow miners yelled. Seifert ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
The World Bank is providing $9.3 million from International Development Association funds for a Mining Sector Technical Assistance Project (MTSA) in Mongolia, aimed at improving the nation's ability to regulate and financially benefit from its burgeoning mining industry, while reducing government corruption.
The World Bank estimated that mining accounted for about ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
China's National Development and Reform Commission announced the increase on diesel prices ( http://news.tootoo.com/Chemicals/Petroleum_Products/ ) by 1,000 Yuan per ton, and aviation kerosene prices by 1,500 Yuan per ton on June 19, 2008. As a result, the price of 93-octane petrol, used most by private cars, ...
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