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1 miner dies every 2 days in SA - 0 views

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    One worker is dying every second day at South African mines, trade union Solidarity says. According to the Department of Mining, the official death toll was at...
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Navajos mark 30th anniversary of uranium spill - 0 views

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    The leader of the Navajo Nation marked the 30th anniversary of a massive uranium tailings spill by reaffirming the tribe's ban on future uranium mining...
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Coal mining companies destroy environment in plain view - 0 views

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    Nguyen Tien Phuong, deputy director of Vang Danh Coal Mining Company, says his family doesn't dare drink even boiled tap water. He admits that his company has been blatantly discharging untreated wastewater directly into...
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Miners ate coal to survive 25-day burial - 0 views

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    Three miners survived 25 days trapped in a flooded mine in southern China by drinking dirty water and chewing coal...
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Chinese miners freed after 25 days in flooded mine - 0 views

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    Three miners have been found alive after being trapped for 25 days in a flooded mine in southern China, a local official said Monday. The miners drank...
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Value of diamond deals declines by 73% from previous year - 0 views

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    Metals Economics Group's recent Strategic Report points to a 73% decline in total acquisitions spending on diamonds...
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Centamin Becomes First Modern-Day Commercial Gold Producer in Egypt - 0 views

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    Centamin Egypt has now passed a new milestone with first gold pour at its Sukari mine...
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Zim denies 'blood diamonds' claim - 0 views

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    At a meeting on preventing the sale of "blood diamonds", Zimbabwe has denied claims of killings in its diamond fields...
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Gold Miners Ravage Vietnam's Rivers - 0 views

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    After the Amazon forests and California rivers, it is the turn of Vietnam's rivers to fall prey to the unscrupulous activities of gold miners...
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Mining Giant Looks to Power Itself with Biodiesel - 0 views

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    Vale announces a project to produce biodiesel to supply its operations in the Northern region of Brazil, from 2014 onwards...
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Asia's biggest iron ore deposit found in China - 0 views

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    In a major development on Wednesday, China discovered huge iron ore deposits in...
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New Blog! Anglo American and Xstrata deal unlikely to go through - 0 views

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    Without delving much into the synergies that are likely to be realised from the complimentary businesses, such as coal and iron ore, my feeling is that it looks very unlikely that this proposed merger between Xstrata and Anglo American Corporation will be consummated...
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Great Basin Gold Buys 3,600 Acres for Indian Tribe - 0 views

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    Great Basin Gold says it has purchased more than 3,600 acres in northern Nevada to be set aside for the Western Shoshone...
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Green energy a future option for mine expansion - 0 views

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    BHP Billiton is hopeful green energy will remain a "future opportunity" for the Olympic Dam expansion. Its proposed expansion is...
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Tainted mining area gets emergency aid - 0 views

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    The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday declared its first-ever "public health emergency," saying the federal government will...
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60+ feared dead as Peruvian Amazon mining, oil protests descend into anarchy - 0 views

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    In the worst violence Peru has experienced since the end of the Shining Path revolt in the 1990s...
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Canadian Diamond To Launch on Space Shuttle - 0 views

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    A diamond from the Northwest Territories will launch into space and into history this month when...
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Uranium Market: Russia Wants On Top - 0 views

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    Russia's Techsnabexport (Tenex) has signed a landmark agreement with US utilities firm Fuelco worth...
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Palmer plans $6.5b coal behemoth - 0 views

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    Mining magnate Clive Palmer has unveiled plans for one of the nation's biggest-ever resource projects in Central Queensland...
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Is China headed for coal production overcapacity? - 0 views

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    The deputy director of the China Coal Industry Association says "weak demand has resulted in...
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