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Taliban take over Swat’s emerald mines

While President  Zardari extending a begging bowl to every western countrie's head to "fight terrorism", back in home taliban leaders maybe wondering at their luck. They need ask anyone for money. They are the proud owner of emerald mines now. Only thing left for Taliban...

Rio Tinto to cut 14,000 jobs

The fire in job market is reaching Australia know. slow down in demand of almost all the commodity , and related impact on mining is forcing the Rio to fire 14000 employees.But unfortunately all effort to control...

World - 100 countries sign cluster bomb ban; US, Russia, China refuse

" OSLO, NORWAY: Nations began signing a treaty banning cluster bombs on Wednesday in a move that supporters hope will shame the US, Russia and China and other non-signers into abandoning weapons blamed for maiming and killing civilians. Norway, which began the drive to...

15 dead in China coal mine accident

This is not the single such story from the dark and deep mines of China, we hear such kind of mine blast on regular basis.Why chines are so unsafe to work.Even death toll is not the true picture of the reality.The much reguated chinese media dont have the liberty to...

Freelance Jobboards – Are They Worth?

<< How to start as a freelancer   There are quite a lot busy online freelance project exchanges these days. Aimed to meet providers with buyers and eventually benefit during the process, we'll probably see them growing and deviating. So, when and what are they...

Rats and a cat bodyguard recruited to tackle Colombia's land mines

One often hears the expression 'I smell a rat' but in Columbia rats are being trained to use their sense of smell to sniff out land mines. If that's not amazing enough they also have a cat acting as their...

Hectares of ancient fossil forests found in abandoned US coal mines

Five new fossilized forests have been discovered in a series of interconnected US coal mines, adding to one found at the same site last year.  The fossilized vegetation covers thousands of hectares, across...

India plans to build eight 700-MW nuclear plants

"The country plans to build eight 700-MW nuclear plants to boost its nuclear power generation capacity to about 10,000 MW and is stepping up exploration to uncover new uranium mines, a top Atomic Energy Commission official has said. At present the country has a nuclear...

Eighteen killed in China coal mine collapse

China seems to having all kinds of problems this year. In this latest incident more than 18 people have been killed.   " Eighteen people were confirmed dead after a coal shaft collapsed in northwest China, the official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday. At...

China to Shut Mines, Oil Wells, Plants, After Quake

In response to the aftermath of the catastrophic earthquake in southwestern China on Monday, several large energy-producing companies are being forced to halt production until conditions for safe operations have...

Inflation rate is worst in 17 years

Troubling numbers on the economy today.  Hopefully this doesn't signal stagflation:"WASHINGTON - Higher costs for energy and food last year pushed inflation up by the largest amount in 17 years, even though prices generally remained tame outside of those two areas....

POLITICS-US: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel

"POLITICS-US: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel Analysis by Gareth Porter* Credit:Press-TV Image from Iranian video depicting the Jan. 7 encounter with U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz. WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (IPS) - Despite the official and media...

Jambi has 500 million tons of exploitable coal deposits

"Jambi`s calculated and exploitable coal potential with calories of 4,500 to 5,400 kkal/kg reached 500 million tons.This vast energy potential needs to be exploited and used for economic development, especially electric energy generation, Jambi Governor H Zulkifli Nurdin said...

Straits Asia to buy two more Indonesian coal mining concessions

"The company said it is conducting due diligence and will pay 25 million US dollars once the due diligence is completed. A further 114 million dollars will be paid once Indonesian government approvals have been secured, the company told Thomson Financial. The two concessions...

Mozambique's Mine-Detecting Rats

Fifteen years after the end of Mozambique's civil war, unexploded ordinance continues to pockmark the landscape. to the rescue come ... giant rats.Two years ago, a European demining firm touched upon training...

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