Vale: The World's Largest Iron Ore Miner Laying off 1,300 Workers

" Vale (VALE5.SA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the world's largest iron ore miner, said on Wednesday it is laying off 1,300 workers and putting 5,500 more on paid leave, the latest sign of Brazil's...

34 dead after mudslide sweeps through Chinese town

Mining business in China is always fraught with risk and it has highest number of casualties. Most of the victims are the poor miners. A muslide in northern China has killed more than 34 people killed after a warehouse wall collapsed. The warehouse was stored with mine waste....

Mittal considering takeover of Rio Tinto

Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal is conetemplating to takeover the Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto. " Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, the biggest shareholder in ArcelorMittal, is considering...

Girl Friends Abortion rumors sting Republican

"Several months ago, the ingredients were in place for Republicans to mount a serious challenge in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. Democratic Rep. Darlene Hooley announced her retirement in February,...

Ore. woman loses her $1 million jackpot

Crime does not always pay."MEDFORD, Ore. — A judge ruled that a woman who used a stolen credit card to buy a winning scratch-it ticket has no right to the $1 million prize. Jackson County Judge Ray White ruled Thursday that the winnings were the proceeds of illegal activity...

Portland Transit Apologizes To Kissing Girls

As previously reported on NP, two teenage girls who kissed on a bus were kicked off after a female passenger complained. The disgusted bus driver stopped on the street and kicked the girls off the bus.Wednesday,...

DU Found In The Semen Of US Gulf War Veterans

DU can reside in the testicles where it emits radiation that may cause genetic health effects. Female veterans are THREE TIMES as likely to have children with birth defects because of damage to the ovum and sperm.

Mining Merger Mania

"You can't tell the players without a program. CHRONOLOGY-Key dates in Canada mining takeover wars "

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