"Mauritania says 12 held by al Qaeda were decapitated Sat 20 Sep 2008, 17:54 GMTNOUAKCHOTT, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Twelve Mauritanian soldiers who were abducted in an attack on their patrol claimed by al Qaeda have been found killed with their heads cut off, a senior official of...
Today is polling day in Alaska and although it is mostly primary elections it should be of great National interest. Four questions will be decided, one concerning the mining industry, another how Fish & Game...
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....
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With Miners making 95 dollars a year, how can the world let this happen? Who and why are people/s rights being sold to a bunch of thieves like this!? WAKE UP!!!! These...
High in the monsoon mists in eastern India there is place called Golgola where witchdoctors still make sacrifices to the gods and where the tribes believe the hills are sacred, but where they fear their way of life...
Following temporary unrest in the country's capital after a disputed election result, Mongolia's opposition leader is demanding a recount."Mongolia's opposition leader demanded on Friday a vote recount in 12 areas, in a challenge to preliminary election results that showed...
Shocking realities ore pollution in Goa one of India's leading producers Some shocking realities about Goa's mining scenario from the Centre for Science and Environment's 2008 report on the Indian environment. Goa is India's smallest state—spread over 3,70,200 ha -- it...
A group of protestors have stopped a coal train in its tracks in the UK, after attachign lines to the train's wheels to stop it from moving."About 30 climate campaigners have halted a train taking coal to one of Europe's biggest power stations in North Yorkshire. A giant...
"Jakarta, (ANTARA News) - State tin mining company PT Timah Tbk (Timah) last year booked a net profit of Rp1.78 trillion (Rp3,546 per share), which was a 757 percent increase compared to Rp208 billion (Rp414 per share) in 2006.The increased net profit was thanks to the...
The Canadian mining company TVI Pacific, who operates a gold mine in the Southern Philippines, has been found guilty of numerous crimes by the traditional justice authority of the Subanon People - the...
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Colamb village is some 60 kilometers from the state capital Panjim in
the western state of Goa where villagers are up in arms against mining
and its fall out, but only to suffer in the form of arrests by police.
It's a village sandwiched between the two Talukas of Quepem...
"However, with gold prices on the way up this sort of investment interest will surely quickly revive stock market interest in the junior mining sector which has plumbed an all-time historic low this year. "
A rally message to Dalton McGinty: First Nations have the right to say no to mining and clear-cut logging on their land.
With the smell of burning sweet grass and the sound of beating drums, over a thousand First...
A study published yesterday by top accountants Ernst and Young reported that almost half of the large mining companies interviewed need to make acquisitions to meet aggressive growth targets and a thumping 90 per cent said they will make an acquisition in the next two years.
The Environmental Protection Agency is checking for high levels of lead in the air after a twister swept through Picher, Oklahoma. Picher was formally a center of zinc and lead mining, and noted as one of the...