Al Qaeda decapitated 12 Mauritanian Soldiers

"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...

Elections in Alaska 26 August 2008

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...

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....

Obscene Exploitation. Crime Against Humanity. No Shame. John Leslie, Daniel G...

      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...

Tribe takes on global mining firm

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...

Mongolia opposition demands partial vote recount

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 of mining in Goa and threat to ecology

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...

Climate protest halts coal train

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...

PT Timah books rp1.78 trillion in net profits last year

"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...

Canada’s TVI Pacific Faces Tribal Justice

 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...

Villagers Protecting Environment Face Persecution in India

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...

Stalking the best gold and silver juniors a profitable summer sport « Peter ...

"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. "

First Nations Rally In A Gathering of Mother Earth's Protectors

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...

Takeovers to ignite junior mining stocks, says E&Y study « Peter J. Cooper...

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.

Toxic air fears after Oklahoma twister

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...

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