Nike to change WVU ad campaign after environmentalist make their voices heard The Examiner | Appalachian environmentalists outrage has made Nike re-vise a recent campaign where the combined the West Virginia University football team and the coal industry. The uniforms, number 29 on the helmets, posters and commercial were said to be a tribute to the 29 miners killed in the April 5th explo...
Rio Tinto to grow Indian diamond presence Mineweb | In a major boost to gold and diamond mining in India, mining giant Rio Tinto, which has discovered an immensely rich diamond resource of 37 million tonnes in northern India's Madhya Pradesh state, is set to invest $79 million in the country. | MUMBAI - | Normal 0 false false false EN-GB...
Mining Group Lobbies Australian Independents Wall Street Journal By ENDA CURRAN | SYDNEY—The Minerals Council of Australia Saturday moved to pressure the three independent lawmakers critical to propping up a new minority government to oppose a planned new mining tax by placing full-page advertisements in nat...
Carolina facet The News & Observer | Every once in awhile, North Carolinians are reminded that buried treasure lies all around us, and it's not Blackbeard the pirate's. The state is rich in minerals of many types, from high-volume industrial materials such as phosphate rock (we're No....
Where Dams Once Stood, Prospectors Spur Anger Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | GOLD HILL, Ore. -- When four dams on the Rogue River here were scheduled for removal, environmentalists predicted many benefits: more salmon and steelhead swimming upriver to spawn; more gravel carried downriver to replenish the riverbed; more raft...
Where Dams Once Stood, Prospectors Spur Anger The New York Times | GOLD HILL, Ore. — When four dams on the Rogue River here were scheduled for removal, environmentalists predicted many benefits: more salmon and steelhead swimming upriver to spawn; more gravel carried downriver to replenish the riverbed; more...
Ore for majors irks miners Deccan Chronicle --> Ore for majors irks miners | Share ARTICLEURL | Bellary, Sept. 3: Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s announcement on granting fresh iron ore mining leases to global steel giants, has annoyed the old players in the Bellary mining industry. | More...
Coal India public offer gets Crisil's top grading The Hindu | Special Correspondent | This is the | first IPO of a | public sector undertaking to bag this recognition | KOLKATA: Crisil has assigned a top-grading to the proposed share-sale of public sector Coal India Ltd (CIL), giving it a Crisil initial publi...
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Indian Economy Accelerating The New York Times | MUMBAI — While many developed economies worry increasingly about slowing growth and continued high unemployment, India said Tuesday that its economy was accelerating. | Sha...
'Unprecedented' challenge to save Chilean miners Kansas City Star Related: | Photos | "factbox" --> More News | The effort to save 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean mine is an unprecedented challenge, mining safety experts said Tuesday. It means m...
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 18:00 ET Insurance Newsnet | Aug 31, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 31-Aug-10 18:00 ET | 17:33 | XRIT X-Rite receives U.S. patent for non-contact color measurement technology...
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Coal India gets higher IPO ratings Deccan Chronicle --> Coal India gets higher IPO ratings | Share ARTICLEURL | CRISIL has assigned a CRISIL IPO Grade “5/5” (pronounced “five on five”) to the proposed initial public offer (IPO) of Coal India Ltd. This grade reflects Coal India’s dominant pos...
How long will yellow metal be the golden goose for investors? Gulf News | The popularity of gold has rocketed in recent years, reflecting the investor stampede to traditional safe havens at a time of extreme volatility in equity and property markets. The gold price has soared from around $550 (Dh2,020) in early 2006 to $...
Miners take up fight against rent tax again The Australian | The mining industry is concerned at Labor's deal with the Greens | THE Minerals Council of Australia has re-entered the debate over Labor's proposed $10.5 billion mining tax with full-page advertisements appearing in newspapers across the coun...
