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Alabama Steel Industry and Coal Mine Exploration Review and Future


As steelmakers cut production, and coal stockpiles increase, Alabama miners are nervous about the future.
Two years ago, Alabama’s coal mining boomed. Industries worldwide gobbled up coal as quickly as they could get it.

Australian Mining Companies Forecast Strong Increase Iron Ore-Copper Mine Production


Australia forecast a strong rise in iron ore production and a 10 percent jump in copper mine output in the year to June 2010, even after factoring in a more prolonged economic slump that has already triggered supply curbs.

Avalon Ventures Ltd. Progress Report Drilling Result Thor Lake Rare Metals Project


Avalon Ventures Ltd. is pleased to provide the following progress report on the 2008 work program on its 100% owned Thor Lake Rare Metals project located near Yellowknife, NWT. The summer drilling program on the Lake Zone Rare Earth Element (”REE”) deposit concluded in September bringing the cumulative totals since drilling commenced in 2007 [...]

Zimbabwe to localise company ownership


President Robert Mugabe’s government is seeking to transfer majority control of “public companies and any other business” to black Zimbabweans, a move critics say could deepen the country’s economic crisis.
A bill the government made public on Monday will be presented to parliament proposing indigenous black Zimbabweans will get at least a 51 per cent share [...]