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The Biggest Steel Company and Producer, ArcelorMittal Reports Loses $1.063 Billion in First Quater
The world’s biggest steel maker ArcelorMittal on Wednesday reported a net loss of 1.063 billion dollars (806 million euros) in the first quarter, almost twice as much as analysts expected.
Grants looks to reclaim title of “Uranium Capital of the World”
It might have been the tombstone for an industry.
The neatly inscribed chunk of rock 25 miles north of Grants marks the final resting place of about 7 million dry tons of tailings – the finely crushed radioactive leftovers of extracting uranium from rock – from the mill site at Ambrosia Lake.
It’s meant as a warning [...]
Valley farmers’ concern grows over MEA coal plan
Acid emissions from coal-fired power plants can strip calcium and magnesium from farmers’ soil. Will sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide from Matanuska Electric Association’s proposed coal-fired plant acidify Valley farm land, strip calcium and magnesium from soil and mobilize heavy metal in wetlands, lakes and streams?
The answer depends are where farmers choose to farm.
River Bean [...]
Resources uranium carried in balance to rise: The actual value is in the base of capital
I’ve been reviewing Uranium Resources’ Annual Report over the last few days, and would like to provide some commentary on both the general market for uranium and on the prospects for this company.
First, with regards to the uranium market, anyone who believes that this major supply crunch is going to be solved over the near [...]
Flooding at Canada Uranium Mine Is Tied to Blasting by Cameco
Cameco Corp. announced at 2:11 a.m. on Oct. 23 that its Cigar Lake uranium mine in northwest Canada had flooded after a “rock fall,” jeopardizing the world’s richest undeveloped source of nuclear fuel.
In the six months since, Cameco has said little about the circumstances behind a disaster that will delay production at its $25.5 billion [...]
Flooding at Canada Uranium Mine Is Tied to Blasting by Cameco
Cameco Corp. announced at 2:11 a.m. on Oct. 23 that its Cigar Lake uranium mine in northwest Canada had flooded after a “rock fall,” jeopardizing the world’s richest undeveloped source of nuclear fuel.
In the six months since, Cameco has said little about the circumstances behind a disaster that will delay production at its $25.5 billion [...]
Researchers study how to replace petroleum with plant-derived sugar
As an energy source, fermented sugar is amazingly versatile: one form can liven up a party, another can propel a car.
It might also form the basis for making disposable diapers, antifreeze and plastic pop bottles.
In a drive for renewable, cost-effective technology, Northwest researchers are taking green chemistry into the future by studying how to replace [...]
BRAZIL’S NEWEST BOOM TOWN BRINGS QUICK RICHES ALONG WITH CRIME, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
It’s a gold rush in the jungle, driven by the Internet.
Speeding past unbroken walls of foliage, a motorboat packed with gritty prospectors veers toward the shore of the Juma river. Rising up along the steep, muddy banks, a city of black plastic lean-tos appears veiled by greasy smoke.
All around them are newly dug pits, felled [...]
Why The U.S Is In Need Of a Nuclear Renaissance
James Finch submits: Depending upon which side of the fence you are sitting, the nuclear renaissance is either in full blossom or an arid landscape. The new uranium miners – Paladin Resources (TSX: PDN.TO – News), UrAsia (AMEX: UUU – News) and SXR Uranium One (TSX: SXR.TO – News) – celebrate the record spot and [...]
