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The Big Mining Company, Rio sees ops robust to weather crisis
Global miner and takeover target Rio Tinto sees most of its projects in a strong position to weather any economic scenario, with its new ilmenite project on track to produce in 2008, it said on Sunday.
Chief Executive Tom Albanese said the $1 billion ilmenite project in Madagascar was a good example of a project [...]
Earnings Of Coal Port Newcastle Port Declines
Reported from Australian media, delivery of coal from the biggest port in Australian experiences degradation. degradation gets attention from company pengekspor coal and owner of port.
Degradation of earnings of port Newcastle, estimated existence of conflict between exploration companies of coal and industry coal. invesment to increase delivery capacities at port of Newcastle unmatched to target.
Two Biggest Mining Companies After Merge, An Ambition Becomes The Biggest Mine Company In World
Marius Kloppers is determined to win his $127bn battle to merge BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, but must beat regulatory hurdles – and Rio’s opposition. Ruth Sunderland met a late starter who could become one of the globe’s most powerful men.
Marius Kloppers, chief executive of mining giant BHP Billiton, could be the patron saint of [...]
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 [...]
Byproducts Part I: Is There a Tellurium Rush in the Making?
The world has had many gold rushes, two uranium rushes, so far that I can remember, and now, I think we’re on the verge of a tellurium rush. What’s that all about?
It’s about the time lag between the discovery of a chemical element and the discovery of a use for it. Briefly, until the last [...]
Chinese Coal Companies to De-Gas Mines
We discussed with Pacific Asia China Energy executive vice president Steve Khan the latest developments in the company’s coal-mine degasification strategy unfolding in China. The company’s subsidiary was recently awarded a multi-million dollar drilling contract with a subsidiary of China’s largest coal miner. Shenhua Group awarded Pacific Asia China Energy its first drilling contract in [...]
Gasification of coal worries some in Bowie
THIS IS the second of two stories about the proposed power plant near Bowie. The first ran April 4, 2007.
BOWIE – More questions than answers is how some in the Bowie area and the County Board of Supervisors regard a proposed coal-burning plant.
SouthWestern Power Group (SWPG) purchased more than 1,300 acres off of Rosewood Road [...]
Gasification of coal worries some in Bowie
This is the second of two stories about the proposed power plant near Bowie.
More questions than answers is how some people living in the Bowie area and the County Board of Supervisors regard a proposed coal-burning plant. SouthWestern Power Group (SWPG) purchased more than 1,300 acres off of Rosewood Road to build a 600-megawatt Integrated [...]
