Rising gold prices trigger mining rush in India The Times Of India KOLKATA: As gold prices reach record highs, it is adding new lustre to prospects for gold mining. While moves are afoot to revive state-owned Bharat Gold Mines (BGML), closed since 2001, Deccan Gold Mines, the country’s only listed private gold miner, is also stepping on the gas to start gold prod...
Swing-vote MP hints at possible Labor deal Gulf News | Canberra: One of three independent MPs needed by Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard to form a minority government hinted yesterday he could negotiate on Labor's mining profits tax he has previously opposed. | Maverick outback MP Bob Katter gave Gillard and conservative Opposition Leade...
Tata Steel to pump up the volume with Canadian iron ore project Mineweb | Tata Steel is set to invest in a Canadian firm to ensure raw material securityas it build snew plants at Kalinganagar and Chhattisgarh, as it plans to expand capacity at Jamshedpur. | MUMBAI - | The world's 7th-largest steel producer, In...
Chile mine rescue effort bolstered Al Jazeera | Engineers in Chile have assembled a faster drilling machine for the operation to rescue 33 miners trapped underground since August 5. | The arrival of the new machinery, which will be used to enlarge an existing supply shaft, brought new hope ...
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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 Mad...
Miners' morale leaps as Chile rescue drill inches closer Inquirer | COPIAPO—The morale of 33 miners trapped in Chile soared Wednesday after music and hot meals were supplied, and NASA added its experience to keeping them healthy while a rescue dr...
Gold price at record high Deccan Chronicle --> Gold price at record high | Share ARTICLEURL | Mumbai, Sept. 1: Gold prices touched yet another high on Wednesday as concerns over the health of the US economy pushed the inves...
World news briefs - Sept. 4, 2010 Ohio | NEW ZEALAND | Powerful quake strikes | A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early today and caused widespread damage, but there were just two reports of serious injuries. Looters broke into some damaged shop...
Trapped miners get dirty jokes to lift their spirit! Deccan Herald London, Sep 4 (IANS): Saturday, September 04, 2010 --> | Messages that are being sent down to the trapped miners in Chile include a 'dirty joke of the day'. | The miners have been trapped since Aug 5 when a tunnel collapsed at the mine, located about...
Oil lingers near $75 in Asia as stock markets gain Breitbart BANGKOK (AP) - Oil prices lingered near $75 a barrel Friday in Asia, largely holding onto a big gain the day before as investors put a positive spin on U.S. economic reports and Asian stock markets rose. | Benchmark oil for October delivery was down 30 cents at $74.72 a barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile ...
Greenpeace Urges Facebook To Abandon Coal Power redOrbit | Greenpeace said Wednesday that half-a-million Facebook users have now joined their campaign calling for the online social network to cancel plans to buy electricity from a coal-based energy company for its new data center. | Facebook announced its plan in January to build a large data center in Prineville, Oregon, saying that the new facility wou...
