By The Independent,
March 18, 2010 at 1:45 AM -
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Four Rio Tinto executives facing spying and bribery charges in China will go on trial in Shanghai on Monday with part of their hearing held in secret, the Australian government confirmed yesterday. The Anglo-Australian mining giant refused to comment
By International Mining,
March 18, 2010 at 1:40 AM -
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The Kumtor gold mine in the Kyrgz Republic has implemented Modular Mining’s IntelliMine® suite of products into its operation. The installation includes the DISPATCH® mine management system, the MasterLink® wireless network, the PowerViewTM reporting software suite, as well as interfacing with the VIMS® system on Caterpillar haul trucks. All of these were selected to assist [...]
By International Mining,
March 18, 2010 at 1:28 AM -
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Yukon-Nevada Gold achieved positive results with recent stack tests at its wholly owned subsidiary Queenstake Resources’ Jerritt Canyon gold mine, near Elko, Nevada. The developing mercury recovery and control technology there has produced positive results. Six stack tests, conducted by an independent contractor, all showed mercury levels at approximately 50% and SO2 levels of less than 2% of the [...]
By CKNW Vancouver News,
March 18, 2010 at 1:18 AM -
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A report suggests that companies going deep underground to get at oilsands deposits have a wide range of environmental performance. The report's author, Simon Dyer of Edmonton's Pembina Institute, says the differences show that government rules aren't
By Sheetmetalworld.com,
March 18, 2010 at 12:19 AM -
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Verderflex has exported 30 of its VF hose pumps to Morocco. Verderflex has exported 30 of its VF hose pumps to Morocco.
By Sheetmetalworld.com,
March 18, 2010 at 12:19 AM -
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AVX has expanded its multilayer Transguard Series to include an 85VDC rating in a 1210 case size.
By ABC Radio Australia News,
March 18, 2010 at 12:14 AM -
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Australian national Stern Hu is charged with giving and receiving bribes. [Rio Tinto: Supplied] Stephen McDonell, China correspondent It has been eight months coming, but the detained executives from Rio Tinto's Shanghai-based iron ore negotiating team
By Morningstar.com,
March 18, 2010 at 12:14 AM -
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MELBOURNE -(Dow Jones)- The Australian Taxation Office said Thursday it is still considering whether to launch a fresh appeal after losing the latest round in its long-running A$2.2 billion tax dispute with mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP.AU). The
By Morningstar.com,
March 18, 2010 at 12:13 AM -
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VIENNA -(Dow Jones)- A symposium of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in Baghdad would take place in October instead of coinciding with OPEC's 50th anniversary in Sept, Iraq's OPEC governor said Wednesday. In a press statement closing a
By Perth Now,
March 18, 2010 at 12:13 AM -
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THE taxman has lost an appeal in a $2.2 billion tax case against the financial arm of mining giant BHP. One judge said businesses would have been put "in a torturous straightjacket," if the ATO had won. The long-running case relates to two bad debts that
By Perth Now,
March 18, 2010 at 12:13 AM -
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CHINA has taken the advice of former Australian competition tsar Allan Fels that it has the right to investigate and challenge the $US116 billion ($126bn) merger between Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton's Pilbara iron ore operations. China, as the world's
By Silicon Alley Insider,
March 18, 2010 at 12:11 AM -
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Ex-Yahoos Bassel Ojjeh and Krishna Uppala today launched nPario , a data mining company that promises to increase 'insights into customer behavior.' Bassel Ojjeh was a SVP Strategic Data Solutions at Yahoo, and left the company in October. He is CEO
By Adelaide Now,
March 18, 2010 at 12:10 AM -
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THE share market has risen in opening trade, after US stocks closed higher for a seventh straight session. At 10.15am AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 8.5 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 4861.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 8.8
By Environmental Protection Agency,
March 18, 2010 at 12:09 AM -
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By TradingMarkets,
March 18, 2010 at 12:09 AM -
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The world's largest resources company plans to spend about A$20 billion (US$18.46 billion) on capital expenditure next year, BHP Billiton chairman Don Argus said in his final letter to shareholders before his retirement on March 30. "We remain cautious
By Stockwatch,
March 18, 2010 at 12:06 AM -
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Pinnacle Mines Ltd. has revised its Dec. 30, 2009, NI 43-101 preliminary economic assessment report for its Silver Coin gold project located near the town of Stewart, in northwestern British Columbia. The revised technical report prepared by the
By Arab News,
March 18, 2010 at 12:05 AM -
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VIENNA: OPEC ministers agreed not to change oil output targets they are already exceeding, anticipating that demand will pick up later in the year to mop up extra barrels the producers may pump. But with economic recovery still fragile as powerhouse
By ABC Online,
March 18, 2010 at 12:03 AM -
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The company that oversees the coal supply chain to the Dalrymple Bay terminal in central Queensland says wet weather continues to affect operations. The speed limit for trains across the Goonyella supply chain network has been dropped by 20 kilometres
By FinanzNachrichten.de,
March 18, 2010 at 12:03 AM -
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MELBOURNE, March 18 (Reuters) - Global miner BHP Billiton said it expects to finalise its iron ore joint venture with Rio Tinto this year and took a swipe at a plan being considered by Australia to hike taxes on miners. 'It is imperative that the impact
By FOXNews.com,
March 17, 2010 at 11:58 PM -
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Dow Jones Newswires SYDNEY -(Dow Jones)- BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) outgoing Chairman Don Argus said Thursday he remained cautious about the state of the global economy, as countries face the difficult task of winding back stimulus measures. Argus, in
By Opalesque,
March 17, 2010 at 11:54 PM -
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From Petroleum-economist.com: The world is cutting down on carbon emissions, but it will continue to rely heavily on Opec oil. Opec must invest in new production capacity, says the IEA. Oil demand is unlikely ever to reach 105m barrels a day (b/d),
By Opalesque,
March 17, 2010 at 11:54 PM -
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From Reuters: Oil demand is picking up and that could mean OPEC does not need to take any further action on supply this year, the group?s biggest producer Saudi Arabia said as ministers prepared to rubber stamp existing outpaced targets. ?We have been
By Opalesque,
March 17, 2010 at 11:54 PM -
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From Commodityonline.com: Commodity prices may see a mixed bag this week. Gold and silver have some upward momentum, and could move higher after some rocky price experiences last week. Petroleum prices meanwhile may well decline over the coming week, as
By BusinessWeek,
March 17, 2010 at 11:52 PM -
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March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Australian stocks rose as higher prices for oil and metals boosted commodity companies, while Japanese index futures were little changed. Rio Tinto Group, the worlds third-biggest mining company, gained 0.5 percent in Sydney as
By ABC Online,
March 17, 2010 at 11:47 PM -
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Queensland Treasurer Andrew Frawer says he has no plans to increase coal royalties in this year's state budget. The chief executive of the Queensland Resources Council (QRC), Michael Roche, is urging the Government to honour its election promise not to
By Yahoo! News Australia,
March 17, 2010 at 11:47 PM -
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A federal coalition MP has called on the prime minister to do more for Australian businessman Stern Hu, who faces trial in China on charges of receiving bribes and infringing commercial secrets.Authorities have announced the Rio Tinto mining executive's
By Western Review,
March 17, 2010 at 11:12 PM -
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Petroleum and Energy, The CEO of the Carbon Capture and Storage Association in England, the International Trade's Oil Sands Advocacy Group and a host of Canadian ambassadors. McQueen will also get the chance to visit a carbon capture and storage site in
By Daily Caller,
March 17, 2010 at 9:24 PM -
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Michigan’s top 15 agricultural commodities in cash receipts in 2008, the most recent year available: 1. Milk, $1.49 billion 2. Corn, $1.2 billion 3. Soybeans, $714.8 million 4. Floriculture, $633.5 million 5. Cattle and calves, $384.9 million 6.
By AllAfrica.com,
March 17, 2010 at 9:22 PM -
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(New York) In April 2008, Ethiopia's first commodity exchange was established in a country where only a third of the agricultural produce reached the market. The Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) was created to provide security and visibility for the
By Puget Sound Business Journal,
March 17, 2010 at 9:22 PM -
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More than half (27) of the nation's 50 worst power plants for mercury emissions increased their mercury emissions from 2007 to 2008 (the latest year for which data is available), according to a new report from the nonprofit and nonpartisan Environmental
By Calgary Herald,
March 17, 2010 at 9:22 PM -
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The cost of Shell's Athabasca oilsands expansion project has climbed by $600 million this year to $14.3 billion, but much of the increase in being blamed on a higher Canadian dollar. Chevron Corp., one of
By Mongabay.com,
March 17, 2010 at 9:19 PM -
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Plans for a coal power plant in the Malaysian state of Sabah in northern Borneo have run into stiff opposition. Environmentalists say the coal plant could damage extensive coral reef systems, pollute water supplies, open rainforests to mining, and
By Reuters Canada,
March 17, 2010 at 9:19 PM -
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The Dow industrials gained for a sixth straight session to hit an intraday 17-month high, while a major pan-European stock index surged to a 17-month closing high. The U.S. dollar fell against higher-yielding currencies such as the Australian dollar,
By FinanzNachrichten.de,
March 17, 2010 at 9:18 PM -
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NEW YORK, March 17 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures settled higher on Wednesday after a government oil inventory report showed falling fuel supplies and as the dollar softened in the wake of the Federal Reserve interest rate decision. 'A renewed
By Scientific American,
March 17, 2010 at 9:17 PM -
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By 104.9 EZ Rock,
March 17, 2010 at 9:15 PM -
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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government is launching what it calls the first comprehensive review of the province's mining industry since the 1970s. The government says the aim is to come up with a development strategy that puts the
By Business Financial Newswire,
March 17, 2010 at 9:15 PM -
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Business Financial Newswire - Vision-based industrial systems provider Seeing Machines has signed a contract to supply its DSS product suite to two companies in BHP Billiton's Energy Coal unit. The contract includes fit-out of the entire haul truck
By Yahoo! Canada,
March 17, 2010 at 9:15 PM -
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BURLINGTON, ON, March 17 /CNW/ - Silver Shield Resources (SSR-TSXV) announces that it has signed the final Option and Joint Venture Agreement, whereby The Company and a private company, Mhakari Gold, will each acquire 50% of four groups of mining claims
By FOXBusiness.com,
March 17, 2010 at 9:14 PM -
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(Marketwire via COMTEX) ----Conquest Resources Limited (TSX VENTURE:CQR) wishes to clarify that it has not acquired any interest in the Detour Lake Gold Project being developed by Detour Gold Corp. Conquest has been exploring its own Detour Lake Area
By Zibb,
March 17, 2010 at 9:08 PM -
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Companies: Alkermes, Inc. (ALKS), Cameco Corp. (CCO), Canadian Oil Sands Trust (COS.UN), Merrill Lynch Biotech HOLDRs Trust (BBH), Shire PLC (SHPGY) In midday trading Wednesday, the SPDR S&P International Energy Sector ETF (IPW) is outperforming other
By Marshall County Pilot News,
March 17, 2010 at 9:04 PM -
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up about 2.9% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Canadian Oil Sands Trust (COS
By Victoria Star Online,
March 17, 2010 at 8:12 PM -
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Alberta government will be rolling out initiatives over the next few weeks to combat "propaganda campaigns" against the oilsands. Energy Minister Ron Liepert says both the province and the oil and gas industry are under attack from well-funded
By Reuters Africa,
March 17, 2010 at 7:30 PM -
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VIENNA, March 17 (Reuters) - OPEC ministers agreed not to change oil output targets they are already exceeding, anticipating that demand will pick up later in the year to mop up extra barrels the producers may pump. But with economic recovery still
By Saudi Arabia Information Source,
March 17, 2010 at 7:27 PM -
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In advance of Opec's production group meeting, Saudi Arabia's oil minister Ali Naimi has said he expects OPEC oil output to hold steady throughout 2010. "The Saudis, who are OPEC's top producers, usually have their way within the organization. But with
By Sky News Australia,
March 17, 2010 at 7:26 PM -
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The Australian Greens have called on Foreign Minister Stephen Smith to lobby his Chinese counterpart to ensure the trial of an Australian businessman is open and fair. The Chinese have announced that Stern Hu will face trial from next Monday on charges
By What Investment,
March 17, 2010 at 7:26 PM -
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Miners lead FTSE gains this morning with Fresnillo, Kazakhmys and Xstrata taking the top three positions on the leader board. With renewed optimism off of the back of the Federal Reserves decision to keep its monetary policy stance unchanged and the Bank
By ABC Online,
March 17, 2010 at 7:24 PM -
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Stern Hu has been charged with receiving bribes and infringing commercial secrets. (Rio Tinto: Supplied) The Australian Government has expressed concern at a decision by Chinese officials to conduct parts of the trial of Stern Hu and three other Rio
By Lanka Business Online,
March 17, 2010 at 7:24 PM -
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The World Gold Council, an industry advocacy body said, gold made up 10 percent of the country's foreign reserve assets after Sri Lanka bought 10 tonnes of gold from the IMF pushing its total stock to 15.3 tonnes. Sri Lanka had about 5.0 billion US
By AggMan,
March 17, 2010 at 7:23 PM -
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The U.S. Senate voted 61 to 30 on March 15 to end debate on the amended version of the 'jobs bill' H.R. 2847 and proceed to a final vote on the measure Wednesday, March 17at 9:30 a.m. EDT, according to the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association
By NewsToday.co.za,
March 17, 2010 at 7:22 PM -
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The Swedish government has promised to help South Africa develop more renewable energy sources as the two countries vow to fight the devastating effects of climate change. Briefing the media following their meeting in Tuynhuis on Wednesday, Deputy
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