China's help to Africa is sincere and welcomed by African people China Daily | Editor's note: The following is the transcript of Premier Wen Jiabao's press conference at the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). | Wen Jiabao: Friends from the press, good afternoon. Sharm El Sheikh is beautiful. The host told me that it would take at ...
Clean drinking water is becoming more precious than gold The Examiner | It seems ironic that precious metals, energy resources, and our lifestyles are negatively impacting the one resource that all life depends upon. Clean drinking water is becoming scarce and a precious commodity. Is it more precious than gold? | Coloradoans live in the heart of one of the largest wa...
Golden spike: Boom times for precious metal Philadelphia Daily News | DAVE CARPENTER | The Associated Press | CHICAGO - The new gold rush is on. | The price of the precious metal is soaring, hitting a record $1,119 an ounce on Wednesday , confounding market analysts who thought there was no way gold would remain so e...
Stocks Rise as Dollar Continues to Dictate Trading The New York Times | Filed at 4:54 p.m. ET | NEW YORK (AP) -- Another weak day for the dollar and upbeat economic news from China gave investors more reason to keep buying stocks. | A drop in the dollar lifted gold and oil prices after Federal Reserve officials signale...
Gold Fields Obtains Cyanide Accreditation Modern Ghana GOLD FIELDS Limited has become the first mining group to obtain accreditation for all its operations with the International Cyanide Management Code. | A statement issued by the company said the feat followed full accreditation of the code achieved by...
For bargain wines, this is a very good year Seattle Post-Intelligence | It's no surprise what goes through our minds when we're standing in front of the wine shelf, scanning for bargains. | But what about the folks on the other side of the equation? What are the wine buyers thinking when they're scouting for deals? | I...
For bargain wines, this is a very good year Seattle Post | It's no surprise what goes through our minds when we're standing in front of the wine shelf, scanning for bargains. | But what about the folks on the other side of the equation? What are the wine buyers thinking when they're scouting for deals? | I...
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Business Diary: At last, RBS spots a money-making plan The Independent | Good to see Royal Bank of Scotland come up with money-making plans as it tries to pay back back taxpayers for all their support. It is trying to persuade customers to pay £35 for...
Orissa to inspect iron ore mines for violations DNA India | Bhubaneshwar: The Orissa government will inspect several iron ore mines, a government official said, in a crackdown on firms involved in illegal mining or violating environment r...
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Eritrea beefs up mine security after gold miner executions Mineweb ASMARA (Reuters) - | An increase in state-provided security will help shield Eritrean mining from violent attacks, an independent analyst said on Friday. | Three miners,...
AP Government orders probe into ‘illegal mining’ The Siasat Daily | Hyderabad, November 11: The government of Andhra Pradesh has finally acted on allegations that the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), promoted by Karnataka Tourism Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, has been mining iron ore illegally in areas not leased ...
Vale Inco retraining workers to replace striking colleagues CBC | Nickel miner Vale Inco Ltd. is training replacement workers so it can re-open a smelter that has been idle since workers went on strike in July. Workers picket the Vale Inco smelter complex in Copper Cliff, near Sudbury, Ont., in July. The company ...
WVU forecast calls for employment rebound in 2010 The Boston Globe | CHARLESTON, W.Va.-The state economy should begin producing more jobs than it loses around the middle of 2010, West Virginia University predicted in its annual economic outlook Wednesday. | But the recovery is expected to be sluggish and centered on...
