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China's help to Africa is sincere and welcomed by African people
(photo: WN / Eteh)
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 ...
A woman drinking a glass of water.
(photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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...
Go-go gold: Latest record prices confound predictions, have Americans turning in heirlooms
Star Tribune
| 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 expensive when it first cracked the...
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...
A logo of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is seen outside one of its branches in London, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Shares at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC plunged 39 percent in early trading on Tuesday, as investors worried that the British government was not doing enough to boost banks' balance sheets in the financial cris
AP / Akira Suemori
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...
KLdy1 - Feb08 - middle east - economy - Dubai. (dy1)
WN / Denise Yong
Need to know: Playfire investment ... Aurum refinancing ... Dubai repayment ...
The Times
| View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap | Economics | Trade balance: Official figures due tomorrow are expected to show that the trade balance deficit narrowed to £2.1 bi...
Train carrying Iron Ore to Marmagao Port
Creative Commons / Flickr
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...
This is an aerial photograph of Grasberg mine run by a local unit of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. taken on Feb. 17, 2006 in Papua province and made available by Indonesian Environment Ministry in Jakarta, Thursday, March 23, 2006 . Indonesia's government Thursday threatened legal action against the U.S. mining giant unless the company improved the environmental record of its massive gold mine in Papua province. (AP Photo/Environment Ministry, Rasio Ridhosani, HO)hg3
AP Photo / Environment Ministry, Rasio Ridhosani, HO
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 ...
Galamsey business assumes alarming rate in Region…as business takes over highway in Akropong
Modern Ghana
ILLEGAL mining, popularly known as 'Galamsey,' which has become a major source of livelihood for persons living around mining communities, continues to attract great attention despite its adverse effects. | Persons with unskilled labour from other co...
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...



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