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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
A new wave of testing by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found that 79 percent of the wells tested north of the World War II-era copper mine have dangerous levels of uranium or arsenic or both that make the water unsafe to drink.
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
YERINGTON, Nev. -- Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time. But she can look through the window from her kitchen table, just past her backyard with its swingset and pet llama, and see an ominous sign on a neighboring fence: "Danger: Uranium Mine." For almost a decade, people who...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
After decades of denials from the owners of a Nevada mine, dangerous levels of uranium and arsenic in drinking water have been tied to a World War II-era copper mine.
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MSNBC.com: Environment (Free subscription) | yesterday
After decades of denials from the owners of a Nevada mine, dangerous levels of uranium and arsenic in drinking water have been tied to a World War II-era copper mine. World War II - Drinking water - Nevada
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | yesterday
Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time. But she can look through the window from her kitchen table, just past her backyard with its swingset and pet llama, and see an ominous sign on a neighboring fence: "Danger: Uranium Mine." For almost a decade, people who make their homes...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NasdaqCM:OMEX), a pioneer in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, has acquired a minority interest in SMM Project LLC, a company funded by a group of investors to bring together the exclusive licenses and skills of world renowned deep-ocean geologist Dr. Timothy McConachy of Bluewater Metals, the deep-ocean survey and exploration...
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BAYSTREET NEWSWIRE (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Toronto, November 20, 2009 – Hawk Uranium Inc. (VAN:HUI, FRANKFURT:HPM) (“Hawk”) announces that following TSX Venture Exchange (“Exchange”) approval of a shares-for-debt settlement with service providers (see Hawk's press release of November 2, 2009), Hawk has issued an aggregate of 563,021 common shares at a deemed price of $0.10 per share to five parties to settle an...
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Orvana Minerals Corp. (TSX: ORV) today announced preliminary mine development plans for its projects in Spain, the U.S. and Bolivia. The plans include initial targets for gold-copper production from the El Valle-Boinas/Carles underground mine project in northern Spain, which Orvana acquired in September 2009.
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Mineweb - Daily news headlines (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
After 39 days of stoppages Chile's Federation of Miners threatened to halt output at other mines owned by the company, including the world's largest copper mine, Escondida
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Robert Friedland, the controversial mining promoter, has parlayed his talent for turning nickel and copper to gold into a spectacular leap in the richest Canadian sweepstakes.
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Mineweb - Daily news headlines (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Worker's at the Chilean copper mine accepted BHP Billiton's offer, which could help ease global supply worries
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Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Nov.20 (PNA) – Mining firm Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) is targeting to complete by June next year its ongoing feasibility study for the proposed large-scale copper and gold mining project in the tri-boundaries of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Davao del Sur provinces.
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Coro Mining Corp. ("Coro" or the "Company") (TSX: COP) is pleased to announce results from a 6 hole 1,059m RC drilling program at its 100% owned Llancahue property, located 38km south west of the city of Talca in central Chile. The objective of this short program was to follow up a previous intersect of 100m at 1.375% CuT + 0.015% Mo+ 3.8g/t...
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The Rougblog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
cross posted at Right Michigan It is easy to identify the geographic division between Michigan's two peninsulas. The Straits of Mackinac provides a clearly visible deep blue barrier between the two disparate land masses. Even though they are today connected by a mighty ribbon of concrete and steel that stretches the five miles between Mackinaw City and St. Ignace, the human division is sometimes a...
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Lithic Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: LTH) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received an independent resource estimate for its 100% owned Crypto project in western Utah from Mine Development Associates ("MDA") of Reno, Nevada.
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jackdrogba | 11/16/2009
Now, Solar Energy has become more and more popular. Unfortunately, we have encountered a thorny issue. Need to rely on tellurium thin film technology, while the tellurium is one of the world's most rare metal, used in memory chips, CD-ROM, and has been used as lead and copper enhancer. From 2000 to 2006, telluride, prices rose seven-fold, rising faster than all other goods,except solar charger. As...
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bharatbook | 11/14/2009
World Mining Equipment to 2013 Global demand to increase over 4% yearly through 2013 Global demand for mining equipment is projected to increase over four percent per year through 2013 to exceed $60 billion. Despite a sluggish outlook in the shorter term, recovery is expected in the mining industry due to rising demand for commodities such as iron ore and copper. In addition, the ongoing global thirst
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925silverjewelry | 11/01/2009
Silver jewelryis widely diffused but is rarely found in the native state. Silver is originally as widespread as gold, occurring in nearly all of the volcanic rocks. Whereas gold remains unaltered by the action of the elements and is often carried long distances from its original place of occurrence, silver on the contrary is only to be found in the rocks where it originally occurs. When these rocks...