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DRC's Partners Expands Programme to Increase The Global Supply of Conflict-Free Minerals
Jan 20, 2015Due to the success of two pilot programmes which are part of Solutions for Hope, an integrated civil and supply chain initiative to source conflict-free tantalum from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), partners, including AVX, have ...
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Asteroid Mining Firms Have Begun Launching a Counterattack on The Academic Findings
Jan 16, 2014Asteroid mining's prospects as a trillion-dollar industry could be mildly tarnished by a new Harvard study that found few space rocks near Earth worth mining. But asteroid mining firms have already begun launching a counterattack on the ...
Tags: asteroid mining, space rocks, space mining
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Greenland and Denmark Will Get a Cooperation Agreement in Place in The Second Half of 2014
Jan 9, 2014An agreement between Greenland and Denmark governing uranium extraction in the Arctic territory will be in place by the end of the year, the Danish prime minister said on Wednesday. "I'm confident that we will get a cooperation agreement ...
Tags: Greenland, Denmark, uranium extraction, Arctic territory
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War & Lack of Basic Infrastructure Are Likely to Continue Delaying Much Needed Mining Boom
Jan 7, 2013Mining companies would give their eye teeth to exploit Afghanistan’s recently discovered $1 trillion of untapped mineral wealth, but analysts warn that corruption, war and lack of basic infrastructure are likely to continue delaying ...
Tags: mining, mineral wealth, Afghanistan, energy
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Several Factors Have Led to a Decline in Mining and in The US Mineral Processing Industry
Dec 26, 2012The following have all combined to limit control of foreign minerals by US companies: In 2011, Resource nationalism became the number one risk for mining companies Nationalization Expropriation Increased taxation Constraints on the degree ...
Tags: Cobalt, Rare Earth, USA, Metallurgy
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Afghanistan Ministry of Mines Said It Opened Its Final Bid for The Badakhshan Gold Deposit
Dec 26, 2012The Afghanistan Ministry of Mines said Tuesday it opened its final bid for the Badakhshan gold deposit, located in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, Dow Jones Commodities reports. Mines Minister, Wahidullah Shahrani, said on ...
Tags: Afghanistan, Asia, Copper, Gold, Iron Ore, Lithium, Oil, Rare Earth
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Business Insider Has The Story About Greenland and Global Warming
Dec 25, 2012Business Insider has the story about Greenland and global warming, which is peeling back thick ice and uncovering vast mineral wealth: Latest satellite data reveal that 97% of the surface of the Greenland ice sheet underwent surface ...
Tags: Greenland, mineral wealth, mineral, gold rush
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South Africa Wants to Impose Export Curbs on Minerals
Dec 24, 2012Reuters reported that South Africa wants to impose export curbs on minerals such as platinum and iron ore as part of a drive by the ruling African National Congress to create more jobs in industry in the continent's biggest economy. The ...
Tags: South Africa, minerals, platinum, iron ore
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How The Balochistan High Court Could Said That The Company Had Vested Rights
Dec 12, 2012Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry quizzed a counsel for Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) for his claims of vested interests in award of mining lease for exploration of precious minerals resources in Reko Diq area of ...
Tags: jobs in mining, mining gold, copper mining news, mining exploration
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Afghanistan Announced Its Preferred Bidders for Three of Its Four Current Mineral Tenders
Dec 12, 2012The government of Afghanistan announced its preferred bidders for three of its four current mineral tenders with a consortium backed by City of London banker Mr Ian Hannam former BHP Billiton CEO Chip Goodyear and Poland’s ...
Tags: Key Copper, mineral tenders, iron
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Tethyan Copper Company Was The Absence of an Environmental Protection Certificate
Dec 4, 2012The Supreme Court was informed that one of the reasons for not extending the leasing licence to the Tethyan Copper Company was the absence of an environmental protection certificate in the Reko Diq project. Mr Amanullah Kinrani ...
Tags: TCC, Tethyan Copper Company, Barrick Gold and Antofagasta Minerals