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Miners News
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Headlining News
JUNE/JULY 2010
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| Heavy Equipment Maintenance means Focusing on Fluids - A piece of modern mining heavy equipment is a high performance thoroughbred. It may appear to be a tough brute that appears impervious to dust and dirt, but if even a bit of invisible dust gets into the equipment’s fluids, you will be experiencing reduced performance, higher maintenance costs, and shorter lives. |
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Newmont to Celebrate 90th Anniversary - 2011 is Newmont's 90th anniversary, and it looks like it will be a good year to celebrate. |
Obama's War on Mining - The mining accident at the Upper Big Branch Mine was a tragedy. And, we do need to use this event as a way to make mining better and safer. However, using the tragedy for political purposes as the Obama Administration is doing only cheapens those deaths. |
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June/July 2010 Articles |
| It Cannot Get Any Worse -- But When Will it Get Better - This spring and summer the world got caught up by events ranging from very serious to just serious. |
| Rare Earths Critical for National Defense - Rare earths aren’t just important for our cell phones, computers, and DVD players. They are increasingly important in our national defense, which leaves the Department of Defense concerned that the United States may not have enough rare earths to wage a war, especially if China cuts off our supplies. |
| Is it Time For A Safety Stand down? - When the American Air Force or Naval Air Force have a string of accidents, they stop operations for a “safety stand down.” That “stand down” gives everyone from pilots to mechanics a day to review safety procedures and look at improvements.
Maybe it’s time for the mining industry to do the same. |
| The President's Socialist Agenda is Moving Forward - President Obama’s socialist paradise is on course, although it could get slowed down after the coming election if the American public continues to wake up. |
| American Gold Rush -- Only Just Begun - In today’s world gold is still mostly used for jewelry, followed by electronic/industrial purposes, but increasing rapidly in its investment-backing value. |
| Winners and Losers of the Alaska Gold Rush - One of the accepted myths of the Western mining boom is that storeowners made all the money, while the prospectors and miners did all the work. That, however, is far from the truth. |
| Aggregate Companies Lead in Environmental Quality - We frequently associate great reclamation projects with large mines. However, quarries and aggregate operations are just as committed to environmental. |
Mining Software - Copan, Voxler 2, EVS/MVS |
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