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Picking
a Pro-Mining President
At first glance,
picking the pro-mining presidential candidate should be an easy one; John McCain
is a senator is from the largest mining state in the United States and the
Barack Obama is a liberal who talks about decreasing America’s carbon
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Maximize
YourMineExpo Investment
MINExpo is nearly here.
You have spent thousands of dollars on exhibit space, a display, brochures,
gifts, hotel rooms, and airline tickets. Yet, if you haven’t mapped out your
MINExpo strategy, much of that money will be wasted... |
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Carbon
Dioxide - Sequestration
Just
150 miles south of the Arctic Circle proudly sits the University of Alaska
Fairbanks (UAF,) one of the world’s foremost facilities dedicated to
geological engineering and atmosphere/climate research. Global warming debates
frequently heat both university and community members’ intellectual
discussions...
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Coal
- It's More than a Source of Energy
Clean coal and coal
gasification are the latest buzz words. Yet, they aren’t new technologies. In
fact, this summer the oldest continuous operating coal gasification plant in the
United States celebrated its 25th anniversary...
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Good
Times for Gold and Copper
These
are good times for coal and copper, despite recent low
prices and predictions that they weren’t critical to
the 21st Century economy. In
fact, billions of dollars will be spent in the next few
years to expand the production and use of both copper
and coal...
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What
a Difference A Hole Makes!
Saskatchewan’s
and Canada’s most followed exploration play was dealt a good hand, then a bad
hand followed by a good hand. Goldsource Resources Inc. (GSX-TSE-V) found good
quality sub-bituminous coal, looking for kimberlites and diamonds near Hudson
Bay, east central Saskatchewan in two drill holes, 1.2 kms apart earlier this
year...
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History
- Looking Back at the California Gold Rush
This year is the 160th
anniversary of the California Gold Rush. Although it seems that historians want
to frame the gold rush in terms of racism, environmental damage, and greed, it
was the gold rush that opened up the West and made mining one of the nation’s
largest industries...
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| International
Commentary
The business prospects in emerging markets are as good as
ever. However, China is no longer the undisputed favorite for companies seeking
markets abroad. Other countries are growing increasingly attractive as well. 60%
of surveyed company representatives continued to give top priority to China over
the last three years...
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Miners
Affair Forum -Alternatives to Gasoline Today
After three years of
soaring gas prices, and with oil supplies continually threatened by those
antagonistic toward America (except at today’s prices where our “enemies”
use our full gas tanks to fund terrorism against us!), Americans are
searching desperately for alternatives to power our vehicles, our economy, and
our future...
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Safety
- Fire Prevention
I became familiar with
John McCain long before he became a presidential candidate or even a senator. In
fact, he was still recuperating from his 5 ½ year stay in the Hanoi Hilton when
I first saw him in a film...
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Women
in Mining - Elect New Officers
In mid-May, the
California Chapter of WOMEN IN MINING hosted the annual
National conference on California’s central coast at
Avila Beach. Representatives from each of the Chapters
were in attendance. On one of the days, the group
toured Union Asphalt reclamation projects in the Santa
Maria area... |
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Mining
Technology - Rockware LogPlot7
The latest version of
LogPlot offers some significant updates to previous versions. The methods for
getting data into LogPlot and importing data from a RockWorks database are much
easier in this version. A panel has been added to the left side of the window
that lets you see all the data files and design files available in a folder...
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