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THE
GREENS' PERMANENT CRISIS MODE
It seems that under the Obama Administration we are seeing new
environmental policies being promulgated on a weekly basis. Each
one is guaranteed to succeed, providing we sacrifice more of our
freedom and money. However, no one wants to ask how successful some
of the previous policies have been...
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PROMOTING
THE PACIFIC RIM: ALASKA, ASIA, AND MINING MONEY
For the United States, already challenged by serious economic
disruption, including both trade dependence and imbalance with China,
Alaska's rich mineral industry and unique access to the Asian world
serves both our state and our country well, providing an enviable
bargaining position...
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SPACE PROGRAM INFLUENCES
BOTH COAL AND COPPER MINING
This summer marked the 40th anniversary of the flight of Apollo
11 and Man's landing on the Moon. And, while plans to return to
the Moon are still on the drawing board and the space shuttle program
is winding down, the benefits of both the Apollo and the Space Shuttle
programs are making the coal and copper mining industry more productive...
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August/September 2009
Articles
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THE
AMERICAN DIAMOND MINE SWINDLE
Salting mines was common in the Old West. However, it took an
especially good scam to con canny investors like Baron Rothschild,
Horace Greeley, banking tycoon William Ralston, and jeweler Charles
Tiffany. And it took two great geologists to unravel what turned
out to be one of the greatest hoaxes in American history...
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IS
SOLAR ENERGY MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN MINING?
According to solar energy advocates, solar energy is the perfect
energy source - renewable, clean, and environmentally friendly.
Therefore, it might surprise you to learn that solar energy has
a larger and more destructive environmental footprint than your
typical mine...
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STILLWATER MINE AT
CENTER OF WHITE HOUSE CONTROVERSY
The controversy surrounds the Stillwater Mine in Montana, which
is one of the largest platinum group (PGM) mines and the only mine
of its sort in the United States. The White House controlled General
Motors has cancelled its contract to buy platinum and palladium
from Stillwater for the manufacture of catalytic converters...
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MINING
AFFAIRS FORUM
When one studies the history of the United States, one finds several
reasons we have become the wealthiest nation on earth. With our
spiritual heritage being the underlying foundation, we have sought
limited government, secure property rights, a free-market capitalist
economic system, a relatively stable currency (moreso when it was
supported by precious metals), and an abundance of available energy...
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COAL MINES
FACE COLD WEATHER DANGERS
Over one hundred years ago, the worst mining disaster in US history
occurred. At about 10:20 in the morning on a bright December day in
1907 an explosion erupted from the No. 8 coal mine at Monongah, West
Virginia. As the flames boiled out of the shaft, they threw the concrete
roof of the engine house into the air and 500 feet away. |
WILL OBAMA
MAKE COALBED METHANE A POPULAR ENERGY SOURCE?
Last year the coal industry was shocked when candidate Obama told
a reporter that he would bankrupt the coal industry. Unfortunately,
since he has become president, he has done little to assuage those
concerns... |
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CANADIAN
STOCK EXCHANGE - We all know the golden rule. He
who has the gold makes the rule. Moving from this rule to an agriculture
rule, it will soon be, "he who holds the fertilizer feeds the
people will make the rule"...
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SOFTWARE
MineStar FleetCommander system from Caterpillar is a fully integrated
mine monitoring and control solution that uses technology to improve
productivity and maximize commodity value. Real-time interaction with
mobile field equipment allows mine management to improve machine utilization,
track material movement and monitor daily production against plan... |
