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TURNING COAL INTO GAS IN ALASKA
Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI), a Native Alaskan Company has announced that it intends to build an underground coal gasification (UCG) plant on the west side of Cook Inlet. “Our project we believe is a very exciting one,” Margaret Brown, CIRI president and CEO, told Alaskan politicians. “We have been quietly investigating this project and the technology for a year. We feel we have something to offer the citizens of Alaska.” This will be the first commercial underground coal gasification operation in the United States. ...
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ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS NO LONGER WELCOME ON NATIVE AMERICAN RESERVATIONS
It seems that some Native American tribes have gotten tired of environmentalists telling them how to live. As a result, a couple of tribes in Arizona have told groups like the Sierra Club that they are no longer welcome on their reservations. ...
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CORTEZ HILLS PROMISES BIG BOOST TO BARRICK PRODUCTION
After buying out Rio Tinto’s share of the Cortez Mine last year, Barrick is poised to make the Cortez Mine a major part of the company’s gold production for the next few years. If all goes well, 2010 will see Cortez producing one million ounces of the 7.7 to 8.1 million ounces of gold produced by Barrick, the world’s largest gold producer. ...
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December 2009/January 2010
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MINING GETS THE SHAFT IN LAW OF THE SEA TREATY
President after president has opposed America’s support of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, The Law of the Sea Treaty (Treaty) until now. President Obama’s administration has changed directions and gone public about its support. It makes one wonder what has changed, why the U.S. Senate has not ratified it by now, and why its impact will not hurt mining and other interests as much as it would have in the past. That is what our topic is for this issue, one of the most important topics I’ve written on for this industry. ...
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HEAP LEACHING TECHNOLOGY – GREENER AND CHEAPER
As gold prices go through the roof, some experts are saying that the world’s supply of gold has run out. That’s not true, but the new demand for gold and other metals is sparking a new resurgence in the one technology that is known for milking the smallest amount of gold out of a low grade ore – heap leaching. At the same time, heap leaching promises to be the “green” alternative in an era where carbon emissions must be controlled. ...
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WHERE IS THE CLIMATE CHANGE DATA?
Remember the UN climate change model that “proved” that the world was going to get dramatically warmer in the next few decades? Admittedly, you don’t hear much about it now that the globe appears to be cooling. But, what’s interesting is that the data supporting these models has disappeared. And, that could stop the imposition of draconian environmental regulations that would hurt the coal mining industry. ...
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MANAGEMENT KEY TO CONTROLLING BLACK LUNG
If you think that Black Lung has disappeared from the nation’s underground coal mines, you are wrong. The Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Programs indicates that severe cases of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP), commonly referred to as “black lung” disease, continue to occur among our nation’s underground coal miners. ... |
LITHIUM MINING PROSPECTS LOOK BRIGHT IN UNITED STATES
Some elements drive technologies and even phases of our economic growth. The electrical industry relies on copper, and as the United States started to electrify in the 20th Century, copper demand went through the roof. Even today, the electrification of Third World nations like China or India continues to fuel copper demand. ...
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MARRIAGE OF PORT AND RAIL: ANOTHER ALASKA SUCCESS STORY
Spawning a creative idea, crafting an innovative product, or discovering a useful commodity is one thing, yet it is still another to effectively communicate that idea, successfully market that item, or transport the essential commodity to a critical, larger population. To discover, explore, develop, market, and distribute: basic mining mantra. ...
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THE ARIZONA MINER AND INDIANA JONES
Mining, Indiana Jones, and Conan the Barbarian may not seem to have a lot in common, but if it wasn’t for a miner who prospected in Arizona and Alaska, it’s quite possible that neither of the other two would have been created – at least not as we know them today. ...
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MINING SOFTWARE UPDATES
Mining Software from Flairbase
Flairbase is group of former Noranda professionals who purchased the software and offers it to the mining industry. ...
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