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Miners News
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Headlining News
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CANADIAN OIL SANDS ARE A HOT PROPERTY
Oil prices may have taken a dive since last summer, but that
hasn’t dampened the interest in Canadian oil sands. They
remain a hot property. The recent merger announced between Suncor
and Petro-Canada to create a major “energy/oil sands”
corporation only proves the long term interest in oil sands development.
The new Suncor will rival the Royal Bank as Canada’s most
valuable corporation. ... |
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IF YOU BUILD IT, WE WILL COME…
--Superhuman and Subzero Challenges for Alaskan Mining Maintenance
Eight months of winter reign in northwest Alaska, while the
lack of sufficient road connections, a consistent power source,
and overall infrastructure plague the Great Land’s Interior.
Yet the storms and squalls subside, the sun does rise another
day (even in Barrow,) and miners doggedly continue to mine. ... |
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IS IT THE TIME TO SELL YOUR EXCESS
HEAVY EQUIPMENT?
The sluggish economy has hurt many sectors of the mining and
aggregate industry. As a result, heavy equipment that was being
kept busy a couple of years ago is now sitting idle in the equipment
yard. ... |
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June/July 2009
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WHO’S HELPING THE WORLD’S
POOR – MINING COMPANIES OR GOVERNMENTS?
If one were to believe the media, you would think that mining
companies are not only engaged in the wholesale destruction of
the earth, but everyone within a 50 mile radius of a mine. ... |
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MINERS DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM
UNITED STATES
The recent comment by the Governor of Texas that his state could
become an independent nation anytime it wanted gained a lot of
attention from the media... |
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WILL TRONA MINING SPARK A TRADE
WAR WITH CHINA?
Most people don’t know what trona is. But, that may not
stop it from causing a trade war with China, which is instituting
policies that give Chinese trona an unfair advantage over the
American mined mineral.
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Mining Affairs Forum May 7, 2009 - “Globalism’s Poor Return and Posturing on Phony Cuts”
For practically two decades we Americans have been told that
China, Russia and other totalitarian nations traditionally hostile
to freedom, closed to free markets, aggressive toward the West,
and murderous in their conduct towards their neighbors and own
people, have all mellowed. News pundits in particular remind us,
“They’ve changed. They are embracing freedom, relaxing
controls, and opening their borders to those embracing free markets.” ... |
OBAMA AND CLEAN COAL
As a candidate, Barak Obama pushed for “Clean Coal.”
In fact, he said clean coal could produce 5 million jobs and was
critical to America’s energy independence. He even once said,
“You tell me we can't find a way to burn coal that we mine
right here in the United States of America and make it work.” |
CANADIAN STOCK EXCHANGES
DISTRACTIONS AND REACTIONS – POTASH IS PROPITIOUS
Floods and fires are playing havoc here and abroad and NHL Stanley
Cup Hockey playoffs are dominating our TV screens, and the Toronto
Blue Jays are leading the American league baseball standings (surprise,
surprise). So with bad and good news seen every day in print and
on TV, depending on whether you are filling sand bags to contain
raising river levels or hosing down blazing forests or a Red Wing/Blackhawk
or a Hurricane/Penguins, hockey fan one might be too distracted
as to current market conditions. Metal prices are showing signs
of strength with gold trading to $960.00 and silver hovering around
$14.75. |
INTERNATIONAL COMMENTARY
- “Supply Chain Failures Show Up in Survey On
Top Ten Risks Around the World”
In a rapidly changing and increasingly challenging world, every
organization is facing more complex risks that carry greater severity.
The ability to understand, track and adjust to worldwide trends
can mean the difference between success and failure. ...
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THE JOY OF HEAT STROKE
I was driving down State Route 666 on the way to Inferno, Nevada.
Waves of heat were bouncing off the blacktop like simmering vegetable
oil ready for a new basket of raw French fries and the air conditioner
was blowing like a hurricane, which managed to make the interior
of the car merely intolerably hot. ... |
Software Update
Gamlog2 - Free Program for Calculating U3O8%
The original GAMLOG program was written by J.H. Scott in 1962
for the IBM 7090 computer. The purpose was to quantitatively interpret
natural gamma-ray and gamma-gamma logs to obtain grade and thickness
of uranium-bearing intervals selected from down-hole gamma logs.
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