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Roadmap to regulate mining in the offing - President

Peace FM Online 19 Jun 2018

“We all have a duty to say no to galamsey (illegal gold mining) for our own common survival and the survival of those who are to come ... It, (Government) directed the Committee to carry out certain activities to bring sanity into the artisanal gold mining sector, including the launching of Operation Vanguard, the training of small-scale miners ......

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U.S. Senate Passes Land Exchange between PolyMet, U.S. Forest Service

Market Watch 19 Jun 2018

Senate today passed bipartisan legislation for a land exchange between the Forest Service and Poly Met Mining, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of PolyMet Mining Corp ... Passage of the legislation marks another major milestone in PolyMet’s development of Minnesota’s first copper-nickel-precious metals mine, located near Hoyt Lakes ... PolyMet Mining Corp ... Poly Met Mining, Inc ... Click here to subscribe to Mobile Alerts for PolyMet Mining Corp....

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Geraldine McCaughrean wins Carnegie children's book prize

Belleville News-Democrat 19 Jun 2018

The Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration went to Canada's Sydney Smith for illustrating "Town is by the Sea," a tale of childhood in a Nova Scotia coal-mining community....

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New Zealand: Winston Peters vows to be first to enter re-opened Pike River mine

The Guardian 19 Jun 2018

Deputy PM repeats pledge made in 2016 as officials say re-opening of mine after 2010 disaster could take place this year. As New Zealand’s government looks to unseal a mine in which 29 workers were killed, the man preparing to take over from Jacinda Ardern when she takes maternity leave has said he is so confident of its safety that he will happily be the first one to go in....

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Darrel LeRoy Metzker

The Centralia Chronicle 19 Jun 2018

Darrel LeRoy Metzker, 78, of Winlock, passed away Monday, June 11, 2018, at Providence Centralia Hospital in Centralia, Wash ... He owned two local businesses, Baxter Auto Parts and the old Jackpot Gas Station on Gold St., in Centralia ... After retirement, he spent two years as a medical transport driver with Catholic Community Services ... Gold Street, Centralia, followed by coffee hour at the American Legion, 111 W. Main Street, Centralia ... .......

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VNSGU VC’s remark sparks outrageVC’s comment

The Times of India 19 Jun 2018

Members of maldhari - cattle rearer - community held a demonstration outside Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) campus here on Monday in protest against an alleged comment made by vice-chancellor Shivendra Gupta. The protesters alleged that the VC had told VNSGU syndicate member Bhavesh Rabari, who is from maldhari community, to ‘sell milk instead of doing PhD’ ... However, the community members were not satisfied....

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Gov't Urged Not To Depend On Oil Revenue Alone

Peace FM Online 19 Jun 2018

The workshop was to help financial and economic journalists under the IFEJ to have a better understanding of the current Mineral Development Fund (MDF), Mineral Revenue Management in Ghana and the Mining Revenue Governance Framework ... He said it was however, worrying that since 2016, when the MDF was instituted, issues with community development skills and disbursement continued to be a major hurdle to breakthrough....

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Don’t blame oil for India’s rising trade deficit

Live Mint 19 Jun 2018

The other convenient culprit is India’s supposedly insatiable appetite for gold. But gold imports are yesterday’s story. Gold and silver imports reached their peak in fiscal year 2011-12 ... No, it’s neither crude oil nor gold that is to blame—the problem lies in the non-oil, non-gold part of our trade ... We’ll call it the non-oil, non-gold trade balance....

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Qld open to NAIF mining loans: Palaszczuk

This is Money 19 Jun 2018

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has left the door open to approving loans for mines in the coal rich Galilee ......

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2 activists killed in Gambia in protests against sand mining

Dothan Eagle 19 Jun 2018

BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Gambian police say two environmental activists were killed during protests against a sand mining company as they clashed with paramilitary forces....

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Trump to host mining, trade policy roundtable in Duluth

Duluth News Tribune 19 Jun 2018

Trump to host mining, trade policy roundtable in Duluth ... President Donald Trump will meet with local mining industry representatives and elected leaders during a formal "roundtable" discussion before his campaign event Wednesday in Duluth, White House officials announced Monday ... It's expected to showcase how his trade and deregulation policies are affecting the region's mining industry....

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Taylor Weihing takes part in unique Navy mission

Emery County Progress 19 Jun 2018

Attack submarines are designed to hunt down and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships; strike targets ashore with cruise missiles; carry and deliver Navy SEALs; carry out intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions; and engage in mine warfare ... and earn the right to wear the coveted gold or silver dolphins on their uniform....

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Is this scathing report the death knell for bitcoin?

Independent Record 19 Jun 2018

As if bitcoin fans didn't have enough to worry about these days, a widely respected international bank has just published a scathing analysis of the cryptocurrency questioning whether it ever will be more than a fad - and a costly fad for its adherents ... "This makes them akin to a commodity money" like gold or rice or South Sea stones, BIS says ... The electrical use devoted to mining bitcoin alone already equals that of Switzerland ... ....

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