Chief executive Marius Kloppers said demand continued to strengthen, especially from China, but he said the miner remains cautious on the strength and speed of recovery across the developed world.
See http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/bhp-billiton-first-half-profit-more-than-doubles-to-us6bn/story-e6frg6n6-1225828648972.…
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While the UK’s leading war criminal prances around the globe, delivering back-of-envelope patois urging global peace in the Middle East and the Philippines, he’s been working with a slithery hand-picked advisor on a highly dubious …
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As the acclaimed 3D film ‘Avatar’ is nominated for an Oscar in the Best Film category, tribal peoples around the world have claimed the film tells the real story of their lives today.
See http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=15576…
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Bailiffs and police under the auspices of the National Eviction Team (http://ukevict.com) began the long expected eviction of Mainshill Solidarity camp, which was protesting against the expansion of opencast coal mining in Scotland.…
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According to author Bob Hughes: “Climate change is a social justice issue, but till now it has been presented as a problem of collective guilt… pretending that the poor and the rich are somehow equally …
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It’s widely believed that “illegal” mining is only undertaken by small groups of entrepreneurs or artisanal operators. If, and when, the state cracks down on their operations, the culprits are removed (sometimes with considerable violence, …
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But the group reinstated its dividend on the back of a bullish outlook for metal prices.
See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page67?oid=97554&sn=Detail&pid=92730.…
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Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining companies, today unveiled a new project to create more jobs, support entrepreneurship and boost local economies in South Africa, a move welcomed by the United Nations Development …
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Amnesty International today (10 February) reacted to a statement from Vedanta Resources, which was distributed by a marketing agency in Delhi yesterday, regarding Amnesty’s 9 February report “Don’t Mine Us Out of Existence”. The statement …
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