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Saving, conserving, celebrating heritage - Leaf Chronicle

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:51 GMT

From the very moment of completion, objects produced by the artist&os;s hand begin an inevitable trek down the path toward deterioration. Environmental conditions, whether natural or man-made, take their toll, and sooner or later one has to decide if ...

TABLE-India Metal Prices-Delhi -July 04 - Reuters India

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:47 GMT

4 X 24" Inco 970 915. 4 X 4" Inco 965 910. 4 X 4" 840 762. Aluminium ingots 84 84. Lead ingots 94 96. Source: Delhi metal traders. To contribute to this daily table of indicative Market rates, please fax Delhi on 011-26191-455, attnention -- Sanjay ...

Why the plastic bag ban's a sham - Toronto Star

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:34 GMT

Why the plastic bag ban's a sham
Toronto Star
Running out of bags is no tragedy: I could go to the supermarket and buy some for a nickel each or purchase packaged specialty trash or green bin liners. ...

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Allan on beat back to birth of heavy metal - Westmidlands.com

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:28 GMT

Allan Atkins’s passion for music didn’t start in a pub or club, but a tin shed in West Bromwich. “As a youngster I was in the Air Scouts and that was when I first lay my hands on a musical instrument, it was a set of drums,” he says. “I ...

Green Shoots and Greenbacks - Lewrockwell.com

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:53 GMT

Each January, the American Dialect Society meets to vote on the media&os;s most widely used word or phrase during the previous year. Last January, they voted on 2008&os;s most used word: "bailout." (http://tinyurl.com/8roxh4) It is hard to argue against ...

Commodities: Is it time to buy copper and nickel again? - guardian.co.uk

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:25 GMT

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Commodities: Is it time to buy copper and nickel again?
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Nickel, zinc and tin are all up 50%-60% since their March lows. Is this the start of another bull run for small investors in commodity funds or time to cash ...

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BHP sells nickel refinery to billionaire Clive Palmer - The Australian

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:27 GMT

BILLIONAIRE Clive Palmer is broadening his reach in the resources sector after buying BHP Billiton&os;s Yabulu nickel refinery and setting his sights on its mothballed $US2.2 billion ($2.8bn) Ravensthorpe mining operation. The businessman would not ...

BHP Billiton takes $675m writedown on Yabulu sale - Financial Times

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:45 GMT

BHP Billiton is to sell its Yabulu nickel refinery in Queensland to Clive Palmer, Australia’s fifth richest man, for an undisclosed sum that will see the mining group take a $675m writedown on the value of the facility. The move marks a further ...

How safe and effective are sunscreens? - WVLT

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:48 GMT

July 2, 2009 -- Sunscreens are improving, but three of five brand-name products either don&os;t protect the skin from sun damage sufficiently, contain hazardous chemicals, or both, according to a report by the watchdog organization Environmental Working ...

India's Tata Steel to Raise Capital in Overseas Listing - Wall Street Journal

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:41 GMT

MUMBAI -- India&os;s Tata Steel Ltd. plans to raise about $600 million by selling shares overseas in the next four to six weeks, an investment banker with direct knowledge of the matter said Thursday. "The listing could either be in London or in ...

India’s Tata Steel to raise capital in overseas listing - Tehran Times

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:44 GMT

“The listing could either be in London or in Luxembourg and discussions are still on to decide on that,” the banker, who wished to remain unnamed, told Dow Jones Newswires. Citigroup Global Markets India Pvt. Ltd., a unit of Citigroup Inc., and J ...

Lions Gate Metals Appoints New CEO - Market Wire

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:12 GMT

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 3, 2009) - Lions Gate Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:LGM) ("LGM" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Damien Reynolds will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer and has been re-elected as a ...

Investors snap up Rio Aussie issue - Taipei Times

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:50 GMT

Mining giant Rio Tinto yesterday confirmed a huge take-up for its record rights offering after investors snapped up the Australian portion, allowing it to pay off a large chunk of its heavy debt. The dual-listed firm, whose share offer came at rock ...

Clive Palmer snaps up refinery - News.com.au

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:44 GMT

BILLIONAIRE magnate Clive Palmer will buy the Yabulu nickel refinery near Townsville as part of plans to build a diversified mining empire. BHP Billiton will sell the plant, which now exports about $600 million a year of nickel and cobalt, and has a ...

FACTBOX-Mines and plants hit by low prices, high costs - Forbes

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:04 GMT

July 3 (Reuters) - The global financial crisis and sharp falls in metals prices have forced several companies to abandon or put on hold their plans to bring new mines onstream. Some existing producers also have shut down or curtailed output at mines ...