Archive for April, 2011
Staveley Town Lock reaches funding milestone – Waterscape
Posted on 26. Apr, 2011 by admin.
Staveley Town Lock reaches funding milestone Waterscape The volunteers are no strangers to such an enterprise, having built Dixon's Lock from scratch in the 1990s after the original had been swept away by opencast mining .
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Britain: The fairy-tale fantasy – Financial Times
Posted on 25. Apr, 2011 by admin.
Financial Times Britain: The fairy-tale fantasy Financial Times In the old days, bright boys from mining communities were desperate to escape life down the pit. Now the pits are closed
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Mining boss goes over the top – Times LIVE
Posted on 23. Apr, 2011 by admin.
Times LIVE Mining boss goes over the top Times LIVE “I worked from home, with my first office located in a bedroom and consisting of a computer and a desk,” she recently told a fashion magazine . Sivi is politically connected and was a founding director of the ANC's investment company, Chancellor House.
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For better, for worse: Who really cares about the Royal Wedding? – The Independent
Posted on 23. Apr, 2011 by admin.
For better, for worse: Who really cares about the Royal Wedding? The Independent But 1981 was practically BC in terms of the changes to the kinds of communities that have street parties – company towns, motor towns, mining villages, the lot. After all, 1981 was the year of the Specials' “Ghost Town” and every famous riot going, …
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Oligarch buys record £136m London flat One Hyde Park – Daily Mail
Posted on 20. Apr, 2011 by admin.
CBS News Oligarch buys record £136m London flat One Hyde Park Daily Mail The 44-year-old economics graduate is said to have made his first million trading coal, but his business interests now include everything from energy and mining to media and communications.
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Shadowy oligarch who spent £136m on a London flat (and, allegedly, plans to … – Daily Mail
Posted on 19. Apr, 2011 by admin.
The Guardian Shadowy oligarch who spent £136m on a London flat (and, allegedly, plans to …
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Pollution row hits mining firm supplying Olympic medals – The Independent
Posted on 14. Apr, 2011 by admin.
Pollution row hits mining firm supplying Olympic medals The Independent The Utah Bingham Canyon mine, the largest open pit mining operation in the world, generates nearly 25 per cent of the refined copper produced in the US and 7 per cent of all refined gold. Forbes magazine has listed Salt Lake City as the 9th most toxic …
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It’s semi-detached suburban Mr Singh – Daily Mail
Posted on 11. Apr, 2011 by admin.
Daily Mail It's semi-detached suburban Mr Singh Daily Mail The newspaper paid some outfit described as a 'data- mining ' company to mount an expedition in search of lost tribes beyond the North Circular Road.
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Exchanges: here we go again – Investors Chronicle
Posted on 11. Apr, 2011 by admin.
Exchanges: here we go again Investors Chronicle At the time of the proposal, the combined group would have created the world's largest stock market measured by the number of companies listed, with a very strong emphasis on mining and natural resource stocks. But the dust had hardly settled on news … and more
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The men set to become billionaires. But who are they? – The Independent
Posted on 10. Apr, 2011 by admin.
The men set to become billionaires. But who are they? The Independent It also makes its money from trading in other key global commodities such as copper, iron ore and sugar, and has huge stakes in logistics and mining companies.
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