Turning up the heat at eco awards
The Star
The project has now been selected as a finalist in the category for Best Sustainable Larger Housing Retrofit Project of the Year, run by national magazine Inside Housing. The heat pumps are one of a number of green improvements to the homes. …

Prince Charles 20m risk was worth taking
FemaleFirst.co.uk
He explained in an interview with the Radio Times magazine: "From the start of the Dumfries House project my intention has been twofold; first to allow visitors to enjoy the beauty of the house and it's incomparable collection of furniture, and second, …

From Oviedo to over here, student Arturo enjoys his placement in Larne
Larne Today
The 24-year-old who is studying mining engineering – specialising in geology, energy and environmental management – attended a reception sponsored by Minister for Employment and Learning Dr Stephen Farry at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, …

SJ Berwin LLP | Energy & Infrastructure
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
Representative strategic clients include Energías de Portugal SA, The Crown Estate, The British Land Company plc, Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico SA, Naturgas, Nuevas Energías de Occidente, SL and other global energy/mining groups, utilities and public …

New magazine explores the neglected history of Welsh mining
Culture24
A magazine launched at this year's Eisteddfod festival in Wrexham will tell the neglected and largely untold story of north Wales' mining communites. GLO: North Wales, The Forgotten Coalfield? will be unveiled at the …

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Billionaire wins UK libel action
BBC News
Mr al-Amoudi, who was in the top 50 of Forbes magazine's 2009 rich list, is believed to have made his money in construction, oil refineries and mining. Mr al-Amoudi, who is of mixed Ethiopian and Arab heritage, is sometimes described as the world's …

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Ogier | Ogier group transaction overview July 2011
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
CAD Fund Consortium Ogier Hong Kong recently acted as BVI adviser to a consortium consisting of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd (“Zijin”) and China-Africa Development Fund in connection with a US$284 million proposed acquisition of Platmin Congo Limited, …

The culture of poverty
The Southern Times
He said it was for this reason that the SWAPO Youth League fully supported Namibai's decision to reserve mining of strategic minerals by the state miner, Epangelo. 'I think people should understand the way these people work. If countries like Zimbabwe …

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People who stuffed up SA
Leadership Magazine
When he fails in his endeavours to win mining tenders, his reaction is not to redouble his efforts to put in better tenders; it is to demand the nationalisation of those same mines. What Juju wants, Juju will get – or he'll rage and scream about the …

'I am poor but credit-worthy' – Malema
Sowetan
The ANCYL would only meet with the Chamber of Mines to discuss nationalisation if the chamber agreed to hold the meeting in a poor rural village, so that the mining bosses could “appreciate where we're coming from”. On land expropriation, Malema …

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