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The TERA (Technoeconomic Environmental Risk Analysis) methodology, used for the European aviation industry under the leadership of Cranfield University, will provide a valuable insight to investigate the most promising systems in terms of multidisciplinary criteria and to estimate their competitiveness, so as to facilitate their route to commercial operation with benefits for the UK energy industry and for the long term needs of the community.

TERA methods are being developed for power generation and the oil and gas industry in association with two major players in the energy field.

Copper prices are heading higher but
KGHM, Poland’s state-controlled copper miner, fears that the good times will not last and is slashing costs, which make it one of the world’s most expensive producers.

Last year’s economic crisis “was an argument to change and fix the company”, Herbert Wirth, chief executive, told the Financial Times.

BHP Billiton today announced it has approved its share of the capital expenditure required to expand mining and processing capacity at the Antamina copper and zinc mine in northern Peru.

Antamina is a joint venture between BHP Billiton (33.75%), Xstrata (33.75%), Teck Resources (22.5%) and Mitsubishi Corporation (10%). All four partners have approved their respective shares of the project's US$1,288 million capital budget (BHP Billiton share US$434.7 million).