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Deep-Sea Mining Technology - Nautilus Minerals Extracts Copper from Ocean

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:45:42 -0000

Rocketing metal prices have prompted miners to seek out deposits in nearly all corners of the globe, but Canada's Nautilus Minerals is gunning to be the first to pull gold and copper from the ocean floor.

Tags: trends mining deep-sea

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China reverting to form as the world's workshop

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:05:22 -0000

China is set to overtake the US next year as the world's largest producer of manufactured goods, four years earlier than expected, as a result of the rapidly weakening US economy.

The great leap is revealed in forecasts for the Financial Times by Global Insight, a US economics consultancy. According to the estimates, next year China will account for 17 per cent of manufacturing value-added output of $11,783bn (£6,130bn) and the US will make 16 per cent.

Tags: china USA manufacturing trends

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Solar Powered Air Conditioner Released | MetaEfficient Reviews

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:03:13 -0000

A company called GreenCore Air has released an air conditioner than can be powered by a single 170 watt solar panel. The GreenCore air conditioning unit can heat and cool a 600 square foot room. It runs on DC power, so there is no need to put an AC inverter between the solar panel and the air conditioner. This eliminates the power losses associated with converting AC to DC

Tags: air conditioning trends

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Taiwan News Online

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:21:41 -0000

Production at Codelco's eight mines fell to 675,000 metric tons from 764,000 metric tons in the first half of 2007.

Tags: codelco trends mining

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Morningstar - Dow Jones & Company, Inc.: BHP Billiton Earmarks $400 Million For Chile Escondida Exploration

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:35:50 -0000

The exploration aims to find new copper deposits to maintain current output and extend the mine's life as ore grades, or the amount of copper contained in the ore, continue to fall,

Tags: mining trends BHP

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Small-scale wind energy | Carbon Trust

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:19:53 -0000

This main report is intended for government policy makers and organisations considering installing small wind turbines at their sites, but will also interest other readers.

Tags: trends wind

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Xstrata Copper Announces C$121 Million Investment to Extend Kidd Mine

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:59:50 -0000

Already the world's deepest copper and zinc mine, the latest project will extend the mining zone at Mine D from 9,100 feet to 9,500 feet, improving the production profile from the mine through the addition of 3.4 million tonnes of ore to the mining plan and extending the mine life by one year to 2017.

Tags: xstrata mining trends

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Japan Metal Bulletin-Nonferrous Metal News

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:51:37 -0000

Sumitomo Electric Industries reshuffles offshore plants of automotive wiring harness when automakers restructure the production sites in North America.

Tags: trends automotive copper harness

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EERE News: Housing Act Aims to Encourage Energy Efficient Mortgages

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:46:43 -0000

measures to encourage the greater use of energy efficient mortgages (EEMs). Such mortgages allow people to purchase or refinance their principal residence and incorporate the cost of energy efficiency improvements into the mortgage.

Tags: trends efficiency energy

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FT.com / Lex / Energy, utilities & mining - BHP Billiton/Rio Tinto

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:06:28 -0000

It is getting on for a year since Rio rejected BHP’s initial proposal out of hand.

Tags: CHP Rio mining trends

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Utility to distribute EV cars in Latin America | Green News | Eco News

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:56:25 -0000

Endesa, a Spanish-based (Italian-owned) utility company will be soon distributing to its customers in Santiago Chile an EV car.

Tags: automotive trends

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Leading Questions: Paul Skinner, Rio Tinto

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:43:04 -0000

The BBC's business editor Robert Peston talks to Rio Tinto's influential chairman, Paul Skinner.

Tags: mining Rio trends

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Google Reader

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:21:15 -0000

Lithium iron phosphate is one of the promising cathode materials for use in next-generation lithium-ion batteries, given its environmentally friendly properties, lower cost and good thermal stability.

Tags: battery trends

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Morningstar - Dow Jones & Company, Inc.: Chile Cochilco Upgrades '08 Average Copper Price Outlook To 3.70/Lb

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:14:43 -0000

The estimated 2008 production is still 0.6% higher from what Chile produced last year and the slight increase is due to Codelco's Gabriela Mistral mine coming on line, the ramp up to capacity at BHP Billiton Ltd.'s (BHP) Spence mine and increased output at Xstrata plc's (XTA.LN) and Anglo American plc's (AAUK) Collahuasi mine, the official said.

Tags: Chile production capacity codelco BHP

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Ferraris for all: BBC Analysis on geo-engineering

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:00:11 -0000

the most detailed popular discussion of geo-engineering I have come across so far. In broad terms three possible techniques were identified:

• Removing carbon dioxide from the oceans.
• Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
• Using lenses or mirrors to divert sunlight from the planet.

However, the discussion is still wracked with anxiety. On the one hand, some are arguing that things are getting so bad that geo-engineering might be necessary despite the possibility of damaging unintended consequences. On the other hand, others are worried that discussing geo-engineering could shift the discussion away from decarbonisation. An added worry seems to be that developing countries such as China and India – those that most need great increases in energy supply - could take a lead in developing the technology.

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

some are arguing that things are getting so bad that geo-engineering might be necessary despite the possibility of damaging unintended consequences. On the other hand, others are worried that discussing geo-engineering could shift the discussion away from decarbonisation. An added worry seems to be that developing countries such as China and India – those that most need

Tags: geo-engineering trends carbon

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Morningstar - Dow Jones & Company, Inc.: Alaska Copper Project Pre-Feasibility Underway-Anglo American

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:13:52 -0000

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- A pre-feasibility study at the Pebble copper project in Alaska is underway, with assessment of all options expected during 2009, the project's joint venture partner Anglo American PLC (AAUK) said Thursday.

Tags: Anglo mining trends

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FT.com / Home UK / UK - China seeks bigger deals and new sectors in Africa acquisition spree

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:17:06 -0000

High-level groups of bankers from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Standard Bank, respectively China and Africa's biggest banks, are examining potential targets in Africa's oil and gas, telecoms, base metals and power sectors, executives at the Johannesburg-based lender have told the Financial Times

Tags: trends mining china power

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Are 'tamper-proof' nukes a safe energy solution? - energy-fuels - 30 July 2008 - New Scientist Environment

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:06:46 -0000

For the past two years, the US has been promoting GNEP as a way of meeting the developing world's burgeoning appetite for energy.

Tags: energy nuclear trends

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Panasonic recycles home appliances at Eco Technology Center | Green News | Eco News

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:03:04 -0000

Panasonic encouraged by the Japanese Home Appliance Recycling Law has set up a lab called the ‘Eco Technology Center’ to recycle these products with the cooperation of consumers, retailers and of course manufacturers.

Tags: recycling Panasonic trends electronics

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IBM Moving Smart Grids Up on the To-Do List | Green News | Eco News

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:58:56 -0000

IBM is putting smart grids on their front burner by preparing a technical framework that will help to efficiently and effectively put new technology into the old electricity distribution grid.

Tags: electricity smart grid trends

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