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Australia approves BHP's Olympic Dam expansionSydney (AFP) Oct 10, 2011 Australia on Monday approved BHP Billiton's multi-billion dollar plans to expand its copper and uranium operations at Olympic Dam, but said it must comply with more than 100 strict conditions. Environment Minister Tony Burke said the rules allowing the expansion of the South Australian site would extend beyond the life of the mine which BHP has forecast will generate billions in earnings and create thousands of jobs. "While I have considered the economic and jobs benefits of this project, my foc ... read more |
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  Global crisis could roil Lat-Am export markets The global economic crisis is worrying officials in Latin America, who fear the effects of a decline in demand for the region's raw materials, particularly from China, analysts said. ... more | .. |
  Oil from crippled ship hits New Zealand coast Oil from a stranded container ship began washing up on the shore of New Zealand's pristine Bay of Plenty Monday, forcing beach closures at the popular tourist spot, Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) said. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: Knowledge workers vital Africa has arrived at a turning point. Across the continent, national economies are growing at some of the fastest rates in the world. Foreign investment is flooding in, funding roads, communication networks and power grids. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Thailand seeks better ties with Myanmar Thailand's prime minister returned to Bangkok with a promise from the nominally civilian government in Myanmar to reopen a major border crossing soon. ... more | .. |
 Blasts partially halt output at south Iraq oil field Production at Iraq's biggest oil field was partially halted on Saturday after two bombs damaged a pipeline transporting crude, the head of state-owned South Oil Co said. ... more | .. |
 New Zealand navy called in for oil slick clean up The New Zealand navy was called in Saturday to help clean up an oil slick in the pristine Bay of Plenty that leaked from a stranded container ship which now threatens to break apart on an offshore reef. ... more | .. |
 Chinese exporters hurting as EU crisis deepens Wu Wenlong, a belt maker in China, has seen European orders slump 50 percent as the region's debt crisis hits demand for Chinese exports and threatens to tip major economies back into recession. ... more |
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MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch
We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas - satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones | .. |
  Malaysians protest Australian rare earth plant Malaysian protesters rallied Sunday against plans to open a rare earth processing plant in an eastern resort town saying they fear it will harm the environment. ... more | .. |
 Dalai Lama visa blocked over S.African trade fears: report South Africa refused to give the Dalai Lama a visa to visit for Desmond Tutu's birthday because the foreign ministry feared his trip would jeopardise trade ties with China, a newspaper reported Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Commentary: American dream -- or nightmare The average person has a great deal of trouble understanding why and how a board of directors can fire the chief executive officer after less than one year on the job - and award him $13 million in severance for screwing up. ... more | .. |
  Backers: Solar plant generates at night A new type of solar energy power plant that keeps working at night was inaugurated in Spain this week by its Spanish and Abu Dhabi backers. ... more |
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 Protests thwart India's nuclear plans An increase in anti-nuclear sentiment after the Fukushima disaster in Japan in March has stalled India's ambitious plan for nuclear expansion, officials said. ... more | .. |
 OPEC faces new Iran-Saudi clash The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries could face another clash between Saudi Arabia and Iran as the cartel's oil production rises to a three-year high. ... more | .. |
  Mountaintop coal mining moves a step ahead In a major victory for the coal industry operating in the Appalachian region, a U.S. district judge ruled that environmental officials overstepped their authority by subjecting mountaintop-removal mining operations to more stringent permit reviews. ... more | .. |
  Chinese automaker confirms Brazil factory plan Chinese automaker JAC Motors said Friday it will invest $500 million to build a factory in Brazil's northeastern Bahia state, its first outside China. ... more |
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Mars glaciers are purer and more uniform than previously thought
Curiosity Rovers Boxwork Campaign Reaches New Heights on Mount Sharp
Skyfall Mars helicopter fleet to scout future astronaut landing sites | .. |
 Ecologists urge Obama to stop Canada-US pipeline Environmental activists Friends of the Earth Friday called on US President Barack Obama to overturn a controversial $7 billion oil pipeline project to run from Canada to the United States. ... more | .. |
 Obama: Europe, China must act on economy Facing a tough reelection fight, President Barack Obama Thursday warned Europe's crisis could severely impact the fragile US recovery if Republicans balk at passing his $447 billion job creation plan. ... more | .. |
 Michigan Tech to Dedicate New Solar Energy Research Center A new solar energy center at Michigan Technological University will let students and researchers study photovoltaic systems in the demanding weather conditions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The fac ... more | .. |
 Qatar Solar Technologies to build large polysilicon plant Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) has announced that it will be building a polysilicon production facility worth approximately US$1bn in Qatar. QSTec's plant will manufacture 8,000 MTPY (metric tons ... more |
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 Russia's solar potential Russia is the biggest country in the world and one of biggest suppliers of oil and gas has not yet seen a real need to develop a market for solar technologies. This might change during the nex ... more | .. |
  Natural Power US to act as Owner's Engineer on 2.1GW Wyoming wind farm Leading international renewable energy consultancy group Natural Power has been selected to provide Owner's Engineering services during the resource assessment and project design stages of a 2.1GW w ... more | .. |
  Researchers Realize High-Power, Narrowband Terahertz Source at Room Temperature Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a simpler way to generate single-chip terahertz radiation, a discovery that could soon allow for more rapid security screening, border protectio ... more | .. |
 Rice physicists move one step closer to quantum computer Rice University physicists have created a tiny "electron superhighway" that could one day be useful for building a quantum computer, a new type of computer that will use quantum particles in place o ... more |
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BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations
GovSat selects Thales Alenia Space to build secure satellite for military communications
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Mideast turmoil boosts oil routes threat The combination of Yemen's looming civil war, chaos in Somalia, trouble in Saudi Arabia's oil province, increased Israeli and Iranian naval activity in the Red Sea, unrest in revolutionary Egypt have heightened the security threat to the region's maritime chokepoints. ... more | .. |
 Scientists Identify Microbes Responsible for Consuming Natural Gas in Deepwater Horizon Spill In the results of a new study, scientists explain how they used DNA to identify microbes present in the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill--and the particular microbes responsi ... more | .. |
  New research approach opens up exotic quantum states Theoretical physicists of the University of Innsbruck have formulated a new concept to engineer exotic, so-called topological states of matter in quantum mechanical many-body systems. They linked co ... more | .. |
  Emissions rising from 'carbonizing dragon' China's greenhouse gas emissions are expected to rise higher than expected, even though the country is on course to meet or even surpass pledges made at the Cancun, Mexico, climate summit last year, a new study indicates. ... more |
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Uruguay set to become major gas exporter Uruguay is set to become a major exporter of natural gas after assessments indicated it has potentially large and commercially viable gas deposits on its territory. ... more | .. |
  EU wins key round in carbon fight with airlines The European Union on Thursday won a key legal round against US airlines fighting EU plans to force foreign carriers to buy carbon permits to fly to and out of the 27-nation bloc. ... more | .. |
 Toyota production back to pre-tsunami levels: report Toyota Motor's global production recovered to pre-tsunami levels in September, two months earlier than forecast, company officials quoted by Japanese media said Thursday. ... more | .. |
Embraer selects French component supplier Hispano-Suiza of France has been chosen by Brazilian aircraft company Embraer to supply it with emergency electric power generator systems. ... more |
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