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AUSTRALIA-CEMENT INDUSTRY
The Cement Industry Action Agenda
The Australian Cement Industry focuses on increasing energy efficiency,
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and resource utilization. The
Agenda outlines the Industry's action plan to meet future challenges
while maintaining social and environmental responsibilities.
PAKISTAN - CEMENT INDUSTRY
FUTURES
The cement
industry is now looking up and calls for a review of the
structure, locations and the dynamic market forces.
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INVESTMENT AND LOCAL
INVOLVEMENT
Long range local perspective takes precedence and issues on industries
these days gets a hard look. The issue in Southern India is on the
investment on Titanium viewed with depleting resources particularly
water.
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Now ,Reliance
Cement
Reliance group gets into cement with a 20 million capacity installation
in MP, India near its Sasan ultra mega power project
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INDIA- NIYAMGIRI HILLS, ORISSA
Niyamgiri Hill is one of the most important biodiversity systems of
Eastern Ghats in India and the alumina
refinery closer to the hills is drawing serious concernamong the
local community and environmentalists. The home of wildlife, several
species of medicinal plants and birds could well disappear it is
feared. The hills receive abundant rainfall and is the home of many
perennial rivers and streams.
Also: effects
of mining location
and plans
"If it can't be grown, it has to be mined"
TIBET AND NEIGHBORS
The arrival of trains at Lhasa signaled
industrial activity and the untapped huge deposits of gold, copper,
chromites, natural gas is drawing global attention. Unfortunately high
concentrates of poisonous arsenic, mercury and cyanide and the
possibility of poisonous residues reaching any of the major Asian rivers
like Yangtze, Yellow River, Brahmaputra or Mekong could spell disaster
and calls for caution.
TIBET-LITHIUM
Lithium helped shrinking of mobile phones and laptops and though lithium
is the 33rd most abundant element, much of it is extracted from brine
lakes in the Andes Mountains. Tibet possesses Chabyer which
is one of the largest salt lake in the world and could become one of the
largest resource of lithium.
China already leads the production and consumption of lithium batteries.
related:
China Tibet Information Center
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"ENERGY SECURITY"
"Energy Security" has become the catchword of nations and has become one
of the major factors determining investment in that country. Moving
towards renewable energy and reduction of dependency on fossil based
fuels, though being taken earnestly, has a long time to catch up with
the current needs and nuclear energy has returned with force. All the
old mines once considered uneconomical, otherwise closed, and with
operational constraints are getting a second but deeper look around the
globe.
Czech Republic is an example as to how far the market forces influence
the uranium come-back and the "Energy Security" is finding priority
in the National Agenda. Czech Republic is planning the revival of old
closed mines, as well as extending the life of running Rozna
mine beyond 2008. Activists point out that this could result in a
disaster and totally negate the initiatives taken so for by way of huge
investments in re-cultivation of former mining areas
India is on a "fast-forward" mode as far as nuclear energy is concerned.
Though the Jadugoda mine
is in operation for more than 30 years safety measures, still appear to
lack trigger mechanisms for "tailings-pond" failure on occurrence, to
prevent the spread of contamination by toxic sludge which directly
confronts the displaced persons who pay a very high price on their
health. The emergence of the a local anti-uranium mining group "Jharkhandis
Organization Against Radiation" is a reflection of the seriousness.
JOAR does its bit to resist further nuclear development and educate the
local community
The seriousness of a toxic spill is reflected in the spill that occurred
in the United States at Church
Rock N.M in 1979 which showed strong radiation even after eighteen
months and the ground percolation feared at 30 feet.
more on:
uranium deposits in Hamr, north Bohemia
Uranium in-situ leaching in Czech Russia,
Asia and others
INDIA-ABANDONED MINES RIPS HIGHWAY
The Authorities are meeting to examine the safety of the highway and
possible diversion of traffic after methane accumulated over decades in
an abandoned mine caused an explosion creating cracks, horizontal,
vertical and diagonal in the Calcutta-Delhi Highway. The immediate
damage control is placed at around 10 crores for the road.
MONGOLIA -RESOURCE CURSE
"Resource curse" and much more
Mongolia is in a dilemma but is in no hurry and appear determined to
avoid "the resource curse" and plan to go forward though appearing to
move slowly. The vast untapped mineral resources of Mongolia is
attracting major players with a focus to usher in a "new Age". Mongolia
passed a windfall tax on copper and gold and revised its mining laws
giving leverage to the State.
The people however expect transparency and look for prosperity from the
mineral resources. Ivanhoe Mines, has already spent more than $US300
million ($366 million) developing Oyu Tolgoi, which could turn out to be
the biggest resource of gold and copper.
more
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CHINA POTENTIAL IN
UNDERGROUND WATER
China possesses 870 billion cubic meters of underground water?
The existence of approximately 870 billion cubic meters of underground
water in China with annual availability of 290 billion cubic meters is
revealed by the "China Geological Survey Bureau" after its survey over
an extent of 9.6 million square kilometer in China.
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STORING URANIUM WASTE
Australia
Storing uranium waste has always been a contentious issue. While there
is acceptance for
uranium mining, the arguments for the producer to own responsibility for
storing waste has
few takers.
also: surmounting
the hurdle-storing uranium waste a
pointer
BRAZIL SHOWS THE WAY
Brazil saw it long before anybody realized and with a head start of
30 years, more than 300 bioethanol plants
already converting sugarcane to transportation fuel, leave nothing to
waste. Now looking further ahead for the next 30 years, Brazil looks at next-generation
technologies for converting cellulosic
biomass to fuels and chemicals with an integrated approach from all
sectors.
The collaboration between US and Brazil brings out the fact that
sustenance can not be in isolation and the effort has truly to be global
in the future.
also: What
is bioethnol?
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NAMIBIA-Sustainable Mining
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LANGER HEINRICH URANIUM
MINE, NAMIBIA
Operational constraints including “start-up” issues and stabilization
factors as well as seasonal cancellations and shipping delivery
schedules result in Langer
Heinrichmissing forecasts The mine is located at Namib desert,
about 80 km east of Swakopmund.
The Company is having plans for further exploration and drill another
further 9 000 m Apart from Langer Heinrich mine another two uranium
mines are a distinct possibility in Namibia
Related: Kayelekera
uranium project, Malawi clearance
for the project the
project
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