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Global Shale Gas Potential – Mexico and Argentina

by Stuart Burns on November 14, 2011

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You would think the discovery of large — and I mean huge — gas reserves would be a major boon for any country. Just look at the transformational impact the US shale gas discoveries have had on the US energy landscape, not only allowing the generation of cheap and relatively low GHG electricity, but also [...]

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Solar Panel Industry Issues Anti-Dumping Case Against China

by Stuart Burns on November 10, 2011

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Few sunny days ahead for US solar manufacturing industry. Source: solarenergyfact.org You may believe it was inevitable. Sooner or later, production of what is essentially a commodity item like photovoltaic solar panels would prove uncompetitive in Western markets as low-cost emerging markets reached critical mass and, in something of a downturn, flooded the market at [...]

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A Case For Changing the Way We Assess National Fuel Supplies – Part One

by Stuart Burns on November 9, 2011

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Opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline is fierce in some quarters, led by environmentalists implacably opposed to the venture on the grounds that it will encourage further development of Canadian tar sands deposits. Even the White House has seen protests outside its doors as objectors have sought to persuade President Obama to rule against it. [...]

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Why “Farm-Fresh Food” in China May Be a Thing of the Distant Past

by Taras Berezowsky on November 8, 2011

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China’s heavy metal appetite for the likes of lead, zinc, copper and other building blocks of construction and transportation has rendered much of its environment less-than-fit for human existence. All you need is a stroll down a Beijing street in the summer to realize that. But this isn’t really news to any of us MetalMiner [...]

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Is China Really All That Concerned With Illegal Lanthanum Cerium Mining?

by Taras Berezowsky on November 2, 2011

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China’s attempts to play by the rules seem to keep cropping up. (Well, who knows if Beijing is actually willing and able to play by the rules, or if it’s all for show but that’s another issue.) Disregarding the fact that China blatantly eschews trade rules and regulations (with their rare earths and other raw [...]

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Timeline: India’s Illegal Iron Ore-Mining Bans in Karnataka State Part Two

by Lisa Reisman on October 26, 2011

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MetalMiner welcomes guest contributor Rahul Jalan, a Chennai-based senior research analyst in metals for Beroe, Inc. who tracks the global steel and rare earths supply chain and analyzes global procurement developments to help develop procurement solutions for the company. Beroe specializes in providing procurement intelligence for a broad swath of industries, enabling buyers’ decision-making. Continued [...]

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How Karnataka’s Ban On Illegal Iron Ore Mining Affects the Global Steel Industry – Part One

by Lisa Reisman on October 25, 2011

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MetalMiner welcomes guest contributor Rahul Jalan, a Chennai-based senior research analyst in metals for Beroe, Inc. who tracks the global steel and rare earths supply chain and analyzes global procurement developments to help develop procurement solutions for the company. Beroe specializes in providing procurement intelligence for a broad swath of industries, enabling buyers’ decision-making. India’s [...]

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Virgin Galactic Failing to Travel at the Speed of (Being Economically) Sound?

by Taras Berezowsky on October 19, 2011

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It seems that Virgin CEO and billionaire playboy Richard Branson cannot resist being flashy. Source: BBC, Agence France Presse From this BBC story about Branson’s new spaceport (the headline of which was truncated on my smartphone, and I must admit, after I read it my first thought was that a spaceport had opened in Branson, [...]

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