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Telstra digs into mining sector

2016-06-23 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

Australian incumbent buys assets from mine network specialist CBO Telecommunications.

Philippines' Duterte says to review mining projects

2016-06-21 12:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Incoming Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he would order a comprehensive review of mining projects in the country, warning he would cancel operations that are causing environmental harm. "There will be a comprehensive review of the mining claims of concessions given. And you must endeavor, if you are into it, be sure that you have enough resources" Duterte told a business conference. "For I will require you to go to Canada or Australia, learn how to mine the precious metals...

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Great Barrier Reef should be prioritised over coal mining, survey shows

2016-06-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Sydney Morning Herald: The effects of coral bleaching include the formation of an insidious layer of slime, now coating a vast area of the Great Barrier Reef, scientists say. A thumping majority of Australians want the health of the Great Barrier Reef prioritised over coal mining, according to a survey of more than 63,000 Fairfax Media readers. People living in mining states, the lower-educated, older people and men were less likely to agree to such a trade-off. Queensland's Abbot Point, surrounded by wetlands...

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Zimbabwe villagers displaced by diamond mining hope to see action from government

2016-06-13 02:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Villagers re-located to a sprawling government-owned farm complex in eastern Zimbabwe to make way for the nation's biggest diamond field are hoping that President Robert Mugabe's move to take control of the valued resource will benefit them. More than 1,000 families were moved in 2009 from a village adjacent to the Chiadzwa diamond field in Marange to Arda Transau, a 12,000 hectare farm settlement about 40 km (25 miles) to the north with promises of a better life. Arda Transau was billed as...

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