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Australia: Up to 1,000 coalminers could have black lung disease, says mining union
2016-03-03 23:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: As many as 1,000 coalminers may have black lung disease, the mining union says. The potentially fatal disease is caused by the inhalation of coal dust over a long period, and can emerge up to 15 years after exposure. A coalminer diagnosed with the first case of black lung in Australia in more than 60 years worked in an underground mine for six years after early signs of the disease were missed in a medical examination. The CFMEU says it is very concerned about a backlog of screening x-rays...
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Diamcor Mining: Expanding Margins, Cash Flow Breakeven And A...
2016-03-01 19:17:29| Jewelry - Topix.net
Diamcor continues to evidence "what may come" with expressions of just how attractive a cash flow story we could be looking at. Diamcor Mining , a junior diamond mining company with unique ties to Tiffany & Co.
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Ban donations from mining companies and stop ministers working for them
2016-03-01 04:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In Australian politics, there is a revolving door that swings round and round, fuelled by money and self-interest. Into it go former politicians and their staffers and out pop even more highly paid mining company executives and fossil fuel lobbyists. The list of former politicians and staffers whove scored cushy positions in the fossil fuel sector is depressingly long Ive listed just some of them that Im aware of below. The revolving door in part explains why there has never been a...
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Mountaintop mining, crop irrigation can damage water biodiversity
2016-02-26 03:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Aquatic life can suffer when high concentrations of dissolved salts enter freshwater ecosystems, a process known as salinization. An international, multi-institutional team of researchers that includes a Virginia Tech graduate student recommends ways that humans can protect freshwater from salts in an article Friday (Feb. 26) in the journal Science. The recommendations include the use of less water for agricultural practices, less salt for road de-icing, less discharge or sequestering salts...
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Sumitomo Metal Mining to boost production of NCA for Li-ion batteries by 38%; targeting Tesla Model 3
2016-02-25 11:56:13| Green Car Congress
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