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Lonmin miners end two-day strike

2013-05-16 11:22:08| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Lonmin mineworkers in South Africa are returning to work after their two-day strike in protest at the shooting of a senior union official at the weekend.

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America now has more solar energy workers than coal miners

2013-04-26 20:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mother Nature Network: Some might dismiss the solar energy industry because its still very small compared to the oil & gas industry. But to paraphrase a famous Canadian hockey player, we need to skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been. Indeed, solar is still in its infancy, but its growing quickly thanks to ever falling prices brought on by technological improvements and economies of scale. For the first time ever last month, new solar power capacity represented 100 percent of new energy on the...

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Bankruptcy Affects More Than Patriot Coal's Retired Miners

2013-04-17 10:37:11| Energy - Topix.net

Retired miners are converging on St. Louis Tuesday for a union rally to protest a proposed cut in health benefits.

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Canada aboriginal movement poses new threat to miners

2013-03-17 13:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: An aboriginal protest movement that's often compared with Occupy Wall Street has the potential to disrupt mining projects across Canada, threatening to undermine the country's coveted reputation for low-risk resource development. Idle No More, a grass-roots movement with little centralized leadership, swept across Canada late last year with the help social media. Protesters blocked roads and rail lines, and staged big rallies in the country's largest cities to press a sweeping human rights and...

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Australia shares rise 1.8 pct as banks rally, miners rebound

2013-03-16 06:01:14| Automakers - Topix.net

Australian shares rallied 1.8 percent on Friday, led by the financial sector after the Dow Jones Industrial Average extended its run of record highs and as miners rebounded from early losses.

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