Starcore International Mines worker dies in accident in Mexican mine

Edit Topix 23 Jun 2016
A Vancouver-based mining company says a worker has died in an accident at its San Martin mine in Queretaro, Mexico. Starcore International Mines Ltd. says the accident involved an "experienced underground miner" and was an isolated incident that occurred during wall and ceiling ground support installation ... ....

British businessman sues Kyrgystan president's son for 'ordering him to be shot'

Edit Topix 23 Jun 2016
British businessman sues former Kyrgyzstan president's son claiming he ordered him to be shot in battle over A 300m gold mine Sean Daley, 56, was living in Kyrgyzstan ......

Obituary: Patrick Dorehill, DSO DFC and Bar, aviator

Edit Scotsman 23 Jun 2016
His squadron, No 44, based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, had been the first to receive the new aircraft that February, and he had carried out mine-laying operations in it, as well as a fortnight's low-flying practice ... His father was a Rhodesian government district official in a remote mining area, and the boy was educated at Michaelhouse School, Natal, South Africa....

Air raids kill 25 civilians in Daesh stronghold

Edit Arabnews 23 Jun 2016
Attached Files. . ID. . 1466633612421151000. Publication Date. . Thursday, June 23, 2016. BEIRUT. Warplanes have bombed the Daesh group’s de facto Syrian capital Raqqa, killing at least 25 civilians, after the terrorists drove pro-government forces out of their bastion northern province ... A tribal militant who had fought alongside government forces recounted how the army had first been slowed down by mines planted by Daesh ... ....

Tadawul: SABIC stocks gain strength

Edit Arabnews 23 Jun 2016
Attached Files. . ID. . 1466626347250389800. Publication Date. . Thursday, June 23, 2016. JEDDAH. Gulf stock markets were mixed in narrow ranges and moderate volumes on Wednesday, with investors cautious before Britain’s European Union referendum ... Saudi Basic Industries Corp ... Asec Company for Mining sank 2.8 percent after reporting that it swung to a consolidated loss in the first quarter from a year-earlier profit ... Economy. ....

Failed: GOP proposal that would have kept Harriet Tubman off $20 bill

Edit Naples Daily News 23 Jun 2016
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Steve King introduced an  that would have prevented Harriet Tubman, an abolitionist and supporter of women's suffrage, from replacing President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill ... She subsequently made repeated missions on the Underground Railroad to rescue black people from slavery ... … This is a divisive proposal on the part of the president and mine's unifying ... Jackson, the seventh U.S ... ....

RIBA awards 2016: motorway service station among UK's best buildings

Edit The Guardian 23 Jun 2016
Universities loom large among the 46 winners, but Grayson Perry’s House for Essex and other deserving buildings are missing from architectural honours. @ollywainwright ... Twitter. Related ... Twitter ... Be it in detailing or material choices, these projects mine the rich catalogue of architectural history and redeploy that learning in a way that feels radically fresh and new – in a manner that might even be called (whisper it) “postmodern” ... ....

Media release 19 June 16 Economy-wide sales dip again: Commonwealth Bank BSI Keep reading (Commonwealth Bank of Australia)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
(Source. Commonwealth Bank of Australia). The Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI) - a measure of economy-wide spending - fell slightly in May, driven by weaker spending in the Government and Business Services sectors ... The May data confirms a slowdown in economy-wide spending as the Australian economy continues its transition after the mining boom, and consumers and businesses await the outcome of the election on 2 July....

Media availability by Secretary Carter at Fort Knox, Kentucky (US Department of Defense)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
(Source. US Department of Defense) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASH CARTER. Hi, everybody. Thanks for being here. I won't be long. Just, first of all, to the community around Fort Knox, thanks for supporting this incredible installation. The -- its role is essential in our Army and our military today, which is, among other things, a very wide spectrum of training ... And the future of the force, as I call it, is a major commitment of mine ... PETER COOK....

Coal India set to lose its monopoly finally?

Edit Yahoo Daily News 22 Jun 2016
As a precursor to commercial coal mining for private entities, the coal ministry has decided to allot 16 mines to coal-bearing states for sale of the fuel to any entity irrespective of end-use. This will put these states in direct competition with state-run miner Coal India, which enjoys a near monopoly on mining coal for commercial purpose ... “This is a step towards allowing private players to enter commercial mining....

Reminder; expiry of subscription period in ongoing Rights Issue on Thursday 23 June 2016 (Nordic Mining ASA)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jun 2016
Nordic Mining ASA) ... Reference is made to previous announcements in respect of the ongoing Rights Issue of up to 170,000,000 new shares in Nordic Mining ASA ('Nordic Mining') ... Nordic Mining ASA. Nordic Mining ASA (www.nordicmining.com). Nordic Mining ASA ('Nordic Mining' or 'the Company') is a resource company with focus on high-end industrial minerals and metals in Norway and internationally ... Nordic Mining is listed on Oslo Axess....

The Fast and Furious timeline: Here's how to watch the franchise properly

Edit Digital Spy 22 Jun 2016
Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) Elena Neves (Elsa Pataky) Now, THIS film made people stand up and say 'shit, since when did Fast and Furious films get awesome?' Dropping the street racing focus and shifting to heist action certainly helped, but also introducing 'franchise-saver' Dwayne Johnson into the mix was inspired....

AngloGold seeks an order compelling Ghana to end Obuasi mine invasion

Edit Modern Ghana 22 Jun 2016
Citi Business News can confirm that AngloGold Ashanti Ghana, has formally asked the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID) to compel the government of Ghana to flash out all illegal miners and return peace and stability to the Obuasi Gold Mine. This follows the complaints over the invasion of the company’s Obuasi Mine by the illegal miners for some time now....
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