Mining revival: a uranium boom for a wary West
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Seven mines are open so far in five Western states, including one in Utah.
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IN a potential boost for WMC&#39;s plans to ramp up its long-term uranium production, the West Australian Opposition yesterday said it would consider &quot;on merit&quot; any proposals for new uranium mines in the state.
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Strong demand makes commodity companies a hot ticket. Where are the best returns?
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PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia  - Gold miners on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula contend with volcanic eruptions, floods and poor infrastructure, but high metal prices mean the hard work pays off.
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Canadian miner Uranium One said it had approved Australia's fourth uranium mine, the Honeymoon project in the South Australian outback.
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SNOWBIRD - The mining industry helped build Utah&#39;s economy, but boom-time digging led to a modern-day landscape pockmarked with holes that once produced silver, gold, copper and lead.
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Iran's campaign to control the nuclear fuel cycle starts deep under this barren patch of desert, in a mine that engineers expect to start yielding uranium ore in less than two years.
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TOM ELLIOTT, MM&amp;E CAPITAL: Well, the bid that received the most attention was London-based Xstrata&#39;s offer to buy WMC Resources, the old Western Mining, at $6.
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In a mining market awash with cash and  parched for discoveries, there are rock-solid reasons why the  junior mining sector should consolidate, but ego and economics  could get in the way of such deals.
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A once-ailing heavy industry is now in heavy demand. The next step? Global consolidation. For the last decade, much of the West&#39;s steel industry has been in the doldrums.
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The mining colony established by Christopher Columbus on his second trip to the Americas began to pilfer its own supply of ore in the face of rapidly deteriorating conditions, according to a new study.
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Philip Durell takes a look at three gold mines for value investors.
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Researchers at a Department of Energy lab are developing fuel rods that could halve the amount of nuclear waste produced. That's good news for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, where 40 years' worth of radioactive material is slated to be stored. By John Gartner.
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US investigators are likely to examine the growing - some say perilous - use of 'retreat mining.'
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Business & money: Merger fever is sweeping the macho, cash-rich mining sector, but there are more than just egos involved
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Prices for raw materials had languished for years, but the sector is now trying to meet burgeoning global demand for iron, copper and other key commodities.
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HAMISH ROBERTSON: China&#39;s enormous appetite for raw materials to fuel its economic boom is continuing to have spin-offs for Australia, with a new mining deal announced between the two countries.