Privatization in the international petroleum industry: the interplay between politics, economics, and reliance.
INTRODUCTION Since the discovery of oil, world power brokers have fought over the price, production, and control of the once vast and still vital natural resource, (1) Some allege that the recent occupation of Iraq is motivated by the control over oil supplies in the Persian Gulf....

Endangered rivers.
Two environmental groups--Earth Wild International and Wildcanada.net--released a report in July naming Canada's 10 most endangered rivers. Rivers were assessed according to two main criteria, said Stephen Legault, executive director of Wildcanada.net, based in Canmore, Alta. The level of threat and the "national significance" of the river....

Shaping Papua New Guinea's future.
Papua New Guinea is facing rapid resource development which is putting pressure on the environment and affecting the quality of life for people living in these environments. The major resource use areas are: mining, petroleum extraction, forestry, cash crops, and subsistence farming. Youth involvement in environmental decision-making...

Attilio Galiberti (ed.). Defensola: una miniera di selce di 7000 anni fa.
ATTILIO GALIBERTI (ed.). Defensola: una miniera di selce di 7000 anni fa. 216 pages, numerous colour & b&w illustrations. 2005. Siena: Protagon Editori Toscani; 88-8024-143- 5 hardback 20 [euro]. The study of prehistoric mines and quarries is a developing specialism within lithic studies in almost every country...

NORM: the new hot wastes.
Concerned about the threat of contamination from illegally dumped radiopharmaceuticals earlier this year, the managers of a Pennsylvania landfill increased the sensitivity of the radiation detector used to scan incoming wastes. To their surprise, the first shipment to set off the alarm contained nothing but concentrated brine sludge --...

Non-profits are big business.
Ottawa--Canada's non-profit sector is big business and is growing, a Statistics Canada report shows. Its share of gross domestic product is larger than the mining, oil and gas extraction industry, the entire retail trade industry, motor vehicle manufacturing, agriculture and the accommodation and food services industry. Social service organizations...

Atlas nickel project nears production.
Byline: JAMES A. LOYOLA Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corporation announced that its Berong nickel project in Palawan is progressing towards production. The firm informed the Philippine Stock Exchange that it has now been granted all the permits necessary for the initial trial bulk metallurgical...

Contributions to the study of heavy metals concentration variation in sedimentable dusts according to the distance from the pollution source.
Abstract: The environment in areas where geological and mining activities, such as the extraction of ores containing heavy metals, take place, is heavily polluted with dusts resulting from these activities, as well as with residual waters from the mines. Depending on the meteorological conditions, as well as on the...

Small miners told to obey the law.
Byline: EDU LOPEZ The government has warned small miners to comply with the environmental, safety, health and social provisions of the mining law. It was estimated that there are over 2,000 approved small-scale mining permits all over the country, benefiting about 200,000 people including miners...

Palaeolithic landscape of extraction: flint surface quarries and workshops at Mt Pua, Israel.
A complex Late Acheulian--Early Mousterian quarry landscape was discovered during reconnaissance of prehistoric communities in the central Dishon Valley, Northern Israel (FIGURE 1). The site is on the fiat, narrow summit of Mt Pua, where numerous flint nodules of various sizes are exposed within the limestone outcrops (Barkai &...