ADAIR Appoints Peter H. Wilkinson to Its Advisory Board and Proceeds With Its Power Projects.
HOUSTON, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- John W. Adair, Chairman, CEO and Jalal Alghani, Vice Chairman, CFO of ADAIR INTERNATIONAL OIL & GAS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: AIGI) announce the appointment of Mr. Peter H. Wilkinson to ADAIR'S advisory board. Mr. Wilkinson will be instrumental in...

The 1872 mining law and the 20th century collide: a rediscovery of limits on mining rights in wilderness areas and national forests.
I. INTRODUCTION The 1872 Mining Law(1) restricts mining rights for claims located in wilderness areas and national forests. This restriction--the lack of so-called "extralateral" mineral rights--has always been in the text of the 1872 Mining Law, but it took a flesh look at this nineteenth century law...

A MineStar is born. (eBusiness: update for the wired world).
Caterpillar has formed Caterpillar MineStar Solutions (www.cat.com/minestar)--a new division of Global Mining that will serve the mining information systems needs of mining operations worldwide. The new organization will develop, market and support the MineStar suite of products, including production and operations management software as well as systems on board...

Future prospects for mining and public land management: the federal 'retention-disposal' policy enters the twenty-first century.
I. Introduction To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified...

Butt out, public.
Byline: The Register Guard When it comes to planning the future of public lands, the Bush administration is always happy to hear from its friends in the timber, mining, oil and gas industries. But if you're an environmentalist or just an interested member of the general public,...

CGA Mining Limited - Proposed acquisition of the Masbate Gold Project in the Philippines.
PERTH, Western Australia, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of CGA Mining Limited (previously named Central Asia Gold Limited) ("CGA", the "Company") has entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement ("SPA") with Thistle Mining Inc. (THT:AIM) ("Thistle") to acquire 100% of its interest in the Masbate Gold Project in...

MINDANAO NEWSBITS.
Surigao Norte mineral dev't plan formulated SURIGAO CITY -- The Surigao del Norte government led by Gov. Robert Lyndon Barbers on Wednesday formulated a mineral resource and development master plan (MRDMP) to generate socio-economic and other relevant data on all mineral deposits in the province, including their...

Oceans: big blue looming?
By adopting the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Australia has declared responsibility for an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of surrounding seas and oceans nearly twice the area of the continent. From Torres Strait to Antarctica, and from Norfolk Island to the Cocos-Keeling Islands,...

A sound and dust decision: a California quarry finds that installing sound and dust barriers helps eliminate community barriers at the same time. (Crushing).
At Hanson Aggregates' San Marcos quarry operations in San Marcos, Calif., the company erected sound and dust barriers at the quarry to eliminate potential barriers between it and the local residents. The results have been positive to say the least. Hanson has a good reputation for being...

Hiukitak school of Tuktu: collecting Inuit ecological knowledge of caribou and calving areas through an elder-youth camp.
LENA KAMOAYOK awoke at her usual time (4:00 a.m.) and began to prepare her teaching props. She squatted into the gentle light coming through the opening in her tent and, with her army knife, she expertly sliced through the Frosted Flakes box. She sawed with excited determination, fastidiously tracing...