A trend of mild cooling down appears in the economy.
The macro economic indexes in the Chinese economy continued to maintain a robust growth from January to February this year. The export growth gradually came down, the industrial growth was also slowed, the consumption growth showed a mild increase and the price of commodities presented a moderated rising trend....

Reclamation, Part I: the bare minimum; returning the land to nature is the least an aggregate producer can do--and by law must do--after a site has been mined out. (E&T Reclamation).
No matter where in the country an aggregate producer is operating, chances are the site is regulated by state and local laws governing reclamation. More than 20 years have passed since Congress instituted the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act in 1977. The act requires coal mining...

Rockwell Announces Fiscal 2009 Results for Three & Nine Months Ending November 30, 2008.
ACHIEVES A NET PROFIT OF $4.5 MILLION OR $0.02 CENTS FOR THE QUARTER VANCOUVER, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rockwell Diamonds Inc. ("Rockwell" or the "Company") (TSX: RDI; JSE: RDI; OTCBB: RDIAF) announces its financial results for the three month and nine month periods ending November 30, 2008....

Alcan Global ATI to implement workforce reduction plan for its Ravenswood facility.
MONTREAL, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcan Global Aerospace, Transportation and Industry (ATI), part of Alcan Engineered Products - a business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan - will implement a workforce reduction plan at its Ravenswood facility in West Virginia. The plan is expected to impact 168 roles (140 permanent...

Chestnut Farms fined for polluting waterways; One of 4 site operators in New England cited.
MARLBORO - Chestnut Farms Development Corp. of Marlboro is one of four site operators in New England that has agreed to pay fines for violating federal regulations designed to prevent pollution from storm-water runoff at construction and industrial sites. In separate actions, the Environmental Protection Agency alleged...

China raises entry threshold for yellow phosphorus industry.
The updating entry to China's yellow phosphorus industry issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is effective January 1st, 2009. The move is to regulate the development of the yellow phosphorus industry, avoid construction of low-level plants, strengthen environmental protection, improve the utilization rate for...

Mexivada receives new diamond and gold concessions in ROC Republic of Congo; artisanal mining license in Sierra Leone.
TSX-V: MNV OTC: MXVDF Frankfurt: M2Q VANCOUVER, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ROC CONGO PROJECTS: Mexivada is pleased to report that its Camp Socobois-Diamond, and Camp Socobois-Gold Permis des Recherches ("PRs") were approved and signed in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) ("ROC") on January 23rd by Hon. Denis...

World's Most Innovative Ecoresort to Be Built on Monterey Coastline.
Monterey Coast Resort To Use Technology And Design To Minimize Environmental Impact and Restore Coastline and Natural Ecosystems MONTEREY, Calif., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Security National Guaranty (SNG) today announced plans to develop the greenest ecoresort in the world on the Monterey Peninsula. To be located on...

Douglas Lake Minerals recovers 41 diamonds from samples which confirms dimanodiferous alluvial potential at Magembe Property.
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harp Sangha, CEO/President of Douglas Lake Minerals Inc. (DLKM-OTCBB/Franfurt-D60.F http://www.douglaslakeminerals.com/) announces that preliminary gemological results have confirmed the presence of diamondiferous alluvial gravels from the company's Magembe diamond property in the Shinyanga District of northwestern Tanzania. The exploration at...

National Day of Nauru.
NAURU celebrates its National Day today. Nauru is an island located in the West Pacific Ocean, just south of the equator. The Nauruans are of mixed Polynesian, Micronesian, and Melanesian races. About four-fifths of the people are Christians. Nauruan and English are the main languages. In 1947,...