My News Feed Fresh news from gsi.ir http://www.gsi.ir/ en 2013-05-22 9:47 am Geological Survey Of IRAN How Canadian mining can maintain its global competitive edge http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21714/Action_NewsBodyView/news21714.html 2013-05-20 09:59:10 After a terrible week for commodities and mining shares, Mining Association of Canada president.... Striking a balance with zinc investments http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21713/Action_NewsBodyView/news21713.html 2013-05-20 09:53:19 perfect zinc mining project could be sitting on the sidelines—and missing out on profits... Canadian Arctic irreversible melt not just bad news http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21707/Action_NewsBodyView/news21707.html 2013-05-18 07:49:38 A fifth of Canada’s Arctic glaciers are expected to disappear by the end of the century.... Glencore takeover gets greenlight from Chinese regulators http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21706/Action_NewsBodyView/news21706.html 2013-05-18 07:48:33 Glencore’s multi-billion takeover of Xstrata received the go ahead from Chinese regulators in.... Copper hammered again, lowest level in 18 months http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21705/Action_NewsBodyView/news21705.html 2013-05-18 07:47:36 Copper prices dropped for the second straight day on Thursday, hitting the lowest level in.... The surprising resiliency of junior miners: Sandstorm Gold http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21697/Action_NewsBodyView/news21697.html 2013-05-13 10:09:35 Sandstorm Gold’s CEO expects more mining juniors to survive the downturn than some.... Rio Tinto apologises to shareholders over Alcan http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21696/Action_NewsBodyView/news21696.html 2013-05-13 10:08:13 Mining giant Rio Tinto offered shareholders an apology for its ill-fated takeover of Alcan in 2007.... Canada opens applications for mining professionals http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21695/Action_NewsBodyView/news21695.html 2013-05-13 10:05:15 Canada released its list of the 24 eligible job areas for which its seeking professionals as.... Copper dips to 18-month low after dim China growth data http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21688/Action_NewsBodyView/news21688.html 2013-05-11 11:36:43 Copper under $6,800 a tonne represents value -trader* China local copper premiu.... Australia’s Newcrest reviewing high-cost gold operations http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21687/Action_NewsBodyView/news21687.html 2013-05-11 11:34:56 Australia’s Newcrest Mining Ltd. (ASX: NCM) plans to review all its business activities.... World’s richest man Carlos Slim finds golden mining touch http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21676/Action_NewsBodyView/news21676.html 2013-05-04 13:14:38 Carlos Slim’s Mexican mining company Frisco (PINK:MFRVF) enjoyed a first-quarter reven.... arth’s Center Is 1,000 Degrees Hotter Than Previously Thought, Synchrotron X-Ray Experiment Shows http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21675/Action_NewsBodyView/news21675.html 2013-05-04 13:09:43 Scientists have determined the temperature near the Earth’s centre to be 6000 degrees .... Sea Surface Temperatures Reach Highest Level in 150 Years On Northeast Continental Shelf http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21674/Action_NewsBodyView/news21674.html 2013-05-04 13:04:29 Sea surface temperatures in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem during 2012.... How Life May Have First Emerged On Earth: Foldable Proteins in a High-Salt Environment http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21659/Action_NewsBodyView/news21659.html 2013-04-27 08:49:20 A structural biologist at the Florida State University College of Medicine has made discoveries ... Rio Tinto’s Walsh hits the gas pedal, puts Aussie coal assets up for sale http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21658/Action_NewsBodyView/news21658.html 2013-04-27 08:47:07 Rio Tinto says goodbye to its Aussie coal assets. Rio Tinto’s (ASX, LON, NYSE:RI.... Canada’s mining sector fails to book a single IPO so far this year http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21657/Action_NewsBodyView/news21657.html 2013-04-27 08:45:32 For the first time in a decade, Canada’s normally bustling mining sector failed to book a single.... Chile’s port strikes hitting fruit more than copper: experts http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21644/Action_NewsBodyView/news21644.html 2013-04-22 09:26:36 The series of fast-spreading port strikes in Chile, ignited by the top copper union mid-March.... Ajax mine opposed by three-quarters, survey shows http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21643/Action_NewsBodyView/news21643.html 2013-04-22 09:25:28 A survey by Roundabout Communications shows nearly 75 per cent of respondents are.... Peru’s Antamina set to produce 450,000 tonnes copper this year http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21642/Action_NewsBodyView/news21642.html 2013-04-22 09:17:35 Peruvian miner Antamina produced about 450,000 tonnes of copper in 2012 and expects similar... Striking a balance with zinc investments http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21631/Action_NewsBodyView/news21631.html 2013-04-16 08:31:38 Stock picking can be an exercise in compromise, and investors who wait for a perfect zinc.... Asteroid mining to dominate the industry: experts http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21630/Action_NewsBodyView/news21630.html 2013-04-16 08:29:28 Profiting from the riches that asteroids, stars and unknown planets have to offer not only.... Global downturn takes a toll on Canada’s north ’mining boom’: report http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21629/Action_NewsBodyView/news21629.html 2013-04-16 08:28:22 Canada’s territories, not long ago believed to be the epicenter of a mining boom, are feeling... Australian mining service companies in dangerous decline http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21618/Action_NewsBodyView/news21618.html 2013-04-10 09:20:34 Australia’s central bank warned the country’s national resources sector the future of.... Japan gets the green light to mine coal in Mozambique http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21617/Action_NewsBodyView/news21617.html 2013-04-10 09:19:06 Japanese firm coming to Mozambique Japan’s main steelmaker, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal.... Scientists to Jupiter’s Moon Io: Your Volcanoes Are in the Wrong Place http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21616/Action_NewsBodyView/news21616.html 2013-04-10 09:15:12 Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System, with hundreds of.... Exxaro Resources ends coal miners’ strike in South Africa http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21608/Action_NewsBodyView/news21608.html 2013-04-07 09:14:33 South Africa’s second-biggest coal miner Exxaro Resources Ltd. (JSE: EXX) settled an.... Chinese mining company likely to list potash assets in Toronto: report http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21607/Action_NewsBodyView/news21607.html 2013-04-07 09:13:06 China-based Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. (NYSE:YZC) is likely to list its Canada potash.... Four Russian coal miners missing after flood http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21606/Action_NewsBodyView/news21606.html 2013-04-07 09:11:54 Russian rescuers continue searching today for four miners missing after a flood in a mine in.... Dead Star Warps Light of Companion Red Star, Astronomers Say http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21605/Action_NewsBodyView/news21605.html 2013-04-07 09:09:24 NASA’s Kepler space telescope, in concert with Cornell-led measurements of stars’ ultraviolet.... Birth of a Giant Planet? Candidate Protoplanet Spotted Inside Its Stellar Womb http://www.gsi.ir/News/Lang_en/Page_24/TypeId_6/NewsId_21596/Action_NewsBodyView/news21596.html 2013-03-20 08:33:17 Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have obtained what is likely the first direc....