Nowhere to use Japan's growing plutonium stockpile Dec 28th, 2012 - 09:00h (CET +01.00) ROKKASHO, Japan (AP) - How is an atomic-powered island nation riddled with fault lines supposed to handle its nuclear waste? Part of the answer was supposed to come from this windswept village along Japan's northern coast. (Source: Associated Pr... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : nowhere, japan's, growing, plutonium, stockpile, Top Keywords

Japan to make more plutonium despite big stockpile Jun 1st, 2012 - 15:50h (CET +01.00) Last year's tsunami disaster in Japan clouded the nation's nuclear future, idled its reactors and rendered its huge stockpile of plutonium useless for now. So, the industry's plan to produce even more has raised a red flag. (Source: As... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : japan, make, plutonium, despite, stockpile, Top Keywords

Govt tells drivers to stockpile petrol Mar 28th, 2012 - 16:50h (CET +01.00) The government told motorists to stockpile petrol Wednesday as it held a meeting of its emergencies committee over a threatened strike by fuel tanker drivers. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : govt, tells, drivers, stockpile, petrol, Top Keywords

An illegal ivory stockpile is burned at the Tsavo National Park, ... Jul 20th, 2011 - 17:40h (CET +01.00) (AFP) - An illegal ivory stockpile is burned at the Tsavo National Park, approximately 350 km southeast of the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki ignited the five tonnes of elephant tusks, which had been stockpiled in the count... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : illegal, ivory, stockpile, burned, tsavo, national, park, Top Keywords

A worker inspects iron ore stockpiles at a mine in a remote ... Apr 24th, 2011 - 11:00h (CET +01.00) (AFP/HO/Rio Tinto/File) - A worker inspects iron ore stockpiles at a mine in a remote part of Australia.(AFP/HO/Rio Tinto/File)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : worker, inspects, iron, stockpiles, mine, remote, park, Top Keywords

A Lynas Corporation image shows stockpiles of rare earth ore ... Dec 29th, 2010 - 04:40h (CET +01.00) (AFP/HO/Lynas Corporation/File) - A Lynas Corporation image shows stockpiles of rare earth ore at their Mount Weld mine in Western Australia. The mining firm has said China had slashed its exports quota for the lucrative metals used in flat screens a... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : lynas, corporation, image, shows, stockpiles, rare, earth, Top Keywords

A worker inspects iron ore stockpiles at a mining facility in ... Dec 9th, 2010 - 03:10h (CET +01.00) (AFP/HO/Rio Tinto/File) - A worker inspects iron ore stockpiles at a mining facility in outback Australia. Australian unemployment eased to 5.2 percent in November, data has shown, with a surge in jobs created and record levels of people in the jobs ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : worker, inspects, iron, stockpiles, mining, facility, earth, Top Keywords

A worker inspects iron ore stockpiles at an outback mining operation ... Oct 24th, 2010 - 06:50h (CET +01.00) (AFP/HO/Rio Tinto/File) - A worker inspects iron ore stockpiles at an outback mining operation in Australia. Mining giant Rio Tinto said it was focused on a massive ramp-up of its Australian iron ore operations Sunday, following the "disappointi... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : worker, inspects, iron, stockpiles, outback, mining, operation, Top Keywords

A worker inspects iron ore stockpiles at a mine in Australia. ... Oct 6th, 2010 - 06:00h (CET +01.00) (AFP/HO/Rion Tinto/File) - A worker inspects iron ore stockpiles at a mine in Australia. Resources giant Rio Tinto has denied making any "final decisions" on its controversial iron ore merger with BHP Billiton, as the massive deal appeared ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : worker, inspects, iron, stockpiles, mine, australia, operation, Top Keywords

A stacker/reclaimer places coal in stockpiles after processing ... May 2nd, 2010 - 08:00h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - A stacker/reclaimer places coal in stockpiles after processing at Rio Tinto's Blair Athol Mine in Queensland in this undated handout photograph obtained May 2, 2010. Australia will impose a new 40 percent tax on mining projects from J... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : stacker, reclaimer, places, coal, stockpiles, processing, operation, Top Keywords