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Energy, ecological issues sway voters – Vancouver Sun

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May 7th, 2013
Energy, ecological issues sway voters – Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Sun
The bitumen is all for export. None of it will meet B.C.’s energy needs unless we buy it back from foreign refineries at higher prices. Currently, 30 large tankers carrying bitumen travel through local waters every year. If the Trans Mountain Pipeline …
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Senior ASHGHAL Official to Deliver Opening Address at 4th Middle East …
Bitumart (registration)
Held in Doha for the first time, the 4th Middle East Bitumen/Asphalt 2013 (MEB 2013) will open on Tuesday, 7 May 2013 by Eng. Jalal Yousef Al-Salihi, Director, Infrastructure Affairs of the Public Works Authority (ASHGHAL) who will deliver the …
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ROAD RESEALING PROCESS COMMENCES AROUND THE COUNTRY: SAYS …
The Jet Newspaper
This is done to waterproof the existing sealed roads by adding another layer of bitumen and stone. Reducing the amount of water that gets into a road extends the life of the road for between 5-12 years depending on the traffic volumes and type of …
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No to bitumen pipelines. A humorous TV play. – Z Communications
Hello, Blogs are a familiar feature on the internet – where users post content in an accumulating manner, with comments, and search options, etc. They facilitate …
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Alberta government to keep tight grasp on purse – Calgary Herald

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May 2nd, 2013
Alberta government to keep tight grasp on purse – Calgary Herald
Calgary Herald
Horner said the discount on Alberta bitumen — caused by the so-called bitumen bubble — is decreasing, but even if the pattern holds, the Redford government will not revisit the decisions it made in its “tough choices” hold-the-line budget for 2013-14 …
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Calgary Herald
Black works to keep Kitimat refinery dream alive – Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Sun
Black was phoning the morning after announcing an agreement in principle with China’s largest bank to provide financing for the Victoria newspaper publisher’s grand dream of building a refinery near Kiti-mat to process bitumen from Alberta. He was a …
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Vancouver Sun
Approach to pothole repair is ‘short-sighted’
alderleyedge.com
Cheshire East Council is using a new method of pothole repair, called ‘velocity patching’ which uses a blend of bitumen and chippings that are passed through a hose at high speed from a maintenance vehicle. The hose is initially used to blast the …
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Titanium Corporation Reports Fiscal Year 2013 Second Quarter Results and …
Stockhouse
Titanium announced the awards of key patents relating to the removal of bitumen from heavy mineral concentrates and the recovery of bitumen and solvents from oil sands tailings. These patents support the Company’s proprietary solution for environmental …
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Alberta’s Kearl oil sands project producing bitumen – Missoulian
The Kearl oil sands project in Alberta is producing bitumen, its owners announced Saturday.
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Oil sands bitumen exports undermine Canada’s economic future …
Robyn Allan Canada is headed down the wrong economic path by exporting raw oil sands bitumen, former ICBC CEO Robyn Allan said in a stirring presentation …
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Sterlite copper smelter closed until at least April 29

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April 14th, 2013
Sterlite copper smelter closed until at least April 29
Firstpost
CHENNAI, India (Reuters) – India’s largest copper smelter, run by Sterlite Industries Ltd(STRL.NS), will not start commercial production until at least April 29, when a court will again consider a request to reopen the plant, shut over complaints of …
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Copper drops three percent
Business Recorder (blog)
Copper fell 3 percent on Friday as concern about slowing economic growth raised uncertainty over the base metals demand outlook while abundant supply and inventories of the metal put further pressure on prices. Three-month copper on the London Metal …
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Copper thefts dangerously high in Alberta
Vancouver Sun
Wed, Jan 23 : WARNING, DISTURBING CONTENT: It’s called ‘The Red Gold Rush’. But these prospectors are thieves, eager to make a quick buck by stealing copper. Police say it’s a growing epidemic in Alberta. As Mia Sosiak reports, they’re working with …
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Huge landslide shuts Kennecott Utah Copper’s Bingham Canyon Mine
NEWS.com.au
Nobody was hurt in the collapse at the massive open-cast Bingham Canyon Mine, run by Rio Tinto-owned Kennecott Utah Copper – largely because workers had been evacuated amid several weeks of warning signs the ground was going to shift. “We started …
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Copper theft
Vancouver Sun
… Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to add VancouverSunOnline’s video to your playlist. Sign in. Transcript Statistics Report. Published on Apr 13, 2013. Wed, Jun 27 – Rising scrap prices mean copper pipes and cables are being targeted by thieves more often.
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Copper Theft Power Outage
Vancouver Sun
Sun, Mar 17 – The village of Ditidaht — on the west coast of the island — has been in the dark and nearly cut off from the rest of the world for the past few days — not because of mother nature — but the rampant problem of copper theft. Kylie …
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Trio of copper thefts result in $32000 loss
SW Iowa News
… thefts result in $32,000 loss 0 comments. A trio of copper thefts resulted in $32,000 in stolen property recently in Council Bluffs. On Thursday thieves took copper from a business and two empty houses, according to the Council Bluffs Police …
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$500000 Copper Theft
Vancouver Sun
Michael Margaritis, president of the Greek Orthodox Community of Windsor, talks on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, about how thieves broke into a former industrial building the organization recently purchased on Walker Road in Windsor, Ont., and stripped it of …
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Potente brings modern perspective to ‘Copper‘
Vancouver Sun
German actress Franka Potente is one of the stars of BBC America’s first original drama series called ‘Copper.’ Set in New York in 1864, ‘Copper‘ premieres Sunday, Aug. 19 on BBC America. (Aug. 17) …
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More than 20 killed as new Syria blasts mar truce

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May 1st, 2012

Film critic Katherine Monk offers capsule reviews for the major films released this week on DVD, including Gina Carano kicking butt in the movie Haywire, in Tuesday’s Vancouver Sun.

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Syrian army offensive near Turkish border: report

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March 3rd, 2012

Read Monday’s Vancouver Sun to find out what’s hot next week in music, TV and movies, including the film John Carter, starring B.C.’s Taylor Kitsch in Disney’s big-budget sci-fi spectacle.

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