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Minerals and Mining
FOREWORD: Minerals & Mining
Besides Antarctica, mining takes place in all of the world’s continents. In terms of the variety and quantity of minerals produced, Australia and South Africa dominate the global mining scene, and have become the traditional leaders in mining and exploration methods and technology.
Strength and Progression
KUMZ has developed from a small metallurgical works into one of the world’s largest and most successful producers of semi-finished products in aluminium alloys.
AK Aluminium
Leading Turkish company, AK Aluminium, has managed to take the right measures and continue its trade with optimism, despite the sudden reduction in global demand.
Extracting Profits
By using innovative technology, Talvivaara Mining Company has developed one of the largest sulphide nickel deposits in the world.
- Industry
- General
- Energy
Gemma Carter examines one of the most populous countries in Africa.
The Gift of the Nile
Algae are the focus of attempts to achieve commercially-viable systems for harnessing photosynthesis for atmospheric CO2 fixation and biosynthesis of fuels.
A Green Solution
In the aftermath of the failed Copenhagen environmental summit last December, the question of finding a secure, environmentally sustainable and economically viable source of energy to power the future remains unanswered. As a result, nuclear power has been thrust back into the limelight, could a nuclear future be the safest, cleanest and most cost-effective option? Laurie Cuthbert investigates