Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:10:09 +0100 (Reuters) - Musicians from the Metals M5 band perform during a concert at the San Pedro Square during the Cartagena Music Festival January 11, 2012. The Cartagena Music Festival takes place in the Colombian port city between January 5 and 14. Picture taken January 11, 2012. REUTERS/Joaquin Sarmiento (COLOMBIA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY)
Canada hunts for rare earth metals as China cuts back
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:40:09 +0100 A steep decline in Chinese exports of rare earth metals used in many hi-tech gadgets has forced a global search for new crucial supplies and hopes are high for major finds in Canada, analysts say. (Source: AFP)
Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:50:20 +0200 When Apple lifted one of her songs for an iPod ad, Leslie Feist admits she was knocked sideways by success. For her new album "Metals", the Canadian went searching for silence and a clear horizon, recording in an oceanside barn in California. (Source: AFP)
Fortescue Metals Chief Executive Officer Andrew Forrest (L) ...
Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:40:01 +0200 (Reuters) - Fortescue Metals Chief Executive Officer Andrew Forrest (L) looks at Chief Operating Officer Nev Power during a news conference in Perth June 1, 2011. Forrest, the brash chief executive who turned Australia's Fortescue Metals from a penny stock into a $22 billion iron ore miner, will step down next month, just as it speeds up plans to triple production. Power was named as new CEO in an appointment investors said would remove a degree of uncertainty about who will run Australia's third-largest iron ore miner after the departure of its founder. REUTERS/Bohdan Warchomij (AUSTRALIA - Tags: BUSINESS PROFILE)
"In theory, metals can be used over and over again, minimising ...
Thu, 26 May 2011 18:20:19 +0200 (AFP/File) - "In theory, metals can be used over and over again, minimising the need to mine and process virgin materials and thus saving substantial amounts of energy and water while minimising environmental degradation," said Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UN Environment Programme executive director.(AFP/File/Tony Karumba)
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