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Retired consumer electronics appliances could bring you a fortune, even before recycling, if you decided to mine them for precious metals. The new trend is as scientific as possible, and even got a name: "Urban mining". The idea behind it is the fact that scrap parts hold significant amounts of gold, silver, copper, ... |
29 April 2008
06:55 GMT |
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Undersea hydrothermal vents can be the most ancient ecosystems on Earth. They may have existed ever since the beginning of life on Earth and before the emergence of photosynthesis. The food chains of the hot vents are not based on solar light but on the chemical energy stored by sulphur metabolizing bacteria, which a... |
18 May 2007
05:14 GMT |
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The title of "The biggest truck in the world" belongs to the new T 282 B, and it's made by Liebherr, a well-known name in the mining industry.This baby can carry about 360 tonnes (400 tons) at 64 km/h, costs US$3 million, and it's used in the places where size matters, in fact, it's the most important... |
30 March 2007
11:01 GMT |
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