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| | | 1387/05/06 |  China officially starts exploration and exploitation from Iran's gold mines | NGDIR News Section--Having joint venture of Iranian mine companies with the Chinese is one of the approaches of gold exploration development in Iran. Eng. Nasser Abedian, Deputy Manger of Exploration Affairs of the Geological Survey of Iran said that the Chinese companies are among the best nations that have already have activities in Iran therefore, concluding letter of agreements between GSI and the Geological Survey of China, necessary fields of expansion and mineral exploration cooperation between two countries have been created. In this respect an interview with Eng. Abedian that has been done with Mine and Development, as follows:
Q: After reading of Article 43 and 44 of the Constitution, how effective is the role of private sector in exploration affairs?
A: Private sector exploration activities are quite different with governmental sector because the private sector mainly invests on small scale reserves to reach desirable results at the earliest possible time.
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| | | | 1387/06/06 | | Hu says China committed to economic reform, openness |
Ngdir News Section-SEOUL (AFP)- President Hu Jintao said Tuesday that China remains committed to bold economic reforms introduced 30 years ago and urged South Korean firms to invest more in his country’s modernization.
Hu, in a speech to business groups on the second day of his visit to South Korea, noted that this year is the 30th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping’s reforms which have brought the communist-ruled nation unprecedented prosperity.
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| | 1387/06/04 | | One-Third of State Assets Privatized |
Ngdir News Section-Gholamreza Heidari Kord-Zanganeh (C) said since 2005, some 333 state-owned companies with 1.57 billion shares have been privatized.
One-third of government assets worth 330,000 billion rials have been sold to the private sector since 2005.
Stating the above at a press conference on Saturday, Head of Privatization Organization Gholamreza Heidari Kord-Zanganeh said the scale of privatization in Iran has been far greater than those in Europe, especially in France .....[ More] | |
| | 1387/06/02 | | Thai Investment Appeal Dim |
Ngdir News Section-Political turmoil and a shortage of skilled labor have dimmed Thailand’s appeal to investors in recent years, according to a World Bank survey Friday.
Nearly 70 percent of the business operators surveyed between April and November last year said macroeconomic instability had dampened the investment climate, compared to just under 40 percent in 2004.
More than 60 percent said uncertainty over government policies had weakened the investment climate in 2007, against 30 per.....[ More] | |
| | 1387/06/02 | | New Iran Scientific Plan Under Review |
Ngdir News Section-A draft for the scientific development of Iran plan has been upgraded in the form of PDF at the website of the High Council for Cultural Revolution, the secretary of the council said.
According to a report by the HCCR Public Relations Department, Negahdari said the plan, the third of its kind, solicits the views and vision of universities and scientific and research centers in the Islamic country, IRNA reported.
The latest plan of action is the result of concerted effor.....[ More] | |
| | 1387/06/02 | | Climate Change Caused Widespread Tree Death in California Mountain Range, Study Confirms |
Warmer temperatures and longer dry spells have killed thousands of trees and shrubs in a Southern California mountain range, pushing the plants’ habitat an average of 213 feet up the mountain over the past 30 years, a UC Irvine study has determined. White fir and Jeffrey pine trees died at the lower altitudes of their growth range in the Santa Rosa Mountains, from 6,400 feet to as high as 7,200 feet in elevation, while California lilacs died between 4,000-4,800 feet. Almost all of the studi.....[ More] | |
|  | 1387/05/30 | | Phoenix Microscope Takes First Image Of Martian Dust Particle |
Ngdir News Section-NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has taken the first-ever image of a single particle of Mars’ ubiquitous dust, using its atomic force microscope. The particle -- shown at higher magnification than anything ever seen from another world -- is a rounded particle about one micrometer, or one millionth of a meter, across. It is a speck of the dust that cloaks Mars. Such dust particles color the Martian sky pink, feed storms that regularly envelop the planet and produce Mars’ distincti.....[ More] | |
| | 1387/05/30 | | Studying Volcanoes with Balloons |
Ngdir News Section-People do all kinds of crazy things in Hawaii, but flying balloons over a volcano usually isn’t one of them. Unless you’re Adam Durant, that is. Durant, an adjunct geological sciences faculty member at Michigan Technological University, and colleagues took meteorological balloons to the Kilauea volcano this summer to make the first on-location measurements of volcanic gases as they actually spew from the mouth of the volcano. The Kilauea volcano began erupting in March. D.....[ More] | |
| | 1387/05/30 | | CANADA'S NEXT DIAMOND MINE? |
Ngdir News Section-According to Kaiser, the most likely source of new diamond production – discounting additional mines at the Ekati or Diavik operations – is the Gahcho Kue project, co-owned by De Beers and Toronto-based Mountain Province Diamonds.Gahcho Kue, in the Northwest Territories, was discovered more than a decade ago, but development has been delayed by lengthy permitting processes, as well as a decision a year ago to include the Tuzo kimberlite in the initial mine plan, rather th.....[ More] | |
| | 1387/05/28 | | Distant Galaxies Improve Scanners |
NGDIR News Section-The reliability of patient MRI scans could be improved, after experts looked to the stars to find the answer.
According to BBC, Edinburgh University astronomers and clinicians found the method used to analyze studies of distant galaxies could be used to improve scans. The astronomy algorithm, a set of mathematical instructions, can be used to correct image distortions which often occur during scanning.
It is hoped the discovery will save the health service time an.....[ More] | |
| | 1387/05/23 | | Geologists lead Canada’s ’step one’ charge in asserting Arctic claim | NGDIR News Section-By James Stevenson, THE CANADIAN PRESS-A polar bear stands on a ice flow in Baffin Bay above the arctic circle, Thursday, July 10, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Canada is hoping international scientists will back its disputed claim to large swaths of the Arctic seabed and any resource riches that lie below.
A presentation by the Geological Survey of Canada at a major geology conference going on this month in Norway is seen as "step one" in asserting the coun.....[ More] | |
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