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Newmont Mining Corp

Mon, 28 May 2007 21:54:00 +0300

Carlin Trend Gold Mine, NV, USA

Newmont Mining Corp. started mining gold at Carlin, Nevada, USA in 1965 and thereafter built up a strong land position in the state. Newmont Gold Company later became the company's only major asset, while the acquisition of Santa Fe Pacific Gold in 1997 increased Newmont's options for optimising mining and processing. In early 2001, Newmont acquired Battle Mountain Gold Co. and in 2002 Normandy Mining, so further extending its gold mining and exploration base in Nevada. In 2002, Newmont owned or controlled 7,915km² of land along Interstate 80.

Mining started with open pits, some of which have been extended underground since 1994. Processing is by a number of methods, according to ore type. In 2005, the company operated 13 open pits, four underground mines and 14 active processing facilities in Nevada. Most, including Leeville (where development ore production started in Q3 2005, totalling 16,000oz by the year-end), are located on the Carlin Trend west of Elko, exploiting the unique mineralisation identified by Newmont in 1964.

The Twin Creeks and Lone Tree Complex are in the Winnemucca region further west, while the Phoenix gold / copper project, where ore processing has started building up to a full rate output of 350,000–420,000oz/y of gold and around 21,000t/y of copper, is near Battle Mountain.

GEOLOGY AND RESERVES

'Carlin type' deposits comprise strata-bound disseminated gold mineralisation, occurring in carbonate rocks of palaeozoic age that .. ( devamı )

LPG CARS

Mon, 28 May 2007 21:40:00 +0300

Are you aware that by running your vehicles on LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) you can make huge financial savings?

Using Autogas (LPG as a vehicle fuel) you can cut your fuel bills by around 50%, as Autogas retails at HALF the price of petrol and diesel. What's more, it's also cleaner than petrol and diesel in terms of emissions.

There are already 115,000 LPG vehicles in the UK alone - nine million worldwide - almost any road vehicle can be converted to use Autogas.

Many LPG cars and vans even qualify for a 100% discount on the London Congestion Charge. Find out more about the financial benefits of running an LPG vehicle.

A vehicle powered by LPG produces less harmful emissions than those using more traditional fuels - making it the cleaner, greener option. Most LPG vehicles are bi-fuel however, so should you really require it, you can still drive on petrol or diesel at the flick of a switch.

Driving an LPG vehicle is safe, easy and, best of all, much cheaper than petrol or diesel. Use the links below or request Calor's LPG Vehicles brochure to find out more.

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747 Family

Sat, 12 May 2007 20:47:00 +0300

Technical Information

Learn all about the airplane, inside and out, and what it can do. Here is information about everything from seating arrangements to wing span to performance. Learn about fuel capacity, cruising speed, range and more.

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A Virgin Islands-based

Thu, 10 May 2007 20:13:00 +0300

On LuxuryRealEstate.com, visitors can search for multimillion-dollar properties in more than two dozen categories, including Golf Course, Ski, Waterfront and Wine Country. Yet as alluring as these alternatives are, there’s no question which category inspires the most wistful daydreaming among browsers: Private Island. "Getting away from it all has always been a popular fantasy," remarks Bill Otto of David Jones Real Estate, a Virgin Islands-based brokerage. "A private island allows one to essentially disappear."

The demand for private islands is on the rise, with prices increasing approximately 10 to 20 percent per year, according to Farhad Vladi of Vladi Private Islands, a specialist agency based in that has worked with celebrities including Diana Ross, Tony Curtis and Claudia Schiffer. Farhad attributes the upswing in part to buyers who regard owning their own island as an escape from the stresses of modern-day living. "Increasing environmental problems, inflated property prices, frustration in the workplace and overpopulation have made owning an island even more desirable," he says. "Nearly all island owners are after the same experience—a place to recharge their batteries before returning to civilization."

If you’re one of the many who longs to steal away to a secluded hideaway but have dismissed the idea of island ownership as being only for billionaires and castaways, buying a private island may not be as outrageous as you think. There are thousands of islands for sale a.. ( devamı )

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory

Wed, 09 May 2007 17:44:00 +0300

The brightest stellar explosion ever recorded may be a long-sought new type of supernova, according to observations by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based optical telescopes.

This discovery indicates that violent explosions of extremely massive stars were relatively common in the early universe, and that a similar explosion may be ready to go off in our own galaxy.

"This was a truly monstrous explosion, a hundred times more energetic than a typical supernova," said Nathan Smith of the University of California at Berkeley, who led a team of astronomers from California and the University of Texas in Austin. "That means the star that exploded might have been as massive as a star can get, about 150 times that of our sun. We've never seen that before."

Astronomers think many of the first generation of stars were this massive, and this new supernova may thus provide a rare glimpse of how the first stars died. It is unprecedented, however, to find such a massive star and witness its death. The discovery of the supernova, known as SN 2006gy, provides evidence that the death of such massive stars.. ( devamı )

BMW's history

Tue, 01 May 2007 21:01:00 +0300

The inspiration for the BMW Roundel came from BMW's aircraft legacy

The company traces its origins to 1913, when a Bavarian named Karl Rapp began an aircraft-engine shop in Munich named Rapp Motoren Werke. In 1917 Rapp resigned and the company, led by Austrian engineer Franz-Josef Popp, changed its name to Bayerische Motoren Werke. That same year chief engineer Max Friz designed the company's first aircraft engine, the six-cylinder Type IIIa, which created strong demand for BMW engines.

During World War I, BMW aircraft engines founded a tradition of excellence and reliability. It was Baron von Richthofen, the "Red Baron", who praised the BMW engines that powered the legendary Fokker Triplane of 1917. In 1919 an aircraft fitted with a BMW engine gained the world altitude record

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