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Upland students learn about Gold Rush era
Inland Valley Daily BulletinIf Sierra Vista Elementary third- and fourth-graders wanted lunch on Friday, they were going to have to earn it. As part of the school's annual Gold Rush Day about 60 students were busy digging with shovels, buckets and their hands through layers of...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Education, Metal and Mineral
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Khartoum behind fresh wave of violence over gold in Darfur: report
Sudan TribuneA new report argues that the Sudanese government's struggle for control of Darfur's gold resources, rather than inter-tribal conflicts is behind the recent surge in violence in the war-torn western region. The report, titled Darfur's Gold Rush: State-...Tags: Politics, Sudan, Crime, Law and Justice, Mining, Metal and Mineral
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Alaska Gold Miners Remain Optimistic Despite Dropping Gold Prices
Channel 2 NewsThe price of gold has been dropping for six days as of Friday and local miners say the declines haven't dampened their optimism. The Alaska chapter of the Gold Prospectors Association of America spent part of Friday teaching Anchorage area sixth graders...Tags: Mining, Metal and Mineral
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2012 metal output drops by almost 20%
The Manila Times, PhilippinesThe Philippines' metal output dropped by almost a fifth last year, following the suspension of key mining projects and lower gold purchases by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). In a report, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) said that metal...Tags: Philippines, Mining, Metal and Mineral, Manila (Philippines)
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Jordanian gold rush continues as wedding season nears
Jordan Times, AmmanAs gold prices continue to decline, retailers are seeing a surge in sales and expect demand for the precious metal to spike when the wedding season starts next month. According to the Jordan Jewellers Association's secretary, Rebhy Allan, Jordanians...Tags: Metal, Marketing, Weddings, Metal and Mineral
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London Evening Standard, market report column
Evening Standard, LondonThe City was today sitting on its hands over the probe into suspected oil price fixing at BP and Shell. Following yesterday's revelations that the European Commission has begun an investigation into allegations of fixing over the past decade, there...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Egypt, Robert Downey Jr., Marketing, BP Plc
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Real GDP to grow by 4.4% in 2013
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia's real GDP is estimated to have expanded 6.8 percent in 2012, according to Global Investment House's review of the Saudi economy. Following the record oil production seen in 2012, the government has resorted to strong fiscal stimulus...Tags: Economic Indicator, Unemployment Benefits, Career and Workplace, Trade Balance, Unemployment
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BRIEF: Farmers Market back again
Silver City Sun-News, N.M.Shoppers flocked by the dozen to the Silver City Farmers Market's 2013 opening day on Saturday. They came to check out the many vendors -- local farmers, organizations and businesses -- who sold everything from savory meat, veggie-stuffed sopapillas and...Tags: Marketing, Metal and Mineral
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Levi's Stadium: 49ers' new Santa Clara home gets a name in $220 million deal
San Jose Mercury NewsGet ready for Levi's Stadium. The San Francisco 49ers have scored the West Coast's biggest ever naming-rights deal, saying today that legendary San Francisco jeans-maker Levi Strauss & Co. will put its name on the team's new Santa Clara stadium when...Tags: San Francisco Giants, Career and Workplace, Oakland Athletics, Sony Corp., Houston Texans
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Donnie Lancaster celebrates 92nd birthday, 'retires' from women's center after 27 years
Donnie Lancaster, a dedicated volunteer, longtime supporter and ardent advocate of the Women's Resource Center of Northern Michigan, celebrated her 92nd birthday on Monday, May 6. She decided it was time to set a retirement goal and her 92nd birthday...
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Construction projects hit roads this summer
Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa.Schuylkill County residents can expect lots of road work this summer. Work on many of these projects have already started. "Some of our bigger projects will be ongoing," Sean Brown, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation District 5,...Tags: Allentown, Trips and Vacations, Travel, Railway Transportation, Schuylkill County
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Imperial Valley Desert Museum brings Gold Fever exhibit to Imperial Valley
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterOCOTILLO — In school students learned about the California Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, but many may be surprised to learn that the Imperial Valley has a rich history of gold mining as well. At one point there were 130 mines in the Imperial County,...Tags: Museums, Arts and Culture, Mining, Metal and Mineral
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