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Obama To Protect Grand Canyon With 20 Year Mining Ban

by National Confidential | 08 January 2012 | 10:22 pm EST

Topics Arizona, Barack Obama, Energy, Environment, Grand Canyon, Green, Interior Department, Ken Salazar, Mining, toprow

President Obama is expected to permanently enact a 20 year ban on mining 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon.

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Mining Boss With Record Of Big Dollar Safety Violations To Raise Money For Rick Perry

by National Confidential | 16 September 2011 | 5:31 pm EST

Topics 2012 Election, Bob Murray, Mining, Republican Party, Republican Primary, Rick Perry

Bob Murray, an Ohio-based mining operator with a safety record that includes at least six dead miners, is set to raise money for Texas Governor Rick Perry.

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Scientists: Gold On Earth Came From Space

by National Confidential | 09 September 2011 | 2:35 pm EST

Topics Earth, Gold, Mining, Space

Scientists at the University of Bristol say that the gold found on earth was actually delivered to us by meteorites.

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