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The Gold production in Zimbabwe had been nose-diving over the years from 10.960 tonnes in 2006 to 3.072 tonnes in 2008 which were more than 40 percent in production drop. On 30 June 2008, Fidelity Printers and Refinery was expelled from the LBMA because it failed to produce a minimum of 10 tonnes per year to maintain its membership. [ 7 ]
The Texas City tin smelter is a former metallurgical plant in Texas City and La Marque, United States. It was created in 1942, during the Second World War, to secure the American production of tin from imported ores. It operates until 1991, gradually diversifying. [1]
Sepro Mineral Systems Corp. is a Canadian company founded in 1987 and headquartered in British Columbia, Canada.The outcome of the acquisition of Sepro Mineral Processing International by Falcon Concentrators in 2008, [1] the company's key focus is the production of mineral processing equipment for the mining and aggregate industries. [2]
The mining industry of Zimbabwe is highly diversified, with close to 40 different minerals. The predominant minerals mined by the industry include platinum , chrome, gold , coal , and diamonds . The country boasts the second-largest platinum deposit and high-grade chromium ores in the world, with approximately 2.8 billion tons of platinum group ...
December 14, 1940 - A tank farm fire I Texas City killed one person, and injured 18 others. [156] May 16, 1952 - A massive tank farm fire hit a Corpus Christi terminal. [155] April 11, 1965 - A gas well blew out in Parker County, causing a massive fire. Firefighter Red Adair had to be called in to control the well, which was capped on April 17 ...
The city is at the centre of a mining area, which provides gold, copper, and nickel. The most significant mine of the region is the Cam and Motor Mine, which is located in Eiffel Flats, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), by road, northeast of Kadoma. [2] Cam and Motor is the largest gold producer in Zimbabwe's history, and is owned by Rio Tinto ...
Texas City disaster in the Port of Texas City, Texas, USA; over 5,000 were also injured. 575: 4 June 1989: Ufa train disaster in Ufa, Soviet Union. 565: 21 September 1921: Oppau explosion at a BASF plant in Germany; possibly as many as 1,500 were killed 542: 9 April 1945: SS Charles Henderson ammunition explosion at Bari, Italy; 1,800 injured ...
Not long after the explosion and the other accidents at Texas City in 2005, however, BP's image in the U.S. was further tarnished by the near-sinking of the semi-submersible oil platform Thunder Horse PDQ in July of the same year [167] and, more crucially, in March 2006 when an oil pipeline spill was discovered in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, while ...