Tanzania has great potential as a developing mining nation. Michael Forrest reports on a UK All-Party Parliamentary Group meeting that discussed the country.
A risk assessment model to identify and quantify the environmental hazards of disposing of drilling discharges in the marine environment is described by Paul Page of BP Exploration Ltd, UK, and Mark Reed and Henrik Rye, both of SINTEF Materials and Chemistry in Norway.
The Wilson and Wheeler mines in the USA may produce gold again. Historically yielding high levels of the metal the sites are again under the spotlight.
Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, gave the keynote address at the 6th Annual International Mining in Africa Conference held on 23 June in London, UK. He spoke of his plans for the country and its development.