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Business 商业 Gold Mining in Africa: Golden handcuffs 非洲金矿开采：金手铐 Tanzania's firebrand leader takes on its largest foreign investor. 坦桑尼亚反对派领导人接手其最大的国外投资商。 If they accept that they stol

2007年VOA标准英语-Oxfam Calls for Mali's Gold Industry to Open Up

By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 31 January 2007 Mali is Africa's third largest exporter of gold but it still ranks among the poorest countries in the world. A report released Thursday by the non-governmental organization Oxfam America, calls for Mali's govern

VOA常速英语2013--坦桑尼亚儿童黄金矿工工作条件危险

Child Gold Miners Work in Hazardous Conditions in Tanzania 坦桑尼亚儿童黄金矿工工作条件危险 The international human rights organization, Human Rights Watch, HRW, warned children as young as eight years old are working in small-scale g

英语听力：自然百科 非洲采矿童工状况堪忧

Every week, more children arrive to work in the hundreds of primitive mines in the bush. Here they endure long hours at dangerous jobs, wringing flecks of gold from the dirt with mercury. One of them is a 12-year-old boy named Saliou. Momodou is just

美国英语听力80篇2 Lesson26

[00:05.43]Last month, a deadly accident took place at a gold mining operation in northern Romania. [00:13.69]Cyanide poison accidentally overflowed a dam and flowed into streams leading to two major rivers in Hungary and Yugoslavia. [00:25.89]Million

加拿大金矿公司合并

Two Canadian mining companies are merging to become the world's third-largest gold mining company. Goldcorp and Glamis Gold will become a single company named Goldcorp worth about $21.3 billion. (The largest gold mining company, Barrick Gold, is als

国家地理-2008-09-04 非洲采矿童工状况堪忧

Every week, more children arrive to work in the hundreds of primitive mines in the bush. Here they endure long hours at dangerous jobs, wringing flecks of gold from the dirt with mercury. One of them is a 12-year-old boy named Saliou. Momodou is jus

VOA慢速英语2014--加纳金矿或许存在危险

AS IT IS 2014-10-26 Gold Mining in Ghana Can Be Dangerous 加纳金矿或许存在危险 The rivers in Ghanas Ashanti area have a sickly brown color. The land has gashes, holes cut by excavators. The air is filled with the sound of mining equipment.

2007年VOA标准英语-Indonesian Court to Rule on Mine Pollution Case

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 23 April 2007 Richard Ness walks upon arrival for his trial at a district court in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia (File Photo) An Indonesian court is expected to rule Tuesday on pollution charges against one of the

2006年VOA标准英语-Newmont Mining Suspends Exploration on Ind

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 20 March 2006 Newmont Mining Corporation has suspended gold and copper exploration on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa after unknown assailants burned down a camp for i

VOA标准英语2010-Getting at the Gold in Southern Sierra Le

Better known for its diamond fields, gold exploration and mining in Sierra Leone is on the increase. The British company, Cluff Gold, has announced it will build a mechanized gold mine in the southern Kangari hills after finding large deposits of gol

VOA标准英语2012--Nigerian Gold Miners Seek the Right to Mine

Nigerian Gold Miners Seek the Right to Mine Gold mining in this part of northern Nigeria is not glamorous. But these men say its more dignified than extreme poverty, which used to be the norm around here. Sani Bila heads a local mining association. A

VOA标准英语2013--South Sudan Hopes New Mining Law Will Unearth Treasures

South Sudan Hopes New Mining Law Will Unearth Treasures This gold mine in Nanakanak, Eastern Equatoria state, is just one of many spots across South Sudans east where a gold rush has hit. Adele Natogo said that like countless others, she left her nin

VOA常速英语2014--黄金矿工加入诉讼在南非过肺病

Gold Miners Join Lawsuit in South Africa Over Lung Disease 黄金矿工加入诉讼在南非过肺病 JOHANNESBURG / MASERU Five of South Africa's largest gold mining companies recently announced they will create a working group to deal with the issu

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-11-15

The Australian share market has tumbled close to 1.5-month low with commodity prices like cooper and gold hit multi-year lows, and fears grow about the impact of a likely interest rate rise next month. Right now, the All Ords is down 1.6%. The ASX 20

VOA标准英语2010年-Police Brutality Alleged Near Papua Ne

Amnesty International says police in Papua New Guinea have burnt down homes and illegally evicted people living near a mine owned by the world's largest gold mining company. In a new report Amnesty International calls on the government to investigate

英语听力：自然百科 阿拉斯加淘金热

With the price of gold at all-time highs, a familiar fever is once again sweeping Alaska. Everybody has their own reason why they are into it. Some people, you know, you find what you got and you try at once to find a little bit of gold. This is kind

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The government will consider mining in some areas where there are national parks. The Minister for Energy and Resources, Gerry Brownlee, said that New Zealand is a country which is rich in minerals. In 2008, we exported $2 billion worth of coal, meta

新西兰英语 547 Mining Lignite

Lignite is low grade coal which contains more moisture than high grade coal and is dirty to burn. Southland has ten areas with lignite. Solid Energy, which is a government company, plans to mine this lignite. The company has plans to build a $25m bri

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Civil society activists in Georgia are campaigning to save what international archaeologists believe could be the world's oldest gold mine. Scientists say it dates back nearly 5400 years but the Georgian government has recently allowed commercial min