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Critical Nova Scotia minerals in critical times?

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston promoted Lithium exploration and lifting the bans on Uranium mining and fracking. While the world needs to reset priorities in light of the recent US election, the premier’s priorities are not based upon science or global economic factors Continue reading

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Tantalum, your smart phone and the world economy

I listen to BBC World Service a lot. Today I caught the program “More or Less” (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qshd), presented by Tim Harford. “More or Less” is about “the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life”.  Today’s … Continue reading

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