http://www.mail.com/subjects/4456-materials.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/4456-materials.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2109226-chiles-indians-take-worlds-largest-gold-miner.html EL CORRAL, Chile (AP) — The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and vineyards with its clear water. Then thousands of mine workers and their huge machines moved in, bu... Sat, 25 May 2013 12:18:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2109226-chiles-indians-take-worlds-largest-gold-miner.html 2013-05-25T12:18:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2107438-calif-plastic-ocean-debris-bill-dies-committee.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday. Assembly Bill 521 was before the chamber's Appropriations Committee, and the panel failed to act on it, effectively killing the legislation for the ses... Fri, 24 May 2013 22:45:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2107438-calif-plastic-ocean-debris-bill-dies-committee.html 2013-05-24T22:45:06Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2108160-barrick-fined-16m-pascua-lama-violations.html VALLENAR, Chile (AP) — Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had done wrong. After a four-month inv... Fri, 24 May 2013 22:36:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2108160-barrick-fined-16m-pascua-lama-violations.html 2013-05-24T22:36:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104796-extremists-claim-responsibility-niger-attacks.html NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting t... Fri, 24 May 2013 02:18:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104796-extremists-claim-responsibility-niger-attacks.html 2013-05-24T02:18:55Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106154-wyden-fracfocus-constructive-tool-drilling.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A website partially funded by the oil and gas industry could be a "constructive" tool for federal regulators as they consider requiring public disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, Senate Energy Committee Chairman Ron Wyden said Thursday. Wyden, D-Ore., stopped short of endorsing the website, FracFocus.org, but... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:21:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106154-wyden-fracfocus-constructive-tool-drilling.html 2013-05-23T21:21:47Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2104684-oil-to-93-chinese-recovery-concerns.html The price of oil fell to near $93 a barrel on Thursday after a survey showed manufacturing activity in China falling to its lowest level in seven months, a sign that the recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is fading. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for July delivery was down 99 cents to $93.29 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York M... Thu, 23 May 2013 12:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2104684-oil-to-93-chinese-recovery-concerns.html 2013-05-23T12:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103732-mexico-cartel-dominates-torches-western.html LA RUANA, Mexico (AP) — The farm state of Michoacan is burning. A drug cartel that takes its name from an ancient monastic order has set fire to lumber yards, packing plants and passenger buses in a medieval-like reign of terror. The Knights Templar cartel is extorting protection payments from cattlemen, lime growers and businesses such as butchers, promp... Wed, 22 May 2013 23:07:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103732-mexico-cartel-dominates-torches-western.html 2013-05-22T23:07:06Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2099592-france-plan-to-revive-economy.html PARIS (AP) — The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite. As the country's first-ever minister for industrial renewal, Arnaud Montebourg has told the world's largest steelmaker it is not welcome in France; exchanged angry letters with the head of an Americ... Tue, 21 May 2013 14:38:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2099592-france-plan-to-revive-economy.html 2013-05-21T14:38:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2097300-russian-oligarchs-foot-2014-sochi-olympics.html SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses. Other countries that have hosted the Olympics have overwhelmingly used pub... Mon, 20 May 2013 15:48:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2097300-russian-oligarchs-foot-2014-sochi-olympics.html 2013-05-20T15:48:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097840-us-pakistan-curbing-explosive-fertilizers.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top U.S. military officer Monday. Brig. Gen. Robert P. Walters Jr., deputy director of the U.S. military's Joint IED Defeat Organization, spo... Mon, 20 May 2013 14:58:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097840-us-pakistan-curbing-explosive-fertilizers.html 2013-05-20T14:58:29Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2092478-syria-ex-minister-leads-rebuilding-plan.html BEIRUT (AP) — A six-member U.N. team led by a former Syrian planning minister is drawing up a comprehensive postwar reconstruction plan even as the country's civil war rages on with no apparent end in sight. A joint U.S.-Russian push to bring together Syria's political opposition and representatives of President Bashar Assad's regime to negotiate a peacef... Fri, 17 May 2013 07:08:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2092478-syria-ex-minister-leads-rebuilding-plan.html 2013-05-17T07:08:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2091338-interior-issues-drilling-rule-public-land.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said Thursday. The new "fracking" rule replaces a draft proposed last year that was withdrawn amid industry complaints that federal regulation could hinder an ongoing boom in natu... Thu, 16 May 2013 22:38:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2091338-interior-issues-drilling-rule-public-land.html 2013-05-16T22:38:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089458-venezuelans-scrambling-to-find-scarce-toilet-paper.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans scrambled to stock up on toilet paper Thursday as fears of a bathroom emergency spread despite the socialist government's promise to import 50 million rolls. After years of economic dysfunction, the country has gotten used to shortages of medicines and basic food items like milk and sugar but the scarcity of bathroom ... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:31:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089458-venezuelans-scrambling-to-find-scarce-toilet-paper.html 2013-05-16T20:31:23Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2091456-puerto-rico-faces-lowest-coffee-production.html SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Coffee production in Puerto Rico has hit the lowest level ever in the island's history, leaving farmers and government officials worried about how to revive a once burgeoning industry amid a deep economic crisis. Farmers produced some 80,000 pounds (39,900 kilograms) of coffee during the most recent harvest, which represents o... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:06:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2091456-puerto-rico-faces-lowest-coffee-production.html 2013-05-16T20:06:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2089112-woman-china-police-to-ax-white-house-petition.html BEIJING (AP) — Upset about plans for a petrochemical plant near her hometown in China, a woman turned to a new method that Chinese are using to air their complaints: she posted a petition on the White House's website. Then, Chinese police asked her to remove it. Last week's run-in with internal security agents turned into an unexpected lesson for the woma... Thu, 16 May 2013 01:11:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2089112-woman-china-police-to-ax-white-house-petition.html 2013-05-16T01:11:50Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2087128-us-factory-output-falls-04-percent-april.html WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. manufacturers cut back on production in April, as auto companies cranked out fewer cars, factories made fewer consumer goods and most other industries reduced output. The weakness suggests economic growth may be slowing. The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that factory output dropped 0.4 percent in April, the third decline in four mo... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:14:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2087128-us-factory-output-falls-04-percent-april.html 2013-05-15T18:14:56Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2087208-us-homebuilder-confidence-rises-april.html Confidence among U.S. homebuilders rebounded this month, reflecting improved sales trends during the spring home-selling season and the strongest outlook for sales over the next six months in more than six years. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index released Wednesday rose to 44 in May from 41 in April. The increas... Wed, 15 May 2013 15:32:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2087208-us-homebuilder-confidence-rises-april.html 2013-05-15T15:32:05Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2086558-teams-dig-miners-trapped-indonesia-cave-in.html TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) — Mining activities at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia were halted Wednesday as rescuers using jacks, saws and wheelbarrows dug through a caved-in mine tunnel looking for about 25 trapped workers, the mine operator said. Four bodies have been found and 10 miners rescued since the cave-in occurred Tuesday morning... Wed, 15 May 2013 15:07:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2086558-teams-dig-miners-trapped-indonesia-cave-in.html 2013-05-15T15:07:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2086548-texas-firefighters-focused-concern-toxic-gases.html WEST, Texas (AP) — When they saw 30-foot flames licking the sky inside a massive fertilizer plant, firefighters in this tiny Texas town rushed to evacuate nearby buildings and raced to spray water on tanks of chemicals, hoping to prevent a catastrophe. They didn't know, and probably could not imagine, that the plant would soon explode into a deadly fireba... Wed, 15 May 2013 11:32:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2086548-texas-firefighters-focused-concern-toxic-gases.html 2013-05-15T11:32:13Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2086680-steelmaker-thyssenkrupp-to-cut-3000-office-jobs.html FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Steel and elevator maker ThyssenKrupp says it will cut 3,000 of its 15,000 office jobs over the next three years to streamline the company's administration. The company says the move is part of an effort to make its business structure more efficient and transparent. The jobs will be eliminated over the next three years but the co... Wed, 15 May 2013 07:46:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2086680-steelmaker-thyssenkrupp-to-cut-3000-office-jobs.html 2013-05-15T07:46:06Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083808-higher-prices-ms-drug-help-drug-firm-merck.html FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Higher prices for its multiple sclerosis drug Rebif helped German pharmaceutical and high-tech materials company Merck KGaA post a 54 percent rise in first-quarter profit. Merck also saw stronger sales of materials for liquid-crystal displays and raised its profit forecast, saying it would achieve its 2014 goals this year. Its op... Tue, 14 May 2013 09:47:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083808-higher-prices-ms-drug-help-drug-firm-merck.html 2013-05-14T09:47:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2081000-nikkei-up-japan-nod-g7-stimulus.html BANGKOK (AP) — Japan's stock market jumped Monday to its highest close in more than five years after global finance leaders gave a seal of approval to the country's stimulus program and refrained from criticizing its weakening effect on the yen. Stocks elsewhere, however, were mostly lower. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.2 percent to 6,609.78. Germany's DAX lo... Mon, 13 May 2013 09:59:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2081000-nikkei-up-japan-nod-g7-stimulus.html 2013-05-13T09:59:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2076876-texas-launches-criminal-probe-plant-explosion.html WACO, Texas (AP) — Texas law enforcement officials on Friday launched a criminal investigation into the massive fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month, after weeks of largely treating the blast as an industrial accident. The announcement came the same day federal agents said they found bomb-making materials belonging to a paramedic wh... Sat, 11 May 2013 04:21:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2076876-texas-launches-criminal-probe-plant-explosion.html 2013-05-11T04:21:59Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2076448-nations-agree-to-chemical-ban-export-controls.html GENEVA (AP) — A summit on chemicals and hazardous wastes ended Friday with an agreement to globally phase out a widely used flame retardant and to accept stricter requirements for disclosing information about exports of four other chemicals. But participants fell short in their efforts to require more information and consent among nations trading in a con... Fri, 10 May 2013 19:52:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2076448-nations-agree-to-chemical-ban-export-controls.html 2013-05-10T19:52:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2072790-jury-finds-3-guilty-weapons-plant-break-in.html KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An 83-year-old nun and two fellow protesters were convicted Wednesday of interfering with national security when they broke into a nuclear weapons facility in Tennessee and defaced a uranium processing plant. It took a jury about 2 ½ hours to find the three protesters guilty of a charge of sabotaging the plant and second charge of ... Wed, 08 May 2013 23:25:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2072790-jury-finds-3-guilty-weapons-plant-break-in.html 2013-05-08T23:25:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070628-china-indias-rivalry-extends-to-arctic.html BEIJING (AP) — While the recent troop standoff in a remote Himalayan desert spotlights a long-running border dispute between China and India, the two emerging giants are engaged in a rivalry for global influence that spreads much farther afield. From Africa to the Arctic, the world's two most populous countries are bumping up against each other in their s... Wed, 08 May 2013 08:48:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070628-china-indias-rivalry-extends-to-arctic.html 2013-05-08T08:48:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068768-officers-congo-benefitting-mineral-trade.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — Armed groups and high-ranking officers in the Congolese and Burundian armies are continuing to benefit from the illegal mineral trade in eastern Congo, despite international efforts to clean up the supply chain, according to a report published Tuesday by an environmental watchdog group. Although there are signs of improvement in Congo's... Tue, 07 May 2013 17:20:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068768-officers-congo-benefitting-mineral-trade.html 2013-05-07T17:20:10Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2066990-iron-man-3-finishes-with-1741m-opening-weekend.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disney's Marvel Studios continues to mine precious metal with a $174.1 million opening weekend for "Iron Man 3," the second-biggest domestic debut ever behind the $200-million-plus launch of "The Avengers" a year ago. The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of... Tue, 07 May 2013 01:05:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2066990-iron-man-3-finishes-with-1741m-opening-weekend.html 2013-05-07T01:05:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2066908-cranberry-farmers-struggle-surplus-drops-prices.html MILWAUKEE (AP) — U.S. cranberry farmers who spent millions of dollars to replant and expand bogs face a financial crisis after a huge harvest in Canada flooded the market and sent prices plummeting. Farmers in Wisconsin, the leading cranberry producer, have been working for years to expand their acreage at the request of Ocean Spray and other processors w... Mon, 06 May 2013 21:07:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2066908-cranberry-farmers-struggle-surplus-drops-prices.html 2013-05-06T21:07:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2066674-adobe-shifts-to-subscriptions-software-package.html NEW YORK (AP) — Adobe says it is moving to an online subscription-based model for the software package it sells to designers, Web developers, video editors and other creative professionals. Adobe Systems Inc. said Monday that it will not release new versions of its Creative Suite software package. Instead, the maker of Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat, ... Mon, 06 May 2013 20:20:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2066674-adobe-shifts-to-subscriptions-software-package.html 2013-05-06T20:20:19Z