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China Becomes World’s Largest Producer of Gold

By PravdaFebruary 9, 2011Economyartem cherniavsky, central bank of russia, China, china gold association, economic and financial security, eurozone, fujian, georgy luntovsky, gold, gold mining, gold reserves, goldenfront, henan, international monetary fund, Jiangsu, nonferrous metals, production volume, provinces, russia, shandong, South Africa, world, world leading economies, yunnan

In 2010, China mined the record amount of gold in the world. The production volume of nonferrous metals in China amounted to 340.88 tons, which is 8.57% higher than a year earlier, and continues to grow. In recent years, China has consistently increased the amount of its gold reserves. Nevertheless, experts believe that China has a long way to go to reach the level of the world leading economies.

According to the China Gold Association, in 2007 China ranked first in terms of gold mining. It outran South Africa and is holding this position to this day. Starting 2004, the volume of production of the precious metal in China has been steadily growing. In 2009 it amounted to 313.98 tons. The volume of the gold imported by China within ten months of 2010 amounted to 209.72 tons, which is six times more than the year before, Rosbalt reported. (more…)

Shark Attacks Increase Worldwide; Florida Continues Four-year Decline

By Guest PostFebruary 7, 2011Environment, Generalapex predators, australia, beach, economic downturn, egypt, fishing lines, florida, george burgess, hawaii, ichthyologist, native floridians, red sea, shark attacks, South Africa, tourists, united states, unusual shark incident, Vietnam, water temperatures, worldwide

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The number of reported shark attacks last year increased worldwide but declined in Florida, according to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File annual report released today.

Ichthyologist George Burgess, director of the file housed at the Florida Museum of Natural History on the UF campus, said Florida typically has the highest number of attacks worldwide, but 2010 marked the state’s fourth straight year of decline. Florida led the U.S. with 13 reported attacks, but the total was significantly lower than the yearly average of 23 over the past decade. (more…)

Origin of Skillful Stone Tool Sharpening Method Pushed Back More Than 50,000 Years

By Guest PostOctober 30, 20101 commentScienceancient horses, blombos cave, france, hard stone hammer, mammoths, mastodons, middle stone age, paleoindian, paola villa, pinnacle point site, prehistoric people, pressure flaking, quartz grains cemented by silica, silcrete, South Africa, spain, spearheads, stone artifacts, stone knives, upper paleolithic solutrean culture

A highly skillful and delicate method of sharpening and retouching stone artifacts by prehistoric people appears to have been developed at least 75,000 years ago, more than 50,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.

The new findings show that the technique, known as pressure flaking, took place at Blombos Cave in South Africa during the Middle Stone Age by anatomically modern humans and involved the heating of silcrete — quartz grains cemented by silica — used to make tools. Pressure flaking takes place when implements previously shaped by hard stone hammer strikes followed by softer strikes with wood or bone hammers are carefully trimmed on the edges by directly pressing the point of a tool made of bone on the stone artifact. (more…)

Football Saves Spain’s Economy from Decline

By PravdaJuly 17, 20102 commentsEconomy, Sportsabn amro banks, bloomberg, China, dutch, economic downturn, Economy, gold medal, ing, madrid, miguel sebastian, national debt, South Africa, spain, spaniards, spanish national team, stock market, world cup

The victory of the Spaniards over the Dutch in the World Cup will help the economy, experts say.

The euphoria of the victory improves the mood of the population, and the population in a good mood begins to spend more money and shop more frequently.

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Goooal! World Cup of Tech Competitors Score in Warsaw

By Guest PostJuly 6, 20104 commentsTechnologybrazil, christian piechnick, daniella bal, dice, England, germany-argentina, Holland, ignatius lopez, imagine cup, it, jasper baljeu, Johannesburg, jon perera, kieron ekron, malissa, malta, olympics, poland, royal bafokeng stadium, simulacrum, South Africa, stefan lia, vuvuzela, warsaw, wearth, world cup, world cup of technology

*As their favorite soccer teams battle to win the World Cup in South Africa, students from across the globe are in Warsaw, Poland, to find out who will win the World Cup of technology.*

WARSAW, Poland – July 6, 2010 – Just weeks after catching a World Cup soccer game in their home country, two students from South Africa brought 40,000 football fans with them to Warsaw, Poland, for the “World Cup of technology.”

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Maradona Vows to Run Naked

By PravdaJune 10, 2010Sportsaleksei federov, Argentina, Bolivia, buenos aires, diego maradona, el grafico au naturelle, fifa 2010 world cup, Greece, group b, national soccer team, nigeria, obelisk, radio fm, republic of korea, south, South Africa

The Head Coach of the Argentina National Soccer team, Diego Maradona, has vowed to run naked through Buenos Aires if his team wins the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa. 🙂

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Diamond, Lesotho and the Happy Minister

By ShamsSeptember 22, 2008EnvironmentDiamond, Gem Diamond, Kingdom of Lesotho, Letsend mine, South Africa

Completely surrounded by South Africa, the Kingdom of Lesotho, 80% of the country lying 1800 m above sea level, produced one of the largest diamonds in the world.

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China Becomes World’s Largest Producer of Gold

Shark Attacks Increase Worldwide; Florida Continues Four-year Decline

Origin of Skillful Stone Tool Sharpening Method Pushed Back More Than 50,000 Years

Football Saves Spain’s Economy from Decline

Goooal! World Cup of Tech Competitors Score in Warsaw

Maradona Vows to Run Naked

Diamond, Lesotho and the Happy Minister