Liebherr Mining Equipment - Index

The worldwide mining industry uses large loading and transport vehicles and machines for open-cast mining and the extraction of raw materials. These giants move enormous amounts of material under the most arduous conditions and have convinced operators of their high level of reliability.

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Liebherr Mining Equipment - Index

Bauma 2010 and the new Liebherr T282C Mining Truck

Bauma 2010
29th International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment is a trade fair held tri-annually in Munich, Germany.

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Bauma 2010 and Liebherr T 282 C

Endangered dolphins poisoned in Peru

So Waddya know about the Amazonian Dolphin, sometimes known as the Pink Dolphin (for obvious reasons, see above)? Personally, I know they are:

• Freshwater living (found in Peru, Brazil, Ecuador Colombia and even one or two in the Amazon feedrivers of Bolivia)
• Beautiful and friendly (I've been lucky enough to see some up close)
• Grow to three metres long and are very intelligent (their brains are some 40% bigger than human brains by weight)
• Endangered (according to the IUCN (intl union for the conservation of nature))

I also know that there are 20 less examples of these dolphins this morning. That's because clandestine fishermen in Peru decided to poison them so they'd not make holes in their nets and try to eat their illegal catch while they poached the Bazagán lake in Loreto, Peru. The bodies of the 20 dolphins were found dead in the lake this morning.

Viva investment grade. Viva, viva, viva.

Extracting 3D Geometry from Visscher's Panoramic View of London, Guildhall Library, Video and News

Engraving of London (c. 1616) by Claes Van Visscher, in the Guildhall Library, City of London.

Visscher was a Flemish draughtsman, engraver, printmaker and publisher. Visscher primarily etched and published landscapes, portraits and maps.

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3D Visscher's View of London

Important geological news from The Onion

Geologists: "We May Be Slowly Running Out Of Rocks"

Read the shocking exposé over there (cos i'm not pasting here). You'll be glad you did.

Many thanks to reader MM for the headsup.

Weekend news roundup

Bart weighs in on Iranians in LatAm

The best way for me to catch up on a week's missed news in the LatAm-o-Sphere is to read trusted sources. Here are just a few.

Krupa at Lat/Am Daily notes some BS hoo-hah over Iranians in Nica, while Setty at the Notebook and Gringo Juan over at Maladjusted both note some BS hoo-hah over Iranians in Venezuela. I note large helpings of BS coming out of the right side of the USA. Really wingnutz, is that all you got these days?

Evergreat Bananama Republic shows memory, as it reveals the politico invited over by Panama to hand out press freedom awards is an ex-repressor in Uruguay with a past spattered with human rights mischief.

Trouble down South Mexico way, with a lefty caravan attacked by righties with guns and death resulting. Eschew the MSM versions and get deeper into the issue via The Mex Files (arguably LatAm's best written blog).

In Colombia, Antanas Mockus leads the polls by five points according to the latest batch of surveys. Colombia Reports is strong as ever on the Presidential race and has the details.

An excellent post from Caldwell at I Think Mining. He takes the BP oil spill, adds a little Pebble Mine and asks the question "What is long term?" when it comes to mining. The geological wisdom is captured in one of the conclusion bullets when he writes:

"In the fullness of time all mine waste disposal facilities will flow to the sea–the only issue is the rate at which they do so".

Highly recommended thinkpiece. Go here.

A room with a view (part 3)

The eight hundred and thirty kilo view from an open window owned by reader MF, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

That's a lot of concentrated grass, folks.