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• Reproductions of coins to use Montana metal (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)...
  What was arguably one of the rarest and most beautiful coins ever minted in the United States appears poised to make a comeback, and offer a boon to Montana's mining industry.
  
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• Russia's Severstal to acquire WCI Steel (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)...
  NEW YORK, May 16 - Russian mining and metals giant OAO Severstal said on Friday it has agreed to buy WCI Steel , a steel products manufacturer, to enhance its operations in the United States.
  
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• Bullion Monarch Mining Elaborates on Legal Proceedings against Newmont USA Limited (Centre Daily Times)...
  Bullion Monarch Mining, Inc. (OTCBB: BULM) ("BULM") (www.bullionmm.com), a natural resource company with mining interests in gold, silver and oil, filed an action in the United States District Court, District of Nevada on April 28, 2008, against Newmont USA Limited, a Delaware corporation ("Newmont") and wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation ("NEM").
  
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• Olson to argue Harman case before Supreme Court (The Charleston Gazette)...
  A former solicitor general of the United States has been retained by Harman Mining Co. and its president, Hugh Caperton, in a continuing multimillion-dollar case against Massey Energy Co.
  
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• Market buoyed as mining shares hit new highs (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)...
  The All Ordinaries index has climbed above 6,000 points for the first time in three months, driven by growth in mining industry shares.
  
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• International evangelists come to Nye (Billings Gazette)...
  Starting Sunday for a week, tiny Nye Community Church will play host to evangelists from around the world. Eleven international delegates of the evangelical ministry Sowers International, plus delegates from within the United States, will gather for a ...
  
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• WTO tells US to cut trade barriers, improve exports (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)...
  GENEVA - The United States should cut barriers to its markets to help it tackle economic turmoil, and boost exports to deal with its current account deficit, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said.
  
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• Appreciation: Oakley Hall, writers' champion (San Francisco Chronicle)...
  With the death of Oakley Hall on Monday, the Bay Area - and, by extension, the United States - lost one of its greatest champions of literature. Novelist, librettist, instructor and administrator, Hall, who lived a robust 87 years, maintained an influence...
  
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• Northgate files preliminary base shelf prospectus (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)...
  Northgate Minerals Corporation today reported that the company has filed a preliminary short form base shelf prospectus with the Securities Commissions in each of the provinces and territories of Canada and a corresponding registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
  
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• Mayfair Mining & Minerals, Inc., Increases Production and Records First Sale of Amethyst Gemstones (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)...
  NEW YORK, May 15, 2008 -- Mayfair Mining & Minerals, Inc. , is today pleased to announce that it has increased its production of amethyst gemstones through out-take and joint marketing agreements with three amethyst producers in the area of the Company's operations in the Mapatizya area of Zambia.
  
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