Posted on 02/13/2011 7:03:16 AM PST by NavVet
I just finished watching the latest episode of "Chuck" on the DVR. Chuck vs. The Seduction Impossible. In this episode the bad guy (girl)is upset that her childhood home was strip mined by an American company and she is planning revenge by flooding the American Economy with one trillion counterfeit dollars to "crash" our economy. That made we think, has any American company ever strip mined a small village in Kenya?
Hmmmm you may be onto something here....
Batu Hijau mine – copper and gold mine on the island of Sumbawa.
Grasberg mine – Coal, located in the mountains of the Papua province.
Also the Riady connection to coal in indonesia
Tiomin Kenya Limited, a subsidiary of Tiomin Resources Inc. of Canada, began exploring the mineral sands of Kenyan coast in 1995 in search of titanium. (see WRM Bulletin Nº 38.). Stretching for 402 kilometers, the area is a unique tropical culture with ancient Arabic architecture, coral reefs, and fragile ecosystems. Further research proved there were five titanium rich sites with 650 million tons at Mambrui and 1.2 billion tons at Sokoke . There were unknown quantities at Sabaki, Mombasa, and Kwale. The deposits were of such quantity that could be mined for 20 years at a rate of 480,000 tonnes per annum.
They contain rutile, ilmenite, and zircon, the first two being sources of titanium dioxide (primarily used in the production of pigments for paints, plastics and paper), while zircon is used in the fabrication of ceramic and enamel glazing, refractories and electronic equipment.
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