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...succeed where others were afraid to try. In 2007, Ramu NiCo dispatched battalions of Chinese workers, who macheted their way through dense foliage and built a mirage-like Chinatown where elephant grass and kwila trees used to be. Today, in what was a malarial stretch of hills and valley, huge dormitories, offices and processing plants dot the landscape, along with a 135-km slurry pipeline that snakes its way from Ramu to the coast at Basamuk. (From Basamuk, ships laden with nickel and cobalt will sail to China.) Last December, Ramu NiCo unveiled the first-ever bridge over the Ramu...
...Threat to Tuna Kudos for the article on tuna fisheries and the huge dangers of overfishing [Nov. 9]. A major problem is human overpopulation. Our numbers are becoming so great that we are simply outstripping our resources. It cannot continue at this rate indefinitely without catastrophic results. Gary Tackman Escanaba, Mich...
...them to exploit the country's giant oil fields. The deals will not only allow Big Oil to return to Iraq for the first time since Saddam nationalized the industry in 1972. By modernizing a production system wrecked by conflict and embargoes, Iraq's exports could also get a huge boost, putting the country's parlous economy on firmer footing and allowing Iraq to take its place as an oil power almost equal to Saudi Arabia. (Watch a video about the gas shortage in Iraq...
...prove crucial, and highly profitable. As oil supplies dwindle in places like the North Sea and Gabon, companies are desperate to book new reserves - and Iraq, which unlike Kuwait or Saudi Arabia is incapable of producing its oil without foreign know-how and investment, is up for grabs. Unlike huge new finds off Mexico, Brazil and West Africa, many Iraqi fields were mapped years ago - some by the same companies now negotiating new contracts - and so will not require lengthy exploration before pumping can begin...
...Threat of Tuna Extinction Kudos for the article on tuna fisheries and the huge dangers of overfishing [Nov. 16]. A major problem is overpopulation. Our numbers are becoming so great that we are simply outstripping our resources. Gary Tackman, ESCANABA, MICH...