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Forecast: Augusta job base to grow less than 1 percent

...support, information and leisure/hospitality service areas. Cutting jobs will be the federal government, textile mills and mining, according to the forecast.The most vibrant metro areas will be Atlanta, Savannah and Athens which will beat the state's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-22/forecast-augusta-job-base-
Russian business magnates footing most of bill for 2014 Sochi Games

...acknowledged the futility of its investment in Sochi.During his inspection tour in February, Putin asked the chairman of mining giant UGMK, Andrei Bokarev, whether he would give the new $100 million hockey arena that UGMK has built to the state after...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/olympics/2013-05-20/russian-business-magnate
Indexes fall on Wall Street after a four-day rise

...commodity prices brought down energy and mining companies.Signs of a slowing economy...sharp drop in gold futures tugged down mining companies. Barrick Gold lost 8 percent to $22.62, Newmont Mining fell 6 percent to $36.37 and Freeport-McMoRan...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-12/indexes-fall-wall-street-a
Summer Camps Guide 2013: DAY CAMPS

...prepare recipes, create a passport cookbook? Bricks 4 Kidz: Mining and Crafting; July 8-12; rising grades 1-3? Lights...crafting, and creating with Lego bricks); July 29-Aug. 2 (Mining and Crafting); Aug. 5-9 (Jr. Robotics)USC AIKEN KIDS...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2013-05-09/summer-camps-guide-20
Report on defaults is good news for housing

...foundation for a similar plant in Thailand a couple of weeks ago. That factory will also make radial tires for construction and mining vehicles. It will start production in 2015.Bridgestone's facility in Graniteville will start making them next year.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/content/blog-post/tim-rausch/2013-05-10/report-defa
Canada-bound dredge is 450 tons of Augusta ingenuity

...Hagler's quest for a cleaner Canada."It's about turning mining mud into water and dirt," he said. "It used to take decades...intervals along the length of the vessel.Temperatures in the mining district, Mercado said, can drop to 40 degrees below zero...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-11/canada-bound-dredge-450-to
Augusta metro unemployment rate drops to 8 percent in March

...came in leisure and hospitality; professional and business services; and trade, transportation and warehousing, along with mining, logging, and construction, the state reported.In the six-county area, only Burke County saw an increase from February...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-25/augusta-metro-unemployment
Aiken diesel engine manufacturer finishes research and development center

...and hot desert of Nevada."The center, which is Tognum's first such facility in North America, can test engines used in mining, commercial marine, rail and industrial settings that top 6,000 horsepower. The research and development center helps provide...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/local-business/2013-04-16/aiken-diese
Vintage music hall to reopen in Ga. mining town

...precise date isn't known, Lynn said.By then, Dahlonega had already grown into a busy center of commerce to support gold mining around nearby Auraria, which is now a ghost town, after the Georgia gold rush began in 1828.The building's owners over...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-01-19/vintage-music-hall-reopen-ga-
McDuffie County planners recommend against mining proposal

...conditional use proposal submitted by mining company Advanced Primary Minerals.The...company's plans to minimize the impact on the mining site's neighbors if the proposal were approved.A number of residents who oppose mining in the area expressed concerns about the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2011-10-04/mcduffie-county-planners