ferdspiration:
what is Op?

brandymcmb:

Original poster

Explorers:
37. Mining doesn't make poor countries rich.


Nations where the most mining takes place are also some of the poorest countries in the world. In these countries, national governments are helping mining companies to get the minerals they want. The small amount of money that poor countries get from mining companies is taken by international banks, not local people. Fourteen Majority World countries get at least a third of their export revenues from minerals. Their external debts are 1.4 times greater than their Gross National Product (GNP).

juman:
This is one industry the useless "leaders" have never explored.

Explorers:
37. Mining doesn't make poor countries rich.


Nations where the most mining takes place are also some of the poorest countries in the world. In these countries, national governments are helping mining companies to get the minerals they want. The small amount of money that poor countries get from mining companies is taken by international banks, not local people. Fourteen Majority World countries get at least a third of their export revenues from minerals. Their external debts are 1.4 times greater than their Gross National Product (GNP).

IykeWest:
The gold sitting at the bottom of d oceans can't be mined cos we can't reach it,even in a submarine cos the water pressure will crush u to bits,and will def crush a submarine, doubt it? Browse it!

Pdizzle:


Resource curse.

Explorers:
10 billion tons of gold sits underneath the sea bed, it is destined to sit here however as there is no way to access it.

samsard:
Wow, truly fascinating. Imagine the amount of gold stored away, versus the one beneath the ocean that we can't access. Nice work, Explorers.

ben1daEbiri:
but do you also know that submersibles have been used to tour titanic's sink site which are thousands of feet below sea level,atmospheric pressure can not in any way be compared to the pressure below sea level but i believed with time,that wouldn't be a factor,the bigger challange would be illumination:light cannot travel deep in the sea....timing is everything,i'm not sure if einstein,galileo etc think space travel was possible but today,we can go to the moon (and very soon,people would seek to travel for holidays) with ease,in the nearest future,mining in the sea will become an achieved milestone!

Explorers:
35. The last time Olympic gold medals were entirely of gold was in 1912.
The Olympic gold medals awarded in 1912 were made entirely from gold. Currently, the gold medals just must be covered in six grams of gold.

Explorers:
32. Portability: Oil rigs, unlike their predecessors from the early days of oil drilling, are quite portable, and can be transported from one drilling site to the next. The tall derrick located on the oil rigs contains the drilling pipe and bits necessary to pierce the bedrock in search of oil. When the oil rig has pumped all of the available oil from the location, the well is sealed and the pipe equipment is hauled back onto the rig. A large ship or tug boat(s) then tows the rig to its next destination.

IykeWest:
The gold sitting at the bottom of d oceans can't be mined cos we can't reach it,even in a submarine cos the water pressure will crush u to bits,and will def crush a submarine, doubt it? Browse it!

holocron:


Correction please. The offshore rig only drills and moves away. It does not pump out oil from the ground. A production platform, well heads and pipelines are used for the actual oil extraction.

ferdspiration:
hahaha,i thought fp is front page abi is it fake poster??