On Oct 4, 9:13 pm, Weatherlawyer wrote:
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists have uncovered thousands of marine
microbes -- including never-before-seen bacteria -- thriving deep in
the sea near cracks in the Earth's crust where warm fluids and cold
sea water mix, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

Huber and colleagues at the University of Washington's Joint Institute
for the Study of Atmosphere and Ocean took samples from two
hydrothermal vents on the Pacific deep-sea volcano, Axial Seamount.

"You've got hot fluids that have things in it like hydrogen gas and
sulfur, which are not things you find in abundance in regular sea
water. They're mixing with this cold, oxygen-rich sea water.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scien...41498020071004

However, he said acid consumption -- it takes 40 kilograms of acid to
mine 1 kilogram of uranium -- is a long-term problem for the mining
industry.

The company now expects to produce 2.1 million pounds of uranium this
year and 4.6 million pounds in 2008. Production is also being crimped
by delays in commissioning equipment at the Dominion Reefs plant in
South Africa.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt...30862220071115