While Konev's spearheads crossed the Oder River in the vicinity of Breslau (Wrocław) and thus cut Silesia's important mineral resources off from Germany, Zhukov made a sweeping advance in the centre by driving forward from Warsaw, past Poznań, Bydgoszcz, and Toruń, to the frontiers of Brandenburg and of Pomerania.
On a perfect summer's night, under clear skies and with the wind blowing fair and mineral off the industrial lagoons of New Jersey, a boisterous but friendly crowd took their seats early and the stadium was full by the time play got under way.
The researchers argue that these ancient populations are still metabolically active because they contain soluble manganese, a by-product of living off minerals.
Tucson has long been a mining center, but what made the Gem and Mineral Show take off in the early days was the participation of Paul E. Desautels, a curator of the Smithsonian's mineral museum, whose interest attracted other curators and collectors.
The roofing material can easily be cracked or punctured when cold or torn and the mineral coating rubbed off when hot. Rolled roofing is not recommended for roofs that have a greater than a 2 to 12 pitch.
Once lauded for being the first nation to draw up a "green constitution", enshrining the rights of nature, Ecuador has seen its environmental reputation nosedived in recent years as Correa has put more emphasis on exploitation of oil, gas and minerals, partly to pay off debts to China.
Tech titans -- including Nintendo, HP, Dell, Intel, and RIM, the makers of BlackBerry -- have made millions from products that use conflict minerals and have gotten off the hook for fueling violence in the Congo, thanks to a tendency in today's culture not to question where our everyday items come from.
Keep them off the minerals as long as possible.
Miners are being laid off because of plunging mineral prices.
Historically high mineral prices have set off a new wave of prospecting in Canada, and with it new battles over mineral laws, some of which date to the 19th century.
