Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais [Port.,=various mines], state (1996 pop. 16,660,691), 226,707 sq mi (587,171 sq km), E Brazil. The capital is Belo Horizonte . Minas Gerais continues to produce more than half of Brazil's mineral wealth. Gold was discovered at the end of the 17th cent. and was mined extensively. The state has long led the country in iron-ore mining and steel production. In the mid-1990s, Minas Gerais, with its low land and labor costs and inexpensive power, experienced the highest industrial growth in South America, making its economy in Brazil second only to São Paulo. Numerous expansion programs have been pursued in the automobile, mining, and manufacturing sectors. Agriculture and livestock also are important to the state's economy.
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Does peat moss have a place in the ecological garden?(Ask Natural Life: Answers to reader questions about sustainable, healthy living)
Magazine article from: Natural Life; 11/1/2007; 700+ words
; Q: For many years, bales of peat moss have been on my list of garden supplies...this year, a friend suggested to me that peat is not a sustainable resource and that...So now I'm beginning to wonder: Does peat moss have a place in the ecological garden...
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PEAT International Commissions Government-Sponsored Plasma-Based Waste Treatment Facility; - Marks the first time Taiwan committed financial and technical resources to the utilization of plasma -.
PR Newswire; 3/9/2005; 700+ words
; ...KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- PEAT International, Inc. ("PEAT"), a global leader in plasma-based waste remediation...system commissioned in Taiwan treating solid waste. PEAT (Plasma Energy Applied Technologies) also owns...
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Peat moss? Yes, peat moss: it cleans up spills. (oil spills)
Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily; 7/23/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...to use in one fashion or another. Now peat moss is soaking up spilled oil. It is...product with some surprising advantages. Peat bogs in Canada are the sources of a product...wave-tossed waters off the coast. But peat moss can be used for smaller and more controllable...
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Profiting from PEAT; Minnesota companies hope to grow their business, restore the bog lands.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 9/29/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...in northeastern Minnesota. A fledgling peat industry hopes to expand the market for...back in the 1980s, when he was buying peat for the shrubs and trees at the nursery...Canada, and I was living in the middle of a peat bog," said Ogren, a health-care industry...
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Gardening: Peat-based compost tops in survey.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 2/3/2001; 700+ words
; ...are less fussy. Both were successful in all the peat-based composts, but the busy lizzies struggled in the peat-frees and reduced-peats. The petunias also did poorly in most of the peat-free composts. Gardening Which? concludes...
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Peat Resources Limited-Summer 2009 Update.
News Wire article from: Marketwire Canada; 8/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...18, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Peat Resources Limited (TSX VENTURE:PET...made on several fronts with respect to its peat fuel pellet developments. The Company...Newfoundland) is performing well. A supply of peat fuel pellets is being made available for...
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Peat Resources Limited At International Peat Conference
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 6/21/2006; 594 words
; ...CCNMatthews - June 21, 2006) - Peat Resources Limited (TSX VENTURE:PET...represented at an international conference on peat held on May 29 - June 2, 2006, in Belarus...approaches and technologies for the use of peat in energy and chemical applications. The...
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For peat's sake: havens for wildlife and enormous storehouses of carbon, the world's peat bogs are under increasing threat. The culprits? Humble gardeners and their thirst for commercial potting mix and compost. But there are plenty of alternatives out there for green gardeners, from peat-free potting mix to do-it-yourself composting.
Magazine article from: Geographical; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...the late Geoff Hamilton, 'gardeners buy peat because of brain conditioning not soil...as the boom in home horticulture began, peat-based products became the norm--and...buys multi-purpose compost. This is peat based unless labelled otherwise, and a...
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PEAT MARWICK SETTLES 2 PENN SQUARE BANK SUITS / SEEKING $54.9 MILLION DAMAGES FROM BANK AUDIT
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 7/24/1986; ; 700+ words
; Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. has reached agreements...Michigan National Bank of Lansing, Mich., and Peat Marwick confirmed the agreements but would...Credit Union suit was filed in 1984 against Peat Marwick and others, and sought $3.95 million...
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Peat reveals hidden depths
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 3/9/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...endangered resource, but to the rest of us peat is just crumbly stuff that enriches our gardens and flavours our whisky. "A peat bog seems to most people like miles and...bringing in mechanical extractors to cut the peat and sell it to garden centres. And a complex...
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Peat Bogs
Book article from: Plant Sciences
Peat Bogs A peat bog is a type of wetland whose soft, spongy ground is composed largely of living and decaying Sphagnum moss. Decayed, compacted moss is known as peat, which can be harvested to use for fuel or as a soil additive. Peat bogs...
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peat
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
...and hence are among the principal peat-forming plants. Fen and bog peats differ considerably. In fen peats the presence of calcium in the ground...structure, giving a black, structureless peat. Bog peats, formed in much more acidic waters...
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peat-borer
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
...sample in more consolidated peats. The principal alternatives...particularly good for loose peats, and the Russian borer, which...easier removal of the complete peat core than is possible with the...difficult to use in compacted peats since it has no screw auger...
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peat moss
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
peat moss • n. 1. a large absorbent moss (genus Sphagnum , family...dense masses on boggy ground, where the lower parts decay slowly to form peat deposits. Peat moss is widely used in horticulture, esp. for packing plants and for...
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ombrogenous peat
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
ombrogenous peat ( ombrogenous bog ) A peat-forming vegetation community lying above ground water level: it is separated from the ground flora and the mineral soil , and is thus dependent on rain water for mineral nutrients. The resulting lack...
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