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Premium prices fuel revival of copper mining industry (USA Today) - The nation's first new copper mine in a decade is about to begin production in the desert valley near the Colorado border. And the Lisbon Valley Mining Co. is leading a modest revival in the copper mining industry.

Drug industry officials see room to improve safety (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - The U.S. government's monitoring of drug side effects could be strengthened but does not need the major changes critics have advocated, industry officials told an expert panel on Thursday.

Digital sales give recording industry hope (International Herald Tribune) - Digital sales of music nearly tripled last year to $1.1 billion, a recording industry group said Thursday, providing a glimmer of hope for a business beleaguered by piracy and falling sales of compact discs.

Industry Commits to Promote Existing Parental Controls (TV Week) - Several major players in the TV industry on Thursday unveiled a new commitment to fund public service announcements promoting TV ratings and existing technology that enables parents to control what television programming gets into their homes.

Sales of music via Internet, cell phones topped $1 billion in '05, industry group says (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - LONDON -- Worldwide sales of music via the Internet and mobile phones hit $1.1 billion last year, almost triple 2004 sales and accounting for 6 percent of global record companies' revenues, an industry group said Thursday.

Livestock industry pioneer dies (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - One of the pioneers of Queensland's livestock industry has died at the age of 85.

Industry tackles ills of abandoned boats (Asahi.com) - Thanks to an industry association, old plastic pleasure boats have found a final resting berth--cement plants. When discarded, the fiber-reinforced plastic boats fall under the category of general waste.

Business, industry groups oppose mandated use of biofuels (Yakima Herald-Republic) - - Two powerful lobbying groups — the oil industry and the state's most powerful business group — came out against mandating minimum amounts of biodiesel in regular diesel as a way to jump start the industry.

Bad debt still dogging hospital industry (BizJournals) - Despite several positive trends, the hospital industry is dogged by bad debt concerns and competition for acquisitions that is pushing up prices for deals.

Airplane industry coming to Cumberland airport (Mineral Daily News-Tribune) - An industry of sorts has arrived at the Greater Cumberland Airport. Aviation Experts International has brought a storage and maintenance business to the field. They met with the Potomac Highlands Airport Authority board Thursday evening.