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Energy ministers from the U.S., China, India, Japan and South Korea are gathering in Beijing Saturday for a meeting aimed at boosting China’s influence over key energy markets while alleviating worries over its huge and growing appetite for oil.
The talks, hosted by China’s top economic planner, Ma Kai, are part of a broad diplomatic offensive […]
December 15th, 2006 – Posted in General, Oil and Gas
Dan Fessler, principal of Clear Energy Solutions LLC, says he is the worst of all possible people to suggest what Wyoming should do with its coal industry. He’s a lawyer.
But Fessler is also the son of a Torrington newspaper publisher, and a man who had a lengthy career in international energy law and was president […]
October 14th, 2006 – Posted in Coal, General
A clip from Amber’s feature film exploring the lives of women in the aftermath of the final pit closures in East Durham, love and opencast mining.Viewed: 407 timesLength: 02:25
March 5th, 2008 – Posted in Uncategorized
Sibir’s 50:50 joint venture with Shell in the Salym group of fields in western Siberia, Salym Petroleum Development NV (SPD), reports that the total crude oil production rate at the fields has passed 70,000 barrels per day (bopd).
The new SPD production record brings Sibir’s 50% share of production at Salym to over 35,000 bopd. Combined […]
February 2nd, 2007 – Posted in General, Oil and Gas
While talks sputter to end Guinea’s deadly two-week nationwide strike, the country’s main export industry is starting to feel the effects. Guinea is the world’s largest exporter of bauxite, the raw material used to make aluminum. Phuong Tran reports from VOA’s West Africa bureau in Dakar on how the strike in Guinea is affecting the […]
January 25th, 2007 – Posted in Bauxite, General
The Chinese Geological Survey (CGS) Monday released the results of a seven-year survey of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, estimating the plateau has mineral resources totaling 30 million to 40 million tons of copper, 40 million tons of lead and zinc, and several billion tons of iron ore.
The plateau is spread out over six provinces and autonomous […]
February 16th, 2007 – Posted in Copper, General, Iron Ore
A draft Environmental Impact Statement is due soon for a proposed industrial copper mine with the potential of hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in economic growth for the Iron Range.
As PolyMet Co. prepares to ready the mine for opening over the next two years, opponents are talking about the potential acidic runoff that […]
October 24th, 2006 – Posted in General
Celanese Corporation , a global hybrid chemical company, today announced completion of the acquisition of the cellulose acetate flake, tow and film business of Acetate Products Limited (APL), a subsidiary of Corsadi B.V. The transaction excludes the limited business activity in Romania as regulatory review continues and is expected to be completed by the end […]
February 2nd, 2007 – Posted in General
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today ordered Newmont USA Limited and Donner Mine Camp Inc. to conduct an emergency removal of lead at the abandoned Zeibright Mine in Nevada County, Calif.
Contaminated soil and dust must be removed in and around the Assay Building which is on the Donner Mine Camp Inc. area of the […]
July 1st, 2006 – Posted in General
CBS Evening News story, featuring Environment Florida director Mark Ferrulo, on the fight to protect Florida’s coast from offshore oil drilling.Viewed: 2928 timesLength: 03:4
March 5th, 2008 – Posted in Uncategorized
