Fraction of Rare Earths Export Quota Met in First 10 Months of 2012
China exported slightly only about one-third of its annual export quota for so-called rare earth minerals in the first 10 months of 2012. Some 11,312 tons were exported from the beginning of January ...
View ArticleRiverkeeper Calls on Governor to Declare new York City Watershed Off-Limits...
Riverkeeper Calls on Governor to Declare new York City Watershed Off-Limits to Natural Gas Drilling NEW YORK - August 8 - At a press conference with Queens City Councilman Gennaro today, ...
View ArticleThe Real News Network Shock Doctrine Opens Way for Oil Drilling
Naomi Klein on disaster capitalism August 18 - In the most recent segment of his interview, The Real News senior editor Paul Jay discusses disaster capitalism with Naomi Klein, author of The Shock ...
View ArticleNamibia Three Mining Licences Issued
The Ministry of Mines and Energy says it has granted three mining licences to international investors in the past two months. Mining Commissioner, Erasmus Shivolo told the Economist upon enquiry ...
View ArticleThe National Geographic Society Celebrates 125 Years Of Scientific Exploration
Image Caption: National Geographic funded Cmdr. Robert E. Peary's 1909 expedition to the North Pole. Whether Peary and his assistant, Matthew Henson, reached the Pole or not, they came closer to ...
View ArticleInmet Mining Says Evaluating First Quantum Offer Potential Alternatives
Quote , FQVLF.PK) said Saturday that the letter sent a day earlier by First Quantum to David Beatty, chairman of the Inmet board of directors, was "hostile and counterproductive".Beatty ...
View ArticleChile approves Barricks Cerro C...
Environmental authorities in northern Chile Thursday approved plans by Barrick Gold to develop its Cerro Casale copper-gold mine. But the Canadian firm, the world's largest producer of the ...
View ArticleBritain announces investment plan for gas electricity network upgradi...
British energy regulator announced on Monday a huge investment plan worth of 24.2 billion pounds (39.2 billion U.S. dollars) to upgrade and renew infrastructure for electricity and gas networks in ...
View ArticleCNPCs overseas oil gas output remains high
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) said Tuesday that combined oil and gas output in its overseas projects reached 50.35 million tonnes of oil equivalent this year as of December 17. It was ...
View ArticleCombined coal stocks at Chinas key Bohai Sea ports inch up to 17.54 m...
Combined coal stocks at China's four major Bohai Sea ports stood at 17.54 million mt on Sunday, up 60,000 mt, or 0.3%, week on week, Qinhuangdao Port data released Monday showed. Coal stocks at ...
View ArticleU.S. oil company ConocoPhillips to sell Algeria unit for 1.75 billion ...
U.S. energy company ConocoPhillips said on Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to sell its business in Algeria to Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina for 1.75 billion ...
View ArticleDrilling Report January 13
The drilling report was produced with data from the Texas Railroad Commission, from December 30 to January 5. The following counties were searched: Anderson, Angelina, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Dallas, ...
View ArticleNational Geographic completes 125 years of exploration
As a leading voice in discovery, National Geographic has been pioneering exploration, conservation, and scientific research for the past 125 years. The magazine, which marks its 125th anniversary on ...
View ArticleChinas coal output to top 3.7b tons
China's coal production will reach more than 3.7 billion tons this year despite sagging market demand, an industry chief has predicted. Although coal output, imports and stocks continue to ...
View ArticleFunds raised to explore Chinas mineral deposits
China set aside 33 billion yuan (5.3 billion U.S. dollars) from central and provincial budgets by the end of 2011 for mine exploration, the natural resources watchdog said Monday. A Ministry of ...
View ArticleChina tops world in wind power hydropower capacity
China's installed capacities for wind power and hydropower have grown to the world's largest, said Liu Zhenya,president of the China Electricity Council (CEC), on Sunday. Liu said at a ...
View ArticleBase metals mainly fall
BASE metals on the London Metal Exchange (LME) closed mostly lower following downbeat news from top industrial metal consumer China, with opinions differing on the near-term outlook for the ...
View ArticleLiberia Nocal Welcomes African Petroleum Drilling Program
The National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) welcomes the latest progress in the drilling program of African Petroleum (AP). NOCAL re-emphasizes that AP is in the process of appraising their ...
View ArticleUranium One Enters into Definitive Agreement with ARMZ for Going Private...
Jan. 14, 2013 /CNW/ - Uranium One Inc. ("Uranium One" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") ...
View ArticleForeign bribery investigations into Cochlear Oz Minerals re-commence
After reports at the weekend, the Australian Federal Police have confirmed that they are reopening old investigations into Oz Minerals and Cochlear regarding alleged bribery of foreign officials. ...
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