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Technical Divers Explore Japanese WWII Gold Shipwreck

A team of bold technical divers with the help of rebreathers carried out 16 amazing trimix dives to a depth of 300 ft during May first week, 2012 in order to retrieve stolen gold believed to have been lost in the Kuda Maru shipwreck.

22 May 2012

Natural Resource Partners Buys Mineral Acreage in Mississippian Lime Oil Play

Natural Resource Partners (NRP), headquartered in Houston of Texas, has announced that the company has currently purchased around 19,200 net mineral acres of land present in the Mississippian Lime oil play.

22 May 2012

Platts Report: China's Oil Demand Gains Slightly In April

China's apparent oil demand* in April edged up just 0.3% year on year to 38.32 million metric tons (mt), or an average 9.36 million barrels per day (b/d), a just-released Platts analysis of recent Chinese government data showed.

22 May 2012

Refining Industry Outlook In The US, 2012 - Capacity Analysis, Forecasts And Details Of All Operating And Planned Refineries To 2016

GlobalData's energy offering, "Refining Industry Outlook in the US, 2012 - Capacity Analysis, Forecasts and Details of All Operating and Planned Refineries to 2016" is the essential source for industry data and information relating to the refining industry in US. It provides asset level information relating to active and planned refineries in US. The details of major companies operating in the refining industry in US are included in the report. The latest news and deals relating to the sector are also provided and analyzed.

22 May 2012

Renewable Energy In The Mining Industry

The international mining industry is a complex mix of diverse companies using several basic approaches of extracting and processing natural resources to supply both the energy and raw material needs of the modern world. These are critical times for the mining industry, with ever-increasing pressure from governments, customers, and other stakeholders to operate in a sustainable manner.

22 May 2012

MDU Resources Subsidiary Purchases Interest In Bakken Oil And Natural Gas Midstream Assets

MDU Resources Group, Inc. , through its wholly owned subsidiary, Bitter Creek Pipelines, LLC, announced an agreement purchasing a 50 percent undivided interest in Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation's natural gas and oil midstream assets near Belfield, N.D. in the Bakken area.

22 May 2012

Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum Approves Mining Lease for Vector Resources Limited at Gwendolyn

West Australian-based Vector Resources Limited has accomplished a significant administrative breakthrough by receiving approval from the Department of Mines and Petroleum to secure a mining lease at Gwendolyn. Previously, a prospecting license, P77/3976 was granted at the Gwendolyn East property.

22 May 2012

Gold Bullion Development Publishes NI 43-101 Disclosure Report for its Granada Gold Property

Gold Bullion Development has released the NI 43-101 Technical Reportdated May 17, 2012 for its Granada Gold Project, effective April 2, 2012.The NI 43-101 is a national instrument in Canada that dictates the guidelines for disclosure of information on mining or exploration projects for publishing on stock exchanges for the benefit of investors.

22 May 2012

On The 50Th Anniversary Of National Transportation Week, Clean Diesel Continues To Power America's Freight Transportation Network

As the U.S. marks the 50th anniversary of National Transportation Week, clean diesel power continues to transport an overwhelming majority of America's products from coast to coast and throughout the world. And cle...

21 May 2012

PJM Capacity Auction Secures Record Amounts Of New Generation, Demand Response, Energy Efficiency

With an unprecedented amount of electric generation retiring within the next three years, PJM Interconnection's capacity market secured record amounts of new generation, demand resources and energy efficiency to keep the...

21 May 2012