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Peabody Energy Submits Successful Bid For Ultra Low Sulfur Coal Reserves

Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today announced the lease of 402 million tons of ultra low sulfur coal reserves adjacent to its North Antelope Rochelle Mine (NARM) in the Southern Powder River Basin of Wyoming. The company su...

21 May 2012

Dominion Virginia Power To Encourage Solar Power In The Commonwealth By Promoting New Rates

Dominion Virginia Power took a second step today to add more of the sun's energy to its electricity grid by proposing a new rate that includes a premium to encourage customers to install solar panels and sell the electricity to the company.

21 May 2012

NGI Reports That British Columbia Promotes Natural Gas With NGV Incentive Plan

No sooner had the British Columbia (BC) government announced a plan to allow utilities and their customers to underwrite expansion of natural gas vehicle (NGV) use than the province's largest distributor, Fortis BC, started its engines.

21 May 2012

Diplomatic Council On Energy Security Launches: Releases "Oil And The Trade Deficit"

A bipartisan group of former U.S. ambassadors joined forces today to officially launch the Diplomatic Council on Energy Security (DCES). A project of Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE), the DCES aims to highligh...

18 May 2012

Goldcliff Acquires Goldrop Claims to Expand the Whipsaw Copper Porphyry

Goldcliff Resource has expanded their wholly owned Tulameen Project with the acquisition of the Goldrop claims. The claims, which are located in the Copper Mountain district of British Columbia, adjoin the Tulameen Project.

From Goldcliff Resource Corporation 18 May 2012

Saskatchewan Potash For Burma (Myanmar)

Canpotex Limited (Canpotex) plans to make its first potash shipment to Myanmar following the removal of economic sanctions by the Government of Canada against Myanmar.

17 May 2012

Alcoa Groundbreaking Launches $90 Million Aluminum Lithium Operation

Alcoa celebrated the launch of construction of its greenfield state-of-the-art aluminum lithium facility at a groundbreaking event attended by Lafayette employees, and community and state partners. Adjacent to its existi...

17 May 2012

New Market Research Report On Australia Oil and Gas Industry

Reportlinker.com has added a new report on the outlook of the Australian oil and gas industry. The report by OGAnalysis covers the complete value chain of the industry.

16 May 2012

Texas Wyoming Drilling Inks Contract to Lease Claims on Quartz Mountain Project

Texas Wyoming Drilling (TWDL) has declared that the company has signed a contract to lease 13 claims out of 27, which are located on the Quartz Mountain project. This project is situated in Malheur County of Oregon.

16 May 2012

Uranium Energy Buys Rights to Explore Channen Exploration Project for Uranium

Uranium Energy (UEC), a US-based exploration and development company that is operating in North America’s new uranium mine, has declared the purchase of the rights for exploring the Channen project for uranium.

From Uranium Energy Corp. 16 May 2012