March 21, 2012 Appalachian coal fights for survival Coal mining in Appalachia has survived deadly explosions, the Great Depression and the country’s largest armed insurrection since the Civil War. The latest threat is booming shale-gas production.
March 21, 2012 Australia’s mining boom to generate $225 billion in exports by 2017 Australia's resources and energy commodity export earnings will continue to grow over the medium term to reach a record $225 billion in 2016-17, said today the Bureau of Resources and…
March 21, 2012 President Obama to fast-track southern portion of Keystone XL Pipeline President Barack Obama will announce tomorrow a fast tracking of the approval of the southern half of TransCanada's (TSX, NYSE: TRP) Keystone XL oil pipeline, CNN reports.
March 21, 2012 Greenland Minerals releases initial 242-million tonne mineral resource estimate for the ‘Zone 2’ uranium-rare earth deposit Greenland Minerals and Energy Limited ("GMEL" or "the Company") (ASX: GGG.AX - News) is pleased to announce the first mineral resource estimate for the 'Zone 2' multi-element deposit. Zone 2…
March 21, 2012 No Sri Lanka coal power plants after 2030 There will not be any opportunity in the world to run coal power plants after the year 2030, the Minister of Power and Energy, Patali Cahampika Ranawaka said.
March 20, 2012 2 W.Va. coal operators sued over water pollution Environmentalists are suing two more coal companies over pollution from mining operations in West Virginia's Boone and Nicholas counties.
March 20, 2012 Promoting the oil sands and advancing women in engineering The following events in Western University's Faculty of Engineering may be Of Interest. Are the oil sands Canada's energy advantage? As Executive Advisor, Sustainability and Oil Sands Outreach at Canadian…
March 20, 2012 Canadian NDP leader-in-waiting tones down anti-oilsands rhetoric Thomas Mulcair, a leading light in Canada's New Democratic Party and the man most likely to become the Opposition Leader when the party votes next Saturday, appears to be moderating…
March 20, 2012 Anglo looking for new coal assets Anglo American is looking for thermal coal assets in Australia and Indonesia, especially as prices of potential targets have come down, the head of its thermal coal unit said in…
March 20, 2012 CIA trying to kill Australian coal industry, says Palmer The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has been accused of involvement in coups and insurrections throughout history, but now an Australian mining tycoon is accusing the CIA of trying to sabotage…
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