January 23, 2012

Live blogging from VRIC Day Two: Turning rocks into money and fun uranium facts

The three presentations I attended provided some good advice for investors looking to invest in gold and uranium companies.

January 23, 2012

Green energy irony: Next-door nuclear plant wants to stop world’s first clean coal power station

The Scotland Herald reports plans to build a $4.6 billion coal-fired power station in the UK with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology suffered another serious setback this week after…

January 23, 2012

2012 continues to be good for gold

Comex gold and silver futures prices made strong gains in morning trade Monday, with the February gold contract powering to a six week high of $1,679.50 an ounce, up just…

January 23, 2012

No need to set up a booth, NGOs use crowdsourcing for financing

While miners and explorers may be hitting the investment conferences looking for funding, NGOs are successfully using crowd sourcing to get projects started.

January 23, 2012

Eye-watering cost of renewable revolution

Germany's energy policy could cost some €1.4 trillion ($1.8 trillion) by 2030 even before the cost of the nuclear shutdown is taken into account.

January 23, 2012

Denison announces start of 2012 drilling program at Wheeler River

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 23, 2012) - Denison Mines Corp. (TSX:DML)(NYSE Amex:DNN) ("Denison" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the 2012 winter drill program has begun at its…

January 23, 2012

FLSmidth to acquire coal equipment supplier for A$267 million

FLSmidth, a global engineering company out of Denmark, is planning a A$267 million acquisition of Ludowici Limited, an Brisbane-based company that manufactures coal centrifuges, vibrating screens and complementary wear resistant…

January 22, 2012

Petrobras CEO Jose Sergio Gabrielli is out

Jose Sergio Gabrielli is no longer CEO of Petrobras, Brazil's state-controlled oil company. He was replaced by Maria das Graças Foster, a business leader with close ties to the president…

January 21, 2012

Who Owns Our Oil Sands? Foreign corporations stake their claims to our resources

Foreign corporations, some controlled by national governments, have been using their economic clout to buy into Alberta's oil sands and take control of our natural resources. U.S., French, British, Chinese,…

January 21, 2012

A look inside the Fukushima containment vessel

Forty technicians were needed to create a 8.5 mm hole so an endoscope could be lowered inside the stricken Fukushima containament vessel. […]