December 22, 2011 Tens of thousands of Chinese residents protest coal plant Tens of thousands of residents from Haimen, China, who protested the construction of a coal-fired power plant earlier this week, are now being arrested.
December 22, 2011 Athabasca Uranium completes winter drilling program Athabasca Uranium Inc. is pleased to report the completion of its 2011 diamond drilling program at the Keefe Lake Uranium Project in the Athabasca Basin region of Saskatchewan.
December 22, 2011 Virginia voters divided on uranium mining, Quinnipiac University poll finds Virginia voters are split like an atom on the issue of uranium mining as 43 percent say mining should be allowed because of economic benefits while 41 percent are opposed…
December 22, 2011 S and P downgrades nuclear giant Areva on weak profits, credit metrics The 2007 acquisition of UraMin by Areva proved financially costly, and is now compounded by a criminal complaint filed by Areva's former CEO concerning a private investigation into the purchase.
December 22, 2011 Gloucester Coal’s trading suspended on China bid Trading in shares of Gloucester Coal was suspended on Thursday, as China's Yancoal was said to be preparing a takeover offer estimated at $2 billion.
December 22, 2011 TurkPower Signs Agreement to Acquire Coal Field With 100m Tonnes of Coal and $20m Worth of Coking Coal Inventory TurkPower Corporation (OTCBB: TRKP) (the "Company") announced today that it is has entered a binding purchase agreement to purchase the Zavyalov Square of the Toguchino Coal Field ("Zavyalov") located in…
December 22, 2011 Environment minister rejects Margaret River coal mine An underground coal mine proposed for near Margaret River in Western Australia has been rejected by the state's environment minister.
December 22, 2011 BHP seeks $2.3M from mining union BHP Billiton Limited (ASX:BHP) is seeking $2.3 million in damages from a mining union and two officials responsible for stoppages at its Queensland operations in February last year.
December 22, 2011 Asciano in Rio coal-haul deal Asciano today said it had agreed to a new 10-year deal to haul a combined 8.5 million tonnes of coal annually from two mines owned by Rio Tinto in Queensland.
December 22, 2011 Much-awaiting Virginia uranium mining report released A highly anticipated National Academy of Sciences report on uranium mining concluded Monday that Virginia must overcome "steep hurdles" before it can assure that a rich deposit of the radioactive…
China’s rare earth magnet exports to US decline in November Shipments to the US totaled about 582 tons, compared with 656 tons in October. December 20, 2025 | 08:30 am
