November 8, 2011 Planet’s largest clean coal project could be going up in smoke The Guardian reports Scottish ministers are expected to order a public inquiry into plans to build the UK's only new coal-fired power station with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology…
November 8, 2011 SNC-Lavalin wins $650 million of oil sands work SNC-Lavalin, a major engineering and construction firm, was awarded a $650 million oil sands contract to design and build a froth treatment plant near Fort McMurray. SNC-Lavalin says that the…
November 8, 2011 South Africa development minister says too expensive to switch from coal Timeslive reports South Africa could not afford a dramatic switch from coal to green energy, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel said on Tuesday because doing so would result in an…
November 8, 2011 Mining degrees pay well but are not popular Mining and geoscience degrees pay well compared to other degrees, but they are not popular with students. The Wall Street Journal published an interactive chart that compares 173 possible college…
November 8, 2011 Uranium One’s Q3 earnings lifted by higher prices The company, which sells most of its uranium on the spot market or on contracts tied to the spot price, posted a profit that beat analysts' estimates in the third-quarter,…
November 8, 2011 Historic vote turns Australia carbon tax into law The Sydney Morning Herald reports in a major policy victory for Australia's Gillard government's controversial carbon pricing scheme has passed parliament with Labor and the Australian Greens forcing the 18…
November 8, 2011 Asian Activities Report for November 8, 2011: Stanmore Coal (ASX:SMR) completed pre-feasibility study for the Range Coal project in Queensland Stanmore Coal Limited (ASX:SMR) has completed the Pre-Feasibility Study for its wholly owned the Range Project, located in Queensland's Surat Basin. The Study has confirmed the technical and economic feasibility…
November 8, 2011 New Zealand to expand coking coal exports with new project Preliminary exploration work carried out by Solid Energy, New Zealand’s state-owned coal producer, indicates there is potential for a combined underground and […]
November 7, 2011 China’s thirst for coal strips lush Australian farmland bare The Vancouver Sun reports the Liverpool Plains were long considered off-limits to mining, their rich black soils ranking among Australia's best farming land. Until China came to town.
November 7, 2011 New setback for Keystone XL as ‘special review’ of Obama conflict of interest is ordered Just a few weeks ago analysts thought the jobs – 20,000 during the building phase alone – and economic benefits would easily outweigh environmental concerns and push the Obama administration…
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