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 22, 2012 Wind stalks, not wind mills DiscoveryNews reports that a New York design firm is planning to harvest energy from wind using compression rather having it blow through a blade and turn a turbine.
January 21, 2012 Electro-Motive lockout draws thousands of protesters Thousands of protesters gathered at a London park Saturday in a massive show of support for more than 400 locked-out workers of […]
January 21, 2012 Vale’s Mozambican coal operation starts exports but encounters protest Brazilian major mining group Vale’s Moatize mine in the Tete province of Mozambique produced 620 000 t of coal last year. This was recently revealed by Mozambican Prime Minister Aires…
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 BHP Billiton proposal for construction workforce camp to be revised At a Special Council Meeting, Town of Port Hedland Council resolved to renegotiate with BHP Billition Iron Ore on its development proposal after considering the submissions received from residents and…
January 21, 2012 Proposed Tucson copper mine hits EPA roadblock _ TUCSON -- The Environmental Protection Agency says it's not ready to recommend approval of a federal permit for a planned copper mine southeast of Tucson because of water concerns.…
January 21, 2012 Cabinet Approves Establishment Coal Power Plant In Sampoor The government has decided to proceed with the establishment of a thermal power plant at Sampoor in Trincomalee district of the Eastern province. Acting on a proposal made by Economic…
January 21, 2012 Unraveling the mystery of how diamonds travel to the earth’s surface A vulcanologist at the University of British Columbia may have cracked the riddle on how kimberlite magma, and the valuable diamonds it sometimes carries, pushes its way up from deep…
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. […]
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal power in revival bid Under Trump’s directive, the Pentagon’s energy installation office would pursue long-term agreements for that coal power. February 11, 2026 | 09:11 am
