Ethanex Energy Inc. said Monday that it had received environmental permits needed to begin construction of an ethanol facility in southeast Missouri.
Permits for the 132 million-gallon-per-year ethanol production plant came from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Ethanex said in an announcement. The state body would have to complete a technical review of the plant’s [...]

South Dakota company said Monday it plans to build the first commercial scale cellulosic ethanol plant in the U.S., meaning it will use corn stalks and leaves — not just the kernels — to produce the renewable motor fuel.
With an investment of about $200 million, Broin Companies plans to expand the capacity of an existing [...]

Biomass-powered ethanol plants should be the goal for the industry.
That’s one idea Bill Lee of the Renewable Fuels Association put forward during the Minnesota Environmental Initiative’s recent event, Farming Our Fuel: Growing a Sustainable Ethanol Industry.
Plants fueled by biomass would lower carbon inputs and shift the industry to a more sustainable base, Lee said.
“We need [...]

Penford Products Co. will break ground next Tuesday for a new ethanol production facility in Cedar Rapids.
Penford Corp., owner of Penford Products, announced plans in June to build a $42 million ethanol plant with the capacity to produce up to 45 million gallons of ethanol per year. The plant will be located adjacent to Penford [...]

Shares of Pacific Ethanol Inc. rose in Tuesday afternoon trading after the ethanol producer swung to a third-quarter profit that beat Wall Street expectations.
The stock rose $1.05, or 6 percent, to $18.54 in midday trading on the Nasdaq.
Pacific credited higher ethanol prices and volumes for its 7-cent per share profit, compared to a year-ago loss [...]

The mining industry has welcomed the review of nuclear energy in Australia, saying the debate so far has been hijacked by misinformation.
Dr Ziggy Switkowski’s report found nuclear energy is a practical option and could feed into the electricity grid in a decade.
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies says 450 reactors provide electricity worldwide and [...]

Miners were in the spotlight today, as platinum prices climbed 11% in early trading to a record high, before later giving back some of their gains.
Dealers said the platinum market was small compared with gold and silver, and was very illiquid, leading to volatile price movements.
Part of the rise today was due to increasing demand [...]

Polyus Gold OJSC has acquired an exploration and mining license in the Apsakanskaya prospect in the Amur Region, the Company says.
The license was bought by Polyus CJSC, a subsidiary of Polyus Gold, upon the auction held on November 17, 2006. The once-only payment for the subsoil use totaled RUB 6.3 mln following the results of [...]

Ekarat Engineering Plc, a SET-listed transformer and solar-cell operator, will invest up to 800 million baht next year to purchase equipment for its new solar-cell plant. Chief executive Kietphong Noichaiboon said the new plant, operated by its subsidiary Ekarat Solar Co Ltd, was located in Amata City Industrial Estate in Rayong.
The new facility should start [...]

Botswana may be on the way of joining the ranks of uranium producing countries following the announcement by Australian company, A-Cap Resources Ltd, Tuesday of calcrete hosted uranium mineralization at Mokobaesi, north of the capital Gaborone.
The Mokobaesi uranium prospect lies in the vicinity of diamond company Debswana’s Lethlakane mine in an area whose uranium mineralization [...]