Diversified Ethanol, A Division of Originally New York, Inc , has powered up its pilot plant, one piece at a time, successfully completing sectional testing.
Tanks, lines, bioreactors, pumps, columns, and motors have all been approved for use. New explosion-proof wiring has been added to the distillation section, and a new water treatment center has been [...]

Meetings begin Thursday for people interested in investing in Charleston’s Diamond Ethanol plant, announced Green Lion Bio-Fuels, the bio-fuels developer.
Green Lion also has ethanol plants under way in Streator (Emerald Ethanol) and Beardstown (Prairie Breeze Ethanol).
The meetings will offer interested farmers, landlords and off-farm investors an opportunity to buy shares in the Diamond Ethanol plant. [...]

Production of ethanol from corn may provide an alternative fuel source for Americans but it also may push up costs of cattle production.
Ethanol’s effect on feed prices was one of the topics discussed during the weekend meeting of the Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association.
“As we move into ethanol production, which is very important to our row crop [...]

Cross Lake Minerals Ltd. is pleased to provide this update of operations for the QR Mine Project, which is located approximately 60 kilometers southeast of Quesnel, British Columbia.
Over the past several months, the final information was compiled and submitted to the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources in support of the application by [...]

Strategic Nevada Resources is pleased to announce that it has engaged Stewart Contracting of Pinehurst, Idaho to commence rehabilitation of the surface structures at the Crescent Mine. Stewart Contracting is a licensed and bonded contractor that provides services to the civil construction, environmental reclamation and mining sectors.
The Crescent Mine site presently has six [...]

The Allegiance Mining company is planning a second mine on Tasmania’s west coast.
The open cut nickel and copper mine would be north of Zeehan at Melba Flats, near the Avebury nickel mine which is due to go into production this year.
Allegiance has applied for a mining licence and will increase drilling in the area over [...]

China is on course to overtake India as the world’s largest consumer of gold jewelry, according to Kevin DeMeritt of Lear Financial Inc., the parent company of Gold Central, one of the top gold coin companies in the U.S.
Gold jewelry demand in China, the world’s fastest-growing major economy, rose 13 percent in the first quarter [...]

From corn fields to Wall Street, enthusiasm for ethanol is at an all-time high. But not everyone is enthusiastic.
Demand for the corn-based fuel is driving up the cost of feed corn, making it more expensive to feed cows, chickens and pigs.
“It’s hard to see where the future is, if corn keeps going up,” said Kerby [...]